Adjunctive middle meningeal artery embolization may reduce the recurrence of subdural hematomas
1. In this randomized controlled trial, middle meningeal artery embolization plus surgical evacuation was associated with a lower risk of hematoma...
Surgery
Reports of high-impact surgery studies by medical professionals
Kidneys from donors with HIV have good safety outcomes in persons with HIV
1. Among patients living with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) who received deceased donor kidney transplants, kidneys from donors with HIV...
Characterization of safety of inpatient care in surgical settings
1. Adverse events were identified in more than one third of patients admitted to hospital for surgery, nearly half of...
Performance assessment of preoperative risk assessment tools for elective noncardiac surgery
1. In this scoping review of preoperative risk assessment tools for elective noncardiac surgery, cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) was the...
Induction chemotherapy followed by chemoradiotherapy improves survival in advanced cervical cancer
1. 5-year progression-free survival was increased in the induction chemotherapy group compared to standard chemoradiotherapy. 2. Patients in the induction...
Artificial intelligence demonstrates the ability to correlate surgical techniques to intraoperative outcomes
1. Aklilu and colleagues conducted an artificial intelligence computer vision (CV) model to detect surgical techniques during laparoscopic cholecystectomies. 2....
Extended lymphadenectomy does not improve survival in muscle-invasive bladder cancer
1. In this randomized controlled trial, extended lymphadenectomy did not improve disease-free or overall survival in patients with muscle-invasive bladder...
Liver transplantation plus chemotherapy improves survival in patients with unresectable colorectal liver metastases
1. 5-year survival was significantly greater in the liver transplantation plus chemotherapy group compared to chemotherapy alone. 2. Serious adverse...
Datopotamab deruxtecan may be a novel improvement for inoperable breast cancer
1. Compared to chemotherapy, patients with inoperable hormone receptor-positive/human epidermal growth factor receptor 2-negative (HR+/HER2-) breast cancer receiving the antibody-drug...
At-home misoprostol increases rate of day-care procedures and patient satisfaction in late medical abortion
1. 71% of home group patients and 46% of hospital group patients completed abortion as a day-care procedure. 2. Majority...