CHEST || Cardiothoracic Surgery

AATS: Avoid mass ligation of the thoracic duct during esophagectomy

Posted on: 01/06/2015 - 21:24

SEATTLE – Thoracic duct ligation did not seem to prevent chylothorax in a review of 827 esophagectomy cases at...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Palliative surgery eases pain at end of life

Posted on: 06/04/2015 - 17:29

HOUSTON – Palliative surgery can alleviate pain and improve the quality of life for patients dying from advanced cancers, without compromising perfo... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Advanced age no barrier to aggressive heart attack treatment

Posted on: 28/03/2015 - 19:02

SAN DIEGO – Patients aged 80 years and older benefit from more invasive early treatment after non-ST-elevation myocardial infarction or unstable ang... More »

Field of Interest: Geriatrics

Type: News Item

Baseline QOL measures not associated with outcomes in high-risk operable lung cancer patients

Posted on: 23/02/2015 - 17:20

Poor baseline quality-of-life scores were not predictive of worse overall or recurrence-free survival, or of higher risk for adverse events following ... More »

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Hold the immunomodulators for surgery? Maybe yes, maybe no

Posted on: 13/03/2014 - 20:55

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – When patients on immunosuppressive therapies need surgery, the risks of disease flare and compromised postoperative recovery and rehabilitation must be weighed against the risk of...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Rising to the challenge of glucose control before and after surgery

Posted on: 13/03/2014 - 19:05

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – Controlling hyperglycemia before and after surgery in patients with diabetes is a balancing act, but when done properly, it can reduce infections and wound complications,...

Field of Interest: Endocrinology

Type: News Item

Minimalist transfemoral TAVR winning surgical converts

Posted on: 03/03/2014 - 15:00

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Familiarity with the option of minimalist transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement is causing some top surgeons to broaden their use of nonsurgical valve replacement....

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

AATS: Avoid mass ligation of the thoracic duct during esophagectomy

Palliative surgery eases pain at end of life

Advanced age no barrier to aggressive heart attack treatment

Baseline QOL measures not associated with outcomes in high-risk operable lung cancer patients

Hold the immunomodulators for surgery? Maybe yes, maybe no

Rising to the challenge of glucose control before and after surgery

Minimalist transfemoral TAVR winning surgical converts

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CHEST || Cardiothoracic Surgery

AATS: Avoid mass ligation of the thoracic duct during esophagectomy

Palliative surgery eases pain at end of life

Advanced age no barrier to aggressive heart attack treatment

Baseline QOL measures not associated with outcomes in high-risk operable lung cancer patients

Hold the immunomodulators for surgery? Maybe yes, maybe no

Rising to the challenge of glucose control before and after surgery

Minimalist transfemoral TAVR winning surgical converts

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