General Surgery
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Appendicitis more often missed in patients who are Black
“Delayed diagnosis may account for some of the racial and ethnic disparities observed in outcomes after appendicitis.”
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Key factors predict gallbladder cancer on routine cholecystectomy
Identifying predictors allows surgeons to send high-risk individuals for oncologic evaluation beforehand and to prepare for intraoperative frozen...
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A patient named ‘Settle’ decides to sue instead
His suit seeks not only compensatory damages and other relief but also punitive damages.
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‘Game changer’: Thyroid cancer recurrence no higher with lobectomy
Patients with intermediate-risk papillary thyroid cancer who undergo lobectomy versus total thyroidectomy as the surgical approach show no...
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Surgical site dressing turns blue when it needs changing
“It’s a lot to put on a layperson to suddenly know how to take care of wounds when you leave the hospital.” Giving patients the confidence that...
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Real-world evidence seen for metal stents in biliary strictures
Equivalent efficacy and fewer procedures could make metal stents more cost-effective than plastic stents.
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New ESC guidelines for cutting CV risk in noncardiac surgery
The guidelines, which aim to reduce cardiovascular complications from noncardiac surgery, introduce new concepts and recommendations, compared...
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Living-donor liver transplants linked with substantial survival benefit
The benefit was significant even at Model for End-Stage Liver Disease–Sodium scores as low as 11.
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Prior decompensation in alcohol-associated hepatitis not an ‘absolute contraindication’ for early liver transplant
About half of all liver mortality is attributable to alcohol-associated liver disease, and transplantation is the sole alternative when...
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Colonic Crohn’s: Segmental vs. total colectomy
Segmental colectomy may be performed in patients with colonic Crohn’s disease without increasing risk of repeat surgeries, compared with total...
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Gender surgeons on TikTok, Instagram: Appropriate or not?
“Creating an idealized video without addressing risk is inappropriate and misleading.”