The lead author of a new report identifies four ways to promote preoperative assessments by anesthesiologists. The lead author of a new report that found weak preoperative assessments are a primary ...

Phase II Study of Alisertib, a Selective Aurora A Kinase Inhibitor, in Relapsed and Refractory Aggressive B- and T-Cell Non-Hodgkin Lymphomas Patients underwent protocol high-resolution pelvic MRI.

NAPA, Calif., Dec. 16, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study by The Doctors Company shows that inadequate pre-operation patient assessments are a major factor in medical malpractice suits against ...

Objective To determine whether preoperative assessments carried out by appropriately trained nurses are inferior in quality to those carried out by preregistration ...

This article is written by Ann O’Neill, director of clinical operations at Regent Surgical Health. This article was originally printed in the Regent Surgical Health newsletter and has been republished ...

Meticulous surgical technique, as exemplified by total mesorectal excision (TME), has improved survival by reducing local recurrences in patients undergoing resection with curative intent (Heald, 1995 ...

Preoperative chemotherapy in operable breast cancer has been shown to improve breast conservation rates as a result of tumor response to therapy. When patients are given preoperative systemic therapy, ...

Electronic consultations (e-consults) improve access to specialty care without requiring face-to-face patient visits. We conducted a mixed-methods descriptive study to understand the variability in ...

Ambulatory surgery is a major area of surgical and anesthetic practice, and preoperative clinics are being increasingly used for low-risk surgical procedures. This study investigated the impact of ...