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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: June 30, 2019
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. – Femoral head core decompression with bone marrow aspirate concentrate appears to reduce hip joint pain for sickle cell pati...
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: June 27, 2019
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. – Orthopedic crises are common in patients with sickle cell disease, and consultation with an orthopedic surgeon is important...
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: June 17, 2019
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. – Just one in five patients prescribed L-glutamine were still taking the drug after 10 months, according to a new real-world ...
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- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: June 9, 2019
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLA. — A pilot study has shown one-year overall survival rates exceeding 90% for bone marrow transplants in adults with severe sic...
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: May 15, 2019
BALTIMORE – A large study found that laparoscopic umbilical ventral hernia repair resulted in lower wound complication rates vs. open repair in pat...
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: May 15, 2019
BALTIMORE – Even in a universal health care system, clear disparities exist among patient populations having bariatric surgery.
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: May 14, 2019
BALTIMORE – The Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Accreditation and Quality Improvement Program database contains many incomplete datasets on patient...
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: May 14, 2019
BALTIMORE – An analysis of malpractice claims paid for hernia operations has found that breach of informed consent was a reason for more than 15% o...
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: May 14, 2019
BALTIMORE – Rates of worsening reflux a year after sleeve gastrectomy surgery can vary widely among surgeons.
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: May 14, 2019
BALTIMORE – An analysis of 7,616 cases shows that robotic and laparoscopic surgery for rectal cancer achieve similar results.
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: May 8, 2019
BALTIMORE – Researchers reported on an artificial neural network model of patient factors that may help predict 30-day outcomes of laparoscopic sle...
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: April 30, 2019
Laparoscopic magnetic sphincter augmentation for GERD costs more per procedure than Nissen fundoplication, but has lower costs afterward.
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: April 30, 2019
BALTIMORE – A report card that evaluates multiple variables after myotomy for achalasia may provide a more accurate picture of outcomes than the Ec...
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: April 28, 2019
BALTIMORE – A predictive tool to stratify risk and a change in practice showed promise in reducing wound infection rates for gastric bypass surgery...
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- Author:
- Richard Mark Kirkner
Publish date: April 28, 2019
An alternative staging scale has been found to be superior to body mass index in predicting complications after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery.
