First-Line Chemotherapy for Non–Small-Cell Lung Cancer: Is There a Superior Regimen Based on Histology? The study enrolled 90 patients; 79 patients (88%) completed chemo-chemoradiation. Sixty-two (78% ...

A large observational study published in JAMA Internal Medicine suggests that most patients do not medically benefit from consultation with a medical specialist before their surgery. In Canada, ...

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 ...

Objective: To identify preoperative predictive factors for knee function two years after reconstructive surgery of the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). The main hypothesis was that preoperative ...

The following article is written by Mary Sturm, VP of clinical operations for Surgical Management Professionals. As the saying goes, “You only have one chance to make a first impression.” For many of ...

According to center policies, all patients deemed appropriate for procedures performed at the center are to be interviewed in order to collect a comprehensive patient history, to include medications, ...

A system-wide preoperative nutrition program improves patient outcomes and offers the potential for substantial cost savings for health care systems, according to a study presented at the American ...

Preoperative stereotactic radiation therapy (SRT) was feasible -- and may even be more favorable -- compared with postoperative SRT in patients with surgically resectable brain metastases, according ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Weight loss prior to orthopedic surgery may not correlate with perioperative risk reduction. Mandating weight ...

Short-term preoperative radiotherapy and total mesorectal excision have each been shown to improve local control of disease in patients with resectable rectal cancer. We conducted a multicenter, ...

A group of expert sarcoma radiation oncologists convened at the 2023 Connective Tissue Oncology Society (CTOS) Annual Meeting to address the status of hypofractionation for STS and collaborated to put ...