British surgeon James Young Simpson summed up a 19th-century patient’s chances of survival in one pithy and pitiful statement: “A man laid on the operating table in one of our surgical hospitals is exposed to more chance of death than was the English soldier on the field of Waterloo.” And he was right. Until the…
The risk for postoperative complications and mortality is increased among apparently healthy African American vs White children.
Worldwide, more than 28 million elective surgeries could be canceled or postponed during the 12 weeks of peak disruption due to COVID-19.
Modest delays in cancer surgery due to the COVID-19 pandemic could have a significant impact on survival.
Even moderate weight loss before bariatric surgery significantly reduces the risk for mortality in the 30 days after the operation.
Managing moderate or severe postoperative pain, which affects 75% of patients in the United States, remains a challenge for physicians.
According to many investigators, there are deficiencies in Medicare’s current strategy for procedure valuation, as described in a perspective article.
A prehabilitation program is associated with shorter length of stay and lower total episode payment after surgery.
The aims of the study were to discover efficacy of bariatric surgery for remission of diseases related to obesity, estimate metabolic changes over 5 years, and compare the outcomes of restrictive and gastric bypass surgeries.
