General Surgery News

• Alert EMA Says Don't Mix Mysimba and Opioid-Containing Meds Existing advice for prescribing the weight loss drugs needs to be strengthened to minimize the risks from interactions, the European drug authority said.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• State Gun Laws Linked to Lower Youth Suicide Rates States with mandatory waiting periods for gun purchases or laws designed to prevent children from accessing firearms have lower suicide rates than states without such regulations.
  Medscape Medical News, July 26, 2024
• A Collagen Valve Could Treat Pediatric Heart Disease In an animal model, the implantation of the valve restored the blood flow direction through the pulmonary artery without causing valve leakage.
  Medscape Medical News, July 25, 2024
• Pfizer's Gene Therapy Cuts Hemophilia A Bleeding Rate in Late-stage Trial Pfizer's gene therapy for hemophilia A significantly cut the number of annual bleeding episodes in patients with the rare disorder in a late-stage study and performed better...
  Reuters Health Information, July 24, 2024
• Anesthesia in Kids Does Not Increase Neurobehavioral Issues Surgery in childhood was associated with subsequent neurobehavioral outcomes, but the link was independent of exposure to anesthesia, revealed an observational study.
  Medscape Medical News, July 22, 2024
• Healthcare Workers Face Gender-Based Violence Age, experience, professional status, and minority group status also influence the workplace violence that healthcare workers experience.
  Medscape Medical News, July 18, 2024
• Transgender Care: What Barriers Do Canadian Patients Face? Recent research indicates that improving education among clinicians would contribute to a better care experience among transgender patients.
  Medscape Medical News, July 18, 2024
• Enhanced Recovery Protocol Boosts Crohn's Surgery Outcomes A perioperative enhanced recovery protocol significantly reduced complications and hospital readmission rates for patients with Crohn's disease who underwent surgical resection.
  Medscape Medical News, July 16, 2024
• ED Visits and Mortality in Patients With Cirrhosis In patients with cirrhosis, frequent emergency department visits were linked to early death and more hospitalizations.
  Medscape Medical News, July 15, 2024
• Complete Response Linked to Survival in Pancreatic Cancer Several factors, including treatment type, influenced the likelihood of achieving a pathologic complete response after preoperative chemotherapy and surgery in localized pancreatic adenocarcinoma.
  Medscape Medical News, July 15, 2024
• Advances in Robotic Surgery Are Changing Hysterectomy Incisions have become smaller and less invasive over time, according to one gynecologist.
  Medscape Medical News, July 15, 2024
• Be Aware of Aspiration Risk With Anesthesia on GLP-1 RAs Doctors administering general anesthesia or deep sedation should be alert to the potential risk for aspiration pneumonia due to delayed gastric emptying.
  Medscape Medical News, July 12, 2024
• Longer Post-Op Follow-Up Improves Survival in Gastric Cancer New data suggest improved outcomes with continuing regular follow-up beyond 5 years after gastrectomy in patients with gastric cancer.
  Medscape Medical News, July 12, 2024
• Has Doctors' Influence on French Politics Declined? Many doctors and their organizations spoke out against the far right during the recent elections, but their political clout may be less than is imagined.
  Medscape Medical News, July 12, 2024
• Olympic Mindset Tips Tailor-Made for Stressed-Out Physicians No medals for second place in medicine. Use these mindset techniques from Olympic sports psychologists so you can excel under high stress like a world-class athlete.
  Medscape Medical News, July 10, 2024
• Study Reports Seizures in 5% Hypoglycemic Patients in the ED A history of epilepsy was not seen in the approximately 5% hypoglycemic patients who presented with seizures, reported a study.
  Medscape Medical News, July 10, 2024
• Do GLP-1 RAs Significantly Delay Gastric Emptying? Maybe Not The delay in gastric emptying caused by GLP-1 RAs is modest at worst, indicating that patients may not need to discontinue these medications before a procedure, a meta-analysis showed.
  Medscape Medical News, July 10, 2024
• TENS Matches Relieves Pain After Gallbladder Surgery Transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation may be an alternative to opioids for pain relief, according to findings from a randomized controlled trial.
  Medscape Medical News, July 09, 2024
• Sorafenib Plus TACE Prolongs Survival in Recurrent HCC Combining sorafenib with TACE extended overall survival in patients with recurrent intermediate-stage hepatocellular carcinoma compared with TACE alone.
  Medscape Medical News, July 08, 2024
• Tailor Actinic Keratosis Care for the Immunocompromised A panel of dermatologists shared their views on personalising management for this population at an elevated risk for poor outcomes.
  Medscape News UK, July 05, 2024