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Women are not seeking care for urinary incontinence, and physicians can be a barrier

Posted on: 25/07/2014 - 21:05

WASHINGTON – Women are not seeking care for even moderate to severe urinary incontinence because they have a fear of treatment and lack knowledge of the etiology of the condition and available...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Most kneecap pain can be managed conservatively

Posted on: 24/07/2014 - 21:00

SEATTLE – In about 80% of patients, patellofemoral knee pain is due to muscular dysfunction and often responds to strengthening and other conservative measures, according to Dr. Christian Lattermann...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

ERAS program for colorectal surgery cut length of stay, costs in community setting

Posted on: 23/07/2014 - 21:00

A hospital’s program to enhance recovery after colorectal surgery cut length of stay by 3 days and saved up to $4,800 per patient without increasing postoperative morbidity or 30-day readmission...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Survival benefit from contralateral prophylactic mastectomy small

Posted on: 16/07/2014 - 21:00

The absolute 20-year survival benefit from contralateral prophylactic mastectomy stands at less than 1%, regardless of age, estrogen receptor status, and cancer stage, a decision analysis...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Survival benefit from contralateral prophylactic mastectomy small

Posted on: 16/07/2014 - 21:00

The absolute 20-year survival benefit from contralateral prophylactic mastectomy stands at less than 1%, regardless of age, estrogen receptor status, and cancer stage, a decision analysis...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Initial cholecystectomy bests standard approach for suspected common duct stone

Posted on: 08/07/2014 - 21:00

For patients at intermediate risk for having a common duct stone, initial cholecystectomy resulted in a shorter hospital stay, fewer invasive procedures, and no increase in morbidity, compared with...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Reoperative bariatric surgery yields low complication rates, susbstantial weight loss at 1 year

Posted on: 26/06/2014 - 19:25

CHICAGO – Reoperative bariatric surgery has impressively low major morbidity and mortality, substantial 1-year weight loss, and a high rate of resolution of the common obesity-linked comorbid...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Midurethral sling study: At 5 years satisfaction remained high, though continence declined

Posted on: 10/06/2014 - 17:20

ORLANDO – Success rates at 5 years were similar in women treated with a transobturator midurethral sling and women treated with a retropubic midurethral sling, but the transobturator patients were...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Tests may help before liver transplant, not after

Posted on: 03/06/2014 - 15:15

CHICAGO – Two laboratory measurements that are commonly used to assess the cause of symptomatic ascites before liver transplant may be deceptive when used to assess posttransplant ascites, a...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Study takes air out of pre–bypass intragastric balloon

Posted on: 23/05/2014 - 18:00

CHICAGO – Treatment with an intragastric balloon before bariatric surgery produces significant weight loss in the morbidly obese, but at the cost of more surgical complications, according to the...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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