From Medscape General Surgery

American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2017

October 22 - 26, 2017; San Diego, California

October 22 - 26, 2017 San Diego, California

Cloth Surgical Caps May Be Best After All Cloth skull caps may prevent operating room contamination better than can disposable caps or bouffant hats in an operating room, new data showed.
Medscape Medical News, October 31, 2017
ACS Treating Appendicitis Without Surgery: Fears Raised Data suggest older patients may be dying at a slightly increased rate during nonoperative management of appendicitis.
Medscape Medical News, October 27, 2017

Preoperative Heparin 'Severely' Underused in Cancer Surgery A new study finds 5% or lower rates of heparin use for thromboprophylaxis before complex oncologic surgeries across procedure types.
Medscape Medical News, Oct 27, 2016
Bariatric Surgery May Improve Pregnancy Outcomes In a meta-analysis, bariatric surgery in obese women who subsequently become pregnant dramatically reduced their cesarean delivery rate and improved other neonatal outcomes compared with pregnancies among obese women.
Medscape Medical News, Nov 2, 2016
Mesh Benefits Partly Offset by Complications at 5 Years New data on the use of mesh in patients undergoing hernia repair prompt nuanced discussion about the benefit and risk calculation, with emphasis on the need for long-term postsurgical follow-up.
Medscape Medical News, Oct 19, 2016

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