One-year study tracks durable outcomes after pediatric concealed penis repair
A prospective cohort study of 75 Egyptian children reports that a combined anatomical index and parent-reported score remained stable and ...
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Higher Preoperative Testosterone Linked to Faster Urinary Continence Recovery After Prostate Surgery
A retrospective study of 482 prostate cancer patients found that higher preoperative testosterone was associated with faster urinary continence recovery, ...
Combined Cataract and Glaucoma Surgery Shows Strong One-Year Pressure Control
A multicenter prospective study of 289 patients found that combined phacoemulsification and goniosynechialysis lowered intraocular pressure and medication use in ...
Robotic, 3D and 2D pyeloplasty show no clear success difference in Indian cohort
A retrospective Indian cohort of 109 patients found no significant difference in six-month pyeloplasty success between robotic, 3D laparoscopic and ...
Two glaucoma stents show modest two-year results in highly myopic eyes
A 24-month multicenter study found the iStent inject and Hydrus microstent achieved modest pressure lowering and low complication rates in ...
Fibroid Surgery Study Finds Similar Pregnancy Outcomes for Open and Minimally Invasive Myomectomy
A retrospective UK cohort study found that women undergoing myomectomy for subfertility achieved clinical pregnancies and live births after surgery, ...
240-Degree Goniotomy Shows Promise for Primary Congenital Glaucoma in Small Case Series
A retrospective case series of 12 eyes found that 240-degree goniotomy reduced intraocular pressure in primary congenital glaucoma with no ...
Unverified postoperative imaging clouds gross-total resection claims in pediatric dermoids
A new letter argues that inconsistent definitions of gross-total resection undermine a systematic review's surgical recommendation for pediatric posterior fossa ...
Elevated kneecap position linked to poorer results after ligament reconstruction in children
A retrospective study of 103 children found that preoperative patella alta measured by the Insall-Salvati index was associated with worse ...
Neck fusion surgery for segmental neck pain helps only about half of patients, Swedish registry study finds
A Swedish nationwide registry study of 36 patients found that ACDF for presumed segmental neck pain produced clinically meaningful improvement ...
Rare Spigelian Hernias Repaired With Laparoscopic Technique in Small Case Series
A retrospective single-center series of four patients reports no complications or recurrences after laparoscopic transabdominal preperitoneal repair of Spigelian hernia.
Drainage Patterns After Mastectomy May Signal Lasting Seroma Risk
A retrospective study of 306 mastectomy patients linked persistently high early drainage output to a markedly higher rate of persistent ...
Low Body Mass Index Flags Higher Pulmonary Risk After Neoadjuvant Esophagectomy
A retrospective cohort study of 364 patients found that low body mass index was nonlinearly associated with a higher risk ...
Machine Learning Shows Promise but Limited Clinical Validation in Keratoconus
A systematic review of 41 studies found that machine learning can classify keratoconus severity and estimate progression and surgical outcomes, ...
Tenecteplase-assisted surgery displaces PCV hemorrhage in 10-eye series
A 10-eye retrospective series associated subretinal tenecteplase-assisted vitrectomy with rapid displacement of fovea-involving hemorrhage and improved vision at 12 months, ...
Mesh–Defect Matching May Matter More Than Fixation in Hernia Repair
Experimental, randomised and clinical evidence indicates that mesh geometry and defect matching may be more important than fixation status in ...
The Shape of a Postoperative Brain Lesion May Predict Neurological Decline After Glioma Surgery
A new study suggests that the shape of postoperative DWI lesions after eloquent-area glioma surgery may help predict which patients ...
Robotic Surgery Reaches the Abdomen’s Toughest Corner to Fix Rare Hernias
In one of the largest studies of its kind, Israeli surgeons completed 39 robotic repairs of rare lateral abdominal wall ...
Neoadjuvant Therapy Lengthens Surgery Time but Not Complication Risk in Transanal Rectal Cancer Operations
A multicenter Japanese propensity score-matched analysis of 294 rectal cancer patients found that neoadjuvant therapy before transanal total mesorectal excision ...
Experienced Abdominal Wall Surgeons Cut Complications in Scrotal Hernia Repair, Spanish Registry Shows
A national Spanish registry analysis of 748 inguinoscrotal hernia repairs finds that comorbidity, hernia complexity, and longer operative times drive ...
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