Screen patients for frailty even before low risk surgery: Study Hina Zahid22 Feb 2021 7:45 AM ISTSAN ANTONIO - Patients should be assessed for frailty before having many types of surgery, even if the surgery is considered low risk, a review of two...
Preoperative nutritional index may predict postoperative outcome in elderly with CRC MD Bureau20 Feb 2021 8:30 AM ISTOnodera's prognostic nutritional index (PNI) indicates the patient's nutritional and immunological status and is used to predict the risk of several...
PCI or CABG more effective for stable patients with high-risk cardiac anatomy Hina Zahid20 Feb 2021 7:35 AM ISTA recent study by University of Alberta cardiologists at the Canadian VIGOUR Centre shows that a particular group of patients with stable ischemic...
AIIMS Rishikesh doctors successfully operate on a rare case of left-sided liver and gall bladder Dr. Shafali Bakshi19 Feb 2021 6:12 PM ISTDehradun: Doctors at All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Rishikesh conducted successful cholecystectomy on a patient with a rare...
Perioperative care may reduce death after surgery in Low middle income countries MD Bureau18 Feb 2021 7:00 PM ISTCancer prevalence and its associated mortality are increasing in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). In a recent study, researchers have...
Gastrointestinal surgery can be a 'cure' for type 2 diabetes finds new long-term study Hina Zahid16 Feb 2021 6:46 PM ISTThe results of a randomised clinical trial with the longest follow up to date show that metabolic surgery is more effective than medications and...
CPPF after CABG reduces bleeding and related complications: Lancet Medha Baranwal16 Feb 2021 6:44 PM ISTNetherlands: The continuous postoperative pericardial flushing (CPPF) therapy reduced bleeding and bleeding related complications in patients who have...
New surgery may enable better control of prosthetic limbs Hina Zahid16 Feb 2021 9:15 AM ISTCAMBRIDGE, MA -- MIT researchers have invented a new type of amputation surgery that can help amputees to better control their residual muscles and...
Open diverticulectomy superior to other surgery treatments for Zenker diverticulum: JAMA Medha Baranwal16 Feb 2021 3:45 AM ISTUSA: A recent review comparing 3 common techniques for Zenker diverticulum (ZD) treatment, found open, transcervical approach to be superior to...
Statins may prevent adhesion-related complications after intra-abdominal surgery: JAMA Medha Baranwal15 Feb 2021 2:15 AM ISTUSA: Statins may be an inexpensive, well-tolerated pharmacologic option for the prevention of postoperative adhesion-related complications (ARCs) in...
In kidney transplant patients with COVID-19, withdrawal of immunosuppressants safe Dr Kartikeya Kohli13 Feb 2021 8:15 AM ISTImmunosuppressed patients such as kidney transplant recipients (KTs), have increased mortality risk in the setting of coronavirus disease 2019...
Simultaneous Splenectomy Helps Overcome Small-for-Size Graft Syndrome in liver transplant cases MD Bureau11 Feb 2021 7:30 PM ISTSmall-for-size graft (SFSG) syndrome is a major cause of graft loss after living donor liver transplantation (LDLT). Researchers from the Kyushu...
