Thomas Rosenthal
What Is a Minute Worth in the OR?
New Orleans—Saving time in the operating room not only saves money but also increases patient safety and ...
SEPTEMBER 24, 2018
Surgeons Improve With Age, Study Suggests
Because surgery has a long learning curve, patients do slightly better when the surgeon is more experienced than ...
JULY 25, 2018
Chlorhexidine No More Effective Than Soap and Water For C. diff Prevention
San Antonio—Bathing ICU patients every other day with a 2% chlorhexidine gluconate solution did not prevent ...
JULY 18, 2018
Dutch Researchers Identify Ways to Maximize Fluorescent Laparoscopic Cholecystectomies
Dutch researchers recommended techniques to maximize the fluorescence intensity of near-infrared fluorescence ...
JUNE 28, 2018
Short-Term Preoperative Weight Loss Improves Bariatric Surgery Outcomes
Patients who lost at least 8% of their excess weight through a low-calorie diet (LCD) immediately before their ...
APRIL 12, 2018
Controversial Approach to Health Care: Nix ‘Low-Value’ Surgical Interventions
If surgeons in the United Kingdom stopped doing just a handful of procedures, the national health system could save ...
JANUARY 30, 2018
Pain Control Protocol Reduces Opioid Use
Baltimore—A North Carolina hospital’s trauma service created a multidisciplinary team that ...
NOVEMBER 28, 2017
The Rise of Concierge Medicine: A Return to the Good Ol’ Days?
Alan L. Saperstein, MD, an orthopedic surgeon in Boca Raton, Fla., did not realize the patient referred to him was ...
OCTOBER 19, 2017
Society Develops Care Pathway For Lap Sleeve Gastrectomy
The American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery has developed and implemented an evidence-based national ...
OCTOBER 17, 2017
Initiative Promotes Multidisciplinary Approach To Improve Rectal Cancer Outcomes
Hospitals across the United States can now apply to participate in the new National Accreditation Program for ...
OCTOBER 3, 2017
More and More Complex, Older Patients Are Surviving Cancer
Driven largely by the aging of the U.S. population, combined with advances in early detection and the effectiveness ...
DECEMBER 23, 2016
