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This mixed methods study details a six-year transition from total tonsillectomy to intracapsular tonsillectomy, highlighting improved postoperative outcomes and surgeon motivators behind adopting this safer surgical technique.
This large-scale study reveals that adolescent and young adult women with breast cancer predominantly undergo mastectomy and experience comparable perioperative outcomes to older women, despite a higher metastatic burden.
A 2022 national study shows frailty, not chronological age, is a stronger predictor of 30-day postoperative mortality across surgical risk levels, challenging age-based surgical decision-making.
Autism spectrum disorder (ASD) does not independently affect postoperative length of stay or complication rates after gastrostomy tube placement in children. Instead, outcomes are more strongly influenced by developmental delay and preopera
Endoscopic repair of congenital choanal atresia using mucoperiosteal flaps without stenting shows high long-term neochoanal patency but a significant reoperation rate, underscoring the need for diligent follow-up and tailored postoperative
A multicenter trauma study found that 20.1% of surgically treated Morel-Lavallée lesions developed wound complications. Pedestrian-versus-vehicle injury was the only independent predictor of postoperative problems.
In a retrospective cohort of 362 head and neck free tissue transfer patients, routine hospitalist involvement was associated with fewer transfers to a higher level of care, without significant effects on length of stay, readmission, or 90-d
