Surgery Classics

1. Compared to placebo, treating patients with severe alcoholic hepatitis with 28 days of prednisolone significantly improved the short-term survival...

1. Patients presenting with upper gastrointestinal bleeds experienced significantly lower risk of continued bleeding and need for surgery to control...

1. Apixaban was found to be non-inferior to conventional therapy (i.e., enoxaparin followed by warfarin) in the treatment of acute...

Image: PD 1. Permanent vena caval filter placement in addition to anticoagulant therapy helps prevent short-term occurrence of pulmonary embolism...

1. In cirrhotic patients with spontaneous bacterial peritonitis, albumin infusion on days 1 and 3 of treatment in addition to...

1. Treating recurrent C. difficile infection with infusion of donor feces resulted in significantly higher cure rates than treating with...

1. At 5 years, the probability of developing open-angle glaucoma was significantly lower in the group that received topical ocular...

1. Dual antiplatelet therapy with clopidogrel and aspirin was associated with a significant reduction in microembolic events in patients with...

1. Finasteride therapy was found to significantly reduce the incidence of prostate cancer compared to placebo. 2. Patients treated with...

1. Fidaxomicin is non-inferior to vancomycin in achieving clinical cure of C. difficile infection 2. Fidaxomicin therapy significantly reduces the...