Enhanced recovery pathway for bariatric operations cuts hospital stays by half
A regimen that includes early ambulation and liquid administration, as well as targeted pain management, reduces readmissions by 38 percent. ...
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Research in Regenerative Medicine proposes a quality control framework for umbilical cord blood-sourced allografts
The recent study from Burst Biologics challenges existing standards and outlines future safety and potency benchmarks The recent study from ...
Characteristics in older patients associated with inability to return home after operation
New findings will help surgeons to counsel elderly patients before operations and help hospitals to intervene when elderly patients have ...
Testing corneal cell quality? Apply physics
Kyoto scientists develop a physical biomarker for cornea restoration therapyCredit: Kyoto University/Tomo Narashima Our eyes -- the windows to the ...
Unique hybrid implant first installed to a cat
Credit: © Sergey Gnuskov/NUST MISIS Scientific team of a small innovative enterprise Biomimetix, based on the National University of Science ...
How long does a surgery take? Researchers create model
Of all the data captured, greatest variability was between surgeonsCredit: University of Washington School of Medicine Operating rooms are a ...
Test shown to improve accuracy in identifying precancerous pancreatic cysts
Credit: Johns Hopkins Johns Hopkins Kimmel Cancer Center study coauthors Anne Marie Lennon, Simeon Springer, Marco Dal Molin, Christopher Wolfgang ...
Study finds transgender, non-binary autism link
Gender identity clinics should screen patients, says lead author of new paper New research indicates that transgender and non-binary individuals ...
Keck School of Medicine promotes patient diversity in cardiac surgery clinical trials
$4.5 million National Institutes of Health grant supports efforts to evaluate new surgical approaches to treat cardiovascular disease and recruit ...
Combined breast and gynecologic surgery: Study says not so fast
Credit: University of Colorado Cancer Center Breast cancer patients and women undergoing cancer-preventive breast surgeries may consider combining these procedures ...
MSU biofilm researchers help doctors understand, treat chronic wounds
BOZEMAN -- Like doctors around the world, Randy Wolcott was confounded by diabetic foot ulcers. When patients would come into ...
Surgery before pregnancy linked to higher risk of opioid withdrawal in babies
Use of opioids to control post-op pain can lead to dependency Babies whose mothers underwent surgery before pregnancy have an ...
Athletes at a higher risk for ACL injury after return to sport
Young athletes who do not achieve a 90 percent score on a battery of tests that measure fitness to return ...
Does use of headgear reduce the rate injuries in high school women’s lacrosse?
Headgear worn during women's lacrosse practice and games can reduce the rate of head and face injuries as well as ...
Over-conditioning kills: Non-traumatic fatalities in football is preventable
Most non-traumatic fatalities among high school and college football athletes do not occur while playing the game of football, but ...
Outcomes of non-operatively treated elbow ulnar in professional baseball players
Professional baseball players with a low-grade elbow injury that occurs on the humeral side of the elbow have a better ...
Recognizing kidney injury due to burns is improved by artificial intelligence
Machine learning cuts critical time to managing acute kidney injury Many burn victims suffer acute kidney injury (AKI), but early ...
Does autograft choice in ACL reconstruction affect recurrent ACL revision rates
Young athletes who have anterior cruciate ligament surgery are more likely to need an additional surgery if they received a ...
Lateral extra-articular tenodesis reduces hamstring autograft
The addition of lateral extra-articular tenodesis to a hamstring autograft in knee surgery in young active patients significantly reduces graft ...
Study suggests arthroscopy more effective than MRI for chondral defects of the knee
Using arthroscopy to stage a lesion in the chondral area of the knee is more accurate than magnetic resonance imaging, ...
