Surgical Treatment
Antibiotics fall short of appendectomy for uncomplicated appendicitis in children
Among children with suspected nonperforated appendicitis, antibiotic management appeared inferior to appendectomy, according to results of a large, noninferiority trial published in The Lancet.
VIDEO: Update on anticipated Standards of Care document for obesity treatment
SAN ANTONIO — In this Healio video exclusive, Jamy D. Ard, MD, FTOS, provided a 1-year update on The Obesity Society’s multisociety initiative to develop Standards of Care for obesity.
‘Intentional’ efforts needed to address DEI challenges in cancer care
When Danielle Mitchell told an acquaintance about her mission to better represent Black women in the clinical workforce, the woman responded with a personal story.
BLOG: Start planning now for World KC Day
World KC Day, a global event sponsored by the National Keratoconus Foundation to promote awareness of keratoconus, is celebrated annually on Nov. 10.
Eightfold higher odds for mortality with high-risk emergency GI surgery in older adults
Although both patient frailty and type of procedure affected outcomes among adults older than 65 years undergoing emergency surgery, the level of procedure risk had a stronger link to adverse outcomes, according to researchers.
Similar success, different expulsion rates with 12-, 24-hour medication abortion regimens
SAN FRANCISCO — For second-trimester medical abortion, 12- and 24-hour mifepristone-misoprostol regimens produced similar success rates, adverse effects and satisfaction but different times to mifepristone and misoprostol fetal expulsion.
Patients with delayed diagnosis of appendicitis had 1.23-times higher hospital care costs
A delayed diagnosis of appendicitis was associated with an increase in hospital care costs in a cohort of adults who underwent appendectomy, particularly among non-Hispanic Black patients, according to data in JAMA Network Open.
Cancer surgery reimbursements experience ‘immense’ decline over last 2 decades
The Medicare reimbursement rate for 10 common breast cancer-related surgical operations failed to outpace inflation over the last 20 years, according to a presentation at American Society of Breast Surgeons Annual Meeting.
Study evaluates surgical strategies for advanced pellucid marginal degeneration
FRANKFURT, Germany — A study evaluated the outcomes of three surgical procedures for advanced pellucid marginal degeneration, namely sliding keratoplasty, sliding keratoplasty with relaxing incisions and sector lamellar keratoplasty.
‘Strong research’ shows plant-based compounds can reduce breast cancer recurrence
Certain natural compounds derived from soy and other plants can significantly reduce the risk for breast cancer recurrence or death, data published in JNCI Cancer Spectrum suggest.