Using a high-pressure water jet to operate on an enlarged prostate can better preserve the ability to ejaculate, compared with standard laser surgery, finds research. The technique has… read more.
The use of powerful synthetic opioids, such as sufentanil and remifentanil, during surgery is linked to a subsequent poor ‘pain experience’—a composite of emotional, cognitive, and physical aspects… read more.
Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. announced positive results from the Phase III C-POST trial, which demonstrated that adjuvant treatment with PD-1 inhibitor Libtayo (cemiplimab) led to a statistically significant and… read more.
Mass General Brigham researchers found that total weight loss did not increase for patients who took semaglutide before having weight loss surgery, suggesting that a surgery first strategy… read more.
When even the most highly trained surgeons perform procedures on the retina—one of the smallest, most delicate parts of the human body—the stakes are high. Surgeons must account… read more.
One in five older adults gets an infection up to six months after heart surgery — with women far more likely to develop one, according to studies led… read more.
For many patients, getting ready to have surgery means getting their blood drawn, their heart rhythm checked, or having other tests in the weeks leading up to their… read more.
Researchers report that adjuvant (post-surgical) trastuzumab emtansine (T-DM1) treatment of women with high-risk HER2-positive breast cancer has reduced their long-term risk of death or invasive disease by 46%… read more.
Surgeons are quicker and more successful at completing a buzz wire game compared with other hospital staff, finds a study in the Christmas issue of The BMJ. However, surgeons… read more.
For people with an injured anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) in the knee, surgical ACL reconstruction (ACLR) is an effective treatment for restoring joint stability, however, many treated patients… read more.
Using antibiotics alone to treat children with uncomplicated appendicitis is a cost-saving alternative to surgery, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS). Appendicitis is… read more.
A new study by researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, a founding member of the Mass General Brigham healthcare system, in collaboration with researchers at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public… read more.
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