General Surgery News

• Liver Transplant a Safe Option After Recovery From COVID-19 Once patients recover from COVID-19, liver transplantation is a safe option with no evidence of SARS-CoV-2 recurrence, according to a new study.
  Reuters Health Information, July 29, 2021
• Kidney Transplant Outcomes Good in Undocumented Immigrants Patients with undocumented status who receive kidney transplants show encouraging outcomes similar to, or in some cases better than, the general transplant population.
  Medscape Medical News, July 30, 2021
• Do I Have Bad Breath? A New Sensor Will Check Scientists are developing a new device to check breath for hydrogen sulfide, the gas that prompts the unpleasant smell from the mouth.
  WebMD Health News, July 30, 2021
• Nearly Half of Female Surgeons Surveyed Lost a Pregnancy "Pregnant surgeons should not be operating more than 12 hours a week when they are in the third trimester," one author said. "That is a modifiable risk factor."
  Medscape Medical News, July 30, 2021
• One in Three Cancer Articles On Social Media Has Wrong Info One third of the 200 most popular news articles on social media about the treatment of the four leading cancers contain misinformation, says a new study.
  Medscape Medical News, July 29, 2021
• Viral Particle Aerosolization During Tracheostomy Care Can Be Minimized Tracheostomy care leads to significant aerosol generation, but experiments in manikins suggest covering the stoma with a heat moisture exchanger and surgical mask can lead to a significant risk reduction.
  Reuters Health Information, July 28, 2021
• Even 10 Minutes of Exercise Beneficial After ICD Implantation Significant reductions in hard clinical outcomes shown in a new study reiterate the 'profound' underutilization of cardiac rehabilitation, observers say.
  Medscape Medical News, July 29, 2021
• Are You at Legal Risk for Speaking at Conferences? Attorneys say participants who sign agreements to speak at conferences should be aware of all their rights and responsibilities.
  Medscape Medical News, July 27, 2021
• American Board of Surgery's First Virtual Certifying Exam a Huge Success The exam was met with high marks from the general-surgery trainees who took it, with most preferring the virtual platform, according to a report from the ABS research committee.
  Reuters Health Information, July 23, 2021
• The Robot Comes to Mastectomy, But Cancer Outcomes Data Not Attached A series of clinical trials of robotic mastectomy for the prevention and/or treatment of breast cancer have recently started in the US, but oncologic outcomes and randomized trial designs are not in the mix.
  Medscape Medical News, July 23, 2021
• PCI for ACS After TAVR Mostly Succeeds, Valve Choice May Matter Overall, reaccess coronary angiography was successful in about 99% of cases with type of prosthesis identified as the most important variable in predicting success, according to researchers from Germany.
  Medscape Medical News, July 21, 2021
• Minorities Less Likely to Receive Specialist Care People of color are less likely than White patients to receive care from surgical specialists, medical specialists, and pulmonary specialists, a new US study suggests.
  Reuters Health Information, July 19, 2021
• Five Risk Factors May Predict Thrombus on LAA Occlusion Implants Some are known, some are new, and when pulled together to create a new clinical risk score, patients deemed at high risk showed a twofold increased rate of this worrisome complication.
  Medscape Medical News, July 21, 2021
• Pulling Wisdom Teeth Has Surprising Benefit: Better Taste People who've had their wisdom teeth removed have a better sense of taste decades after surgery, according to a study that is allaying concern over side effects after dental work.
  WebMD Health News, July 20, 2021
• AHA Concerned, Others Pleased by Price Transparency Penalty Hike CMS intends to raise the stakes to compel compliance with a mandate for disclosure of hospital prices, with a proposed annual penalty of as much as $2 million for larger organizations.
  Medscape Medical News, July 20, 2021
• ASCO 2021 Sharp Turn in Career Path: Leaving Academic Medicine Behind Dr David Schenkein had aspired to, and achieved, a career in academic medicine and envisaged staying "until they take me out in a box." So why did this physician move to industry?
  Medscape Medical News, July 20, 2021
• Alert FDA Approves Tacrolimus for Lung Transplants The drug is the only immunosuppressant approved for the prevention of organ rejection in both adult and pediatric patients undergoing lung transplant. It has been used in lung transplant for 15 years.
  FDA Approvals, July 19, 2021
• Recent Cyberattack Disrupted Cancer Care Throughout US Cyberattacks on healthcare are on the increase, and a recent attack disrupted oncology care across the US after hackers disrupted software involved in radiotherapy.
  Medscape Medical News, July 19, 2021
• Physicians Turning to Side Gigs for Extra Pay Nearly 4 in 10 doctors currently pursue another source of income in addition to medicine. A new survey explores what they are doing, how much they earn, and why they do it.
  Medscape Medical News, July 19, 2021
• High Medicaid Claims Denial Affecting Doc Participation: Study Physicians are less likely to take Medicaid patients in states where they lose a higher portion of potential revenue because of denials and billing costs.
  Medscape Medical News, July 19, 2021