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Select Patients Can Be Spared Axillary Dissection Breast Cancer Study Shows No Recurrence Advantage Over Sentinel Node Dissection ISSUE: AUGUST, 2010 Sentinel lymph node dissection (SLND) alone provides “excellent” locoregional control in many women with node-positive cancers—with eight-year recurrence rates almost identical to women who underwent additional axillary dissection, according to researchers in a major randomized trial. read more |
Hernia Centers of Excellence?With Payers Ever Watchful of Outcomes and Costs, Some Argue That Complex Hernias Go the Way of Bariatric Surgery ISSUE: AUGUST, 2010 Orlando, Fla.—When Michael Rosen, MD, advocates a national hernia centers of excellence program to his father, Arnold J. Rosen, MD, his father’s response is not unlike those echoed by general surgeons around the country: “This is bread-and-butter general surgery and there is no way you can tread on ventral hernias. For general surgery, that is all we have left.” read more |
The Need for “Post-postgraduate” EducationISSUE: AUGUST, 2010 Dr. Greene reports on the new iteration of the work-hour directives for residents in the United States and argues that every surgeon has a stake in educating the surgeons of tomorrow. read more |
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Simple Device Tames Surgical Site Infections in Contaminated Wounds ISSUE: AUGUST, 2010 Las Vegas—The risk for a surgical site infection developing in a contaminated wound can be dramatically reduced by a simple daily wound probe, a new s ... read more |
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Coding Changes for 2010: What Surgeons Should Know ISSUE: AUGUST, 2010 Each year, changes in the Current Procedural Terminology (CPT) and International Classification of Diseases (ICD-9) codes impact the way claims filed by physicians are reimbursed. This year is no different. read more |
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Select Patients Can Be Spared Axillary Dissection... [8/2010] |
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Hernia Centers of Excellence?... [8/2010] |
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Simple Device Tames Surgical Site Infections in Co... [8/2010] |
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The Surgeons' Lounge... [8/2010] |
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The Surgeons’ Lounge: July 2010... [7/2010] |
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The Surgeons’ Lounge: June 2010... [6/2010] |
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An Interview with Funda Meric-Bernstam, MD, 2010 p... [8/2010] |
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Disparity in Access To Critical Care? No Surprise ... [7/2010] |
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A Final Opinion on “Speaking as One”... [7/2010] |
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