HOSP || Perioperative Medicine

Oral cancer survival lower with positive margins, public insurance

Posted on: 14/05/2015 - 18:06

In patients who underwent surgical treatment for stage I or II oral cavity squamous cell cancer, positive tumor margin, the use of radiation or chemot... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

SSIs a factor in postop colon cancer survival

Posted on: 14/04/2015 - 12:38

HOUSTON – Surgical-site infections occurring in patients who underwent curative resection for localized colon cancer were associated with worse over... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Halting biologics before surgery tied to flares in psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis

Posted on: 13/03/2015 - 16:15

Interrupting biologic therapy before surgery led to flares in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis and did not appear to prevent postoperative complicati... More »

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Halting biologics before surgery tied to flares in psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis

Posted on: 13/03/2015 - 16:15

Interrupting biologic therapy before surgery led to flares in psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis and did not appear to prevent postoperative complicati... More »

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Postop pancreatectomy complications most deadly in elderly

Posted on: 30/01/2015 - 16:06

Although rates of complications following pancreatectomy are relatively similar in patients both above and below the age of 80 years, significantly hi... More »

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Postop pancreatectomy complications most deadly in elderly

Posted on: 30/01/2015 - 16:06

Although rates of complications following pancreatectomy are relatively similar in patients both above and below the age of 80 years, significantly hi... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Sofosbuvir and ribavirin critical to preventing posttransplantation HCV recurrence

Posted on: 01/01/2015 - 05:01

Sofosbuvir and ribavirin treatments should be administered to patients with hepatitis C virus who undergo liver transplantations in order to significantly decrease the risks of posttransplant HCV...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Nonoperative management okay after draining diverticular-associated abscess

Posted on: 24/11/2014 - 22:35

SAN FRANCISCO – Patients who did not undergo elective surgical resection after successful percutaneous drainage of a diverticular-associated abscess had low rates of recurrent diverticulitis in a...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Perioperative fluid levels increase ileus risk

Posted on: 24/11/2014 - 19:49

SAN FRANCISCO – Too much or too little IV fluid on the day of surgery was associated with a 10%-12% increased risk for postoperative ileus in a retrospective study of 84,722 patients undergoing colon...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Less trauma, more success with bleeding peptic ulcer management

Posted on: 11/11/2014 - 21:00

SAN FRANCISCO – If current trends continue, vagotomy and gastrectomy for bleeding peptic ulcers will be mostly a thing of the past, according to <a...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Oral cancer survival lower with positive margins, public insurance

SSIs a factor in postop colon cancer survival

Halting biologics before surgery tied to flares in psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis

Halting biologics before surgery tied to flares in psoriasis, psoriatic arthritis

Postop pancreatectomy complications most deadly in elderly

Postop pancreatectomy complications most deadly in elderly

Sofosbuvir and ribavirin critical to preventing posttransplantation HCV recurrence

Nonoperative management okay after draining diverticular-associated abscess

Perioperative fluid levels increase ileus risk

VIDEO: Less trauma, more success with bleeding peptic ulcer management

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