Liver transplant candidates of small stature faced with long waiting list and decreased access to organ Jacinthlyn Sylvia1 April 2023 4:15 AM GMTA new study by Catherine Kling and team suggests that candidates on the liver waitlist with the lowest body surface area (BSA) were at a disadvantage...
Women have higher mortality following CABG compared to men Aditi6 March 2023 4:15 AM GMTNew York: An original investigation published in JAMA Surgery has concluded that women are at higher risk of experiencing adverse outcomes after...
Routine Frailty Assessment before elective surgery associated with improved survival rates Dr. Shravani Dali28 Feb 2023 2:30 PM GMTAccording to a new study, published in JAMA Surgery, Routine Preoperative Frailty Assessment before elective surgery was associated with more...
No Association Between Surgeon Gender and Maternal Morbidity After Cesarean Delivery Dr. Shravani Dali31 Jan 2023 4:30 AM GMTRisks of postoperative maternal morbidity and of PPH exceeding 1000 mL or requiring transfusion by day 2 does not differ by the surgeon's gender...
Diagnosis of delayed appendicitis more frequent in non-Hispanic Black adults: JAMA Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli25 Jan 2023 5:45 AM GMTUSA: A recent study published in JAMA Surgery has found an increased rate of delayed appendicitis diagnosis among non-Hispanic Black patients than...
Fibrinogen concentrate cost-effective than cryoprecipitate for managing bleeding in cardiac surgery patients: JAMA Aditi19 Jan 2023 5:00 AM GMTCanada: An original investigation published in JAMA Surgery has concluded that Fibrinogen Concentrate (FC) has greater cost-effectiveness than...
Bariatric surgery treats severe obesity without increasing esophageal and gastric cancer risk: JAMA Aditi14 Jan 2023 4:30 AM GMTFrance: Researchers have found in a new study that bariatric surgery could treat severe obesity without increasing the risk of esophageal and...
Zone 1 REBOA aortic occlusion effective alternative to resuscitative thoracotomy after severe hemorrhagic shock: JAMA Medha Baranwal6 Jan 2023 2:30 PM GMTUSA: Zone 1 endovascular balloon occlusion of the aorta (REBOA) provided similar severe hemorrhagic shock survival than resuscitative thoracotomy (RT)...
Laparoscopic surgery of inguinal hernia fails to outperform open repair under local anesthesia Dr.Niharika Harsha B29 Dec 2022 2:30 PM GMTU.S.A: Researchers from the U.S.A found that laparoscopic inguinal hernia repair was not that beneficial when compared with an open repair under local...
Roux-en-Y gastric bypass associated with alcohol use disorder related hospital admissions: JAMA Jacinthlyn Sylvia21 Dec 2022 5:00 AM GMTA new study by Nadim Mahmud and team showed that compared to both sleeve gastrectomy and the MOVE! program, Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (RYGB) was linked...
Electroacupuncture may reduce length of ileus after Colorectal Cancer surgery: JAMA Jacinthlyn Sylvia25 Nov 2022 5:15 AM GMTA new study conducted by Yu Wang and team shows that in contrast to sham electroacupuncture (SA), electroacupuncture (EA) reduced the length of...
Frailty with dementia among elderly raises risk of death after major surgery: JAMA Jacinthlyn Sylvia21 Nov 2022 2:30 PM GMTA recent study by Thomas Gill found that after major non-elective surgery, mortality had a 3-fold increase in frail older individuals with probable...
