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Another Climate Change Threat: More ‘Flesh-Eating’ Bacteria?
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- ‘Daddy-Do-Overs’: Men Increasingly Getting Plastic Surgery
- Patient Catches on Fire During Heart Surgery
- Many Patients Don’t Need Opioids After Surgery
- A Less Invasive Fix Works Well for Abdominal Aneurysm
JOURNAL UPDATE
Prophylactic IVC Filters Worsen Outcomes for Bariatric Surgery
12:00 PM CDT. IVCF use before bariatric surgery tied to worse outcomes, longer hospital stay, and higher costs- Many Surgeons Still Performing Inappropriate Vascular Access Sx
- Study Looks at Risk for Bleeding in Percutaneous Tx of PAD
- Patterns of Inpatient Opioid Use Linked to Long-Term Use
MONTHLY JOURNAL SUMMARY
May 2019 Briefing - Surgery
June 03, 2019. The Monthly Journal Summary is a single article covering the most important journal articles published in the previous 30 days.
FEATURED ARTICLES
Bevacizumab for breast cancer: FDA grants a stay of execution
Dr. Alberto De la Guerra.
The Food and Drug Administration has after repeated delays proposed removing metastatic breast cancer as an indication from the Avastin label. The proposal is being contested by Roche/Genentech, the drug’s maker. In this article we review the evidence for and against this decision.
Wrong-Site, Wrong-Procedure, and Wrong-Patient Surgery
M. Aroon Kamath, M.D..
The operating room is where, without doubt, many lives are saved and a multitude of destinies are altered. However, in today’s rapidly changing world, the number and complexity of surgical procedures are increasing dramatically. So is the number of surgical sub-specialties. The operating lists in…
The Wrongly Famous in Medical History
M. Aroon Kamath, M.D..
In medical history, there have been instances wherein, one gained “name” and “fame” for “describing” a particular condition or “performing” a procedure, when in fact, someone else had already described or performed that procedure. Some conditions have been wrongly named after individuals…
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RE: Investigational Topical Minocycline Gel for Acne Advances to Phase III Development
By namabcAs I understand, this is a great step of development that we can use to save many people from horrible diseases. and i also hope Dr.Lain and your partners…
