A robotic approach for ventral hernia repair may improve postoperative outcomes
1. Robotic component separation for ventral hernia repair was associated with lower postoperative complication rates, shorter length of stay, and ...
Tag: Surgery
2 Minute Medicine Rewind May 4, 2026
Impact of Cannabis Edibles Combined With Alcohol on Driving, Field Sobriety Performance, and Subjective Effects: A Within-Participant Crossover Trial 1. ...
Sleeve gastrectomy may produce greater and more durable weight loss than semaglutide in patients with obesity
1. Sleeve gastrectomy produces substantially greater and more durable weight loss than semaglutide over 12 months in patients with obesity. ...
Cast immobilization is non-inferior to surgical intervention in isolated Weber B fractures of lateral malleolus
1. Cast immobilization is non-inferior to surgical treatment with open reduction and internal plate fixation (ORIF) in the management of ...
Surgery-induced weight loss may be associated with lower mortality rates in women with obesity but not men
1. Surgery-induced weight loss was associated with lower cancer incidence and mortality rates in women with obesity, but not men. ...
Wide-awake local anesthesia without a tourniquet may achieve similar anesthetic success to ultrasound-guided axillary brachial plexus block
1. For outpatient endoscopic carpal tunnel release, wide-awake local anesthesia without a tourniquet achieves at least the same anesthetic success ...
World Health Organization warns that one in six infections now antibiotic resistant
1. A new WHO analysis finds one in six bacterial infections worldwide is now resistant to standard antibiotics. 2. Resistance ...
Surgical and conservative management strategies for acute subdural hematoma are associated with similar functional outcomes
1. Across 18 U.S. centers, preference for surgical or conservative management for acute subdural hematoma (ASDH) varied widely but did ...
Trastuzumab deruxtecan leads to longer overall survival than ramucirumab plus paclitaxel in HER2-positive gastric cancer
1. In this randomized controlled trial, among adults with HER2-positive unresectable or metastatic gastric cancer who had previously progressed on ...
Pembrolizumab improves survival in locally advanced head and neck cancer
1. Among patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous-cell carcinoma (HNSCC), neoadjuvant and adjuvant pembrolizumab improved event-free survival compared ...
