Surgery

An aging US population, plus minimal non-invasive alternative options, determine the rate and scope of work an orthopedic surgeon sees today.

How has the obesity epidemic in the US affect how orthopedic surgeons approach pre- and post-procedure care?

What sort of problems will orthopedic surgeons face in the future and how has the average patient changed in recent years?

How care providers can improve their perspective and better their stress with some volunteer work where it's needed most.

The FDA’s response noted that the onset and duration of intravenous meloxicam would not meet prescriber expectations for an IV drug.

What researchers from the low-risk TAVR trial anticipate they will find in their decade-long assessment.

Progress in invasive measures for cardiovascular conditions has allowed clinicians the ability to venture into new ground.

What plans are held to progress the impressive findings of an envelope for cardiovascular device infection?

What do some of the findings from one of the biggest presentations at ACC mean for the state of valve replacement care?

How advancing stent therapy options have come to bridge the gap between improving and elongating a patient's life.

Pain management protocols for women undergoing C-sections, that include a non-opioid option such as EXPAREL, can help improve pain management and reduce the need for opioids.

Direct-acting antiviral treatment of HCV prior to liver transplant does not increase pre-transplant liver cancer progression or post-transplant recurrence.

Overall antibiotic prescriptions have dropped, but short-term postoperative prescriptions have increased in recent years.

The FDA has approved a scalpel-free method for the treatment of patients with Parkinson disease who experience tremors and are medication-resistant.

A step-by-step look into how Arctic Surgery Group treats postoperative patients.

How an Alaska-based surgical group responded to the opioid epidemic with a multi-step strategy of pain management care.

Evidence for dietary, immunological, surgical, and other emerging treatments for pediatric refractory status epilepticus is found to be mostly anecdotal.

The patients with C difficile were more often older, in the hospital longer, and had greater total costs.

The ethically dubious physician says he has no regrets. Here’s why.

The guidance touches on hand hygiene, airway management, environmental disinfection, and IV drug injection recommendations.

The FDA has approved Dextenza, a dexamethasone ophthalmic insert, for the treatment of ocular pain following ophthalmic surgery.

The septic shock therapy was approved by the FDA last December. How has it fared in its first year of real-world clinical use?

A popularizing procedure among stroke centers was the basis of clinical research for the medical center, and is now improving in practice.

How surgeons' duties surround the entire invasive process, and therefore make them something closer to specialists.

Obese patients who underwent weight-loss surgery prior to receiving a liver transplant had a significantly lower risk of metabolic complications post-transplant than those who followed medical weight loss prior to transplant.

New data suggest hepatitis C infection, but not hepatitis B infection, increases the prevalence of diabetes in patients who undergo kidney transplants.

Coverage of the post-surgery pain management therapy's strength has overlooked its clinical setting use and potential need.

Yutiq, a fluocinolone acetonide intravitreal implant, is indicated for the treatment of chronic non-infectious uveitis that affects the posterior segment of the eye.

New research says it’s medically possible to use HCV-positive patients as liver donors. Now, a new study finds it’s also cost-effective.

The COMPASS-XT five-year analysis reported that patients treated with the micro-stent experienced statistically significant loss of endothelial cells compared to the patients treated with lone cataract surgery.