Preoperative MRI may not benefit breast cancer patients
1. Patients having received preoperative magnetic resonance imaging (pMRI) experienced longer times to surgery and a higher rate of contralateral...
Intraoperative PEEP levels may not affect post-operative pulmonary complications
1. No difference was found in the incidence of post-operative pulmonary complications between patients set to a higher level of...
Seminal vesicle invasion predicts decreased survival in bladder cancer
1. Concomitant seminal vesicle invasion (cSVI) in patients with urothelial carcinoma of the bladder (UCB) and prostatic stromal infiltration was...
Lower rates of repeat intervention following ureteroscopy for kidney stones
Image: PD 1. 18.7% of patients undergoing ureteroscopy required a second procedure to fragment or remove a kidney stone, compared...
Modulating lymphocyte populations decreases graft rejection in mice
Image: PD 1. A combination therapy of Campath, Rapamycin, and anti-IL-7 receptor blocking antibody induced tolerance of mismatched skin grafts...
Similar outcomes with Kineflex-L and CHARITE lumbar total disc replacements
1. The rates of success, patient satisfaction, device-related complications, and reoperation were similar between Kineflex-L Disc and CHARITE. 2. There...
Post-operative hospital transfers more likely at Critical Access Hospitals
Image: PD 1. Surgical admissions at Critical Access Hospitals (CAH) resulted in transfers more frequently than at non-CAH hospitals. 2....
Adding Evolocumab to statin therapy further decreases LDL-C levels
Image: PD 1. When paired with statin therapy, evolocumab greatly reduced patient low-density lipoprotein cholesterol (LDL-C) levels compared to placebo...
Tumor size, chemoembolization response may predict hepatocellular carcinoma recurrence
Image: PD 1. In patients with hepatocellular carcinoma who underwent liver transplantation, response to transarterial chemoembolization and radiologic size of...
Genetic variant linked to poor patient survival following lung transplantation
Image: PD 1. A specific TT-genotype variant that encodes the immunoglobulin gamma (IgG) receptor was associated with increased patient mortality...
