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Authors: Park E et al American Journal of Surgery 213 (1), 58-63 (Jan 2017) BACKGROUND The Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System was used to evaluate the effects of open incisional ventral hernia repair on hernia-related pain. METHODS All patients who underwent elective repair of a primary or recurrent midline incisional hernia over a 3-year period completed […]
Read MoreAUTHORS: Meyer, Matthew J. MD et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2017 – Volume 124 – Issue 2 – p 618–622 BACKGROUND: Blood product transfusion is the most commonly performed hospital procedure. Intraoperative blood product utilization varies between institutions and anesthesiologists. In the United States in 2011, nearly 4 million plasma units were transfused. METHODS: A […]
Read MoreAuthors: Maher, Dermot P MD, MS et al Anesthesia & Analgesia: February 2017 – Volume 124 – Issue 2 – p 661–674 Chronic Pain Medicine: Narative Review Article Intravenous ketamine infusions have been used extensively to treat often-intractable neuropathic pain conditions. Because there are many widely divergent ketamine infusion protocols described in the literature, the variation […]
Read MoreWritten by DR. LEONARD A. SOWAH Current reports from the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) suggest that the United States is second on the list of countries with the highest per capita consumption of opiates. Data from 2014 quotes U.S. use of opiates at 700 mg per capita per year. The only country that has […]
Read MoreMinimally invasive techniques for pancreatic surgery are associated with a significantly increased risk for complications when performed in low-volume hospitals in which relatively few procedures are performed per year, warn US investigators. The researchers found that in hospitals in which 22 or fewer minimally invasive pancreaticoduodenectomies (MPDs) were performed per year, the rate of complications […]
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