Preoperative chemotherapy in operable breast cancer has been shown to improve breast conservation rates as a result of tumor response to therapy. When patients are given preoperative systemic therapy, ...

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Meticulous surgical technique, as exemplified by total mesorectal excision (TME), has improved survival by reducing local recurrences in patients undergoing resection with curative intent (Heald, 1995 ...

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 ...

Three strategies have been used to predict pulmonary function after lung-resection surgery. The ACCP guidelines state that in patients being considered for lung cancer resection, if either the FEV 1 ...

On March 23, 2023, the UAB Heersink School of Medicine Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine celebrated the advanced practice providers (APPs) of the UAB Preoperative Assessment, ...

Patients with end-stage liver disease often undergo surgery for indications other than liver transplantation. These patients have an increased risk of morbidity and mortality that is related to their ...

After reading a recent Becker's ASC article, 5 big dysfunctions in ASCs — and how to fix them, I couldn't help but reflect on the number one dysfunction listed within the article, preoperative ...

The rise of pay-for-performance programs in healthcare has necessitated that hospitals seriously examine how to reduce surgical complications, one of the key metrics being tied to reimbursement.

THIS IS THE FIRST OF 2 ARTICLES EVALUATING cardiac events in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery. In this article, we review the magnitude of the problem, the pathophysiology of these events, ...

After reading a recent Becker’s ASC article, 5 big dysfunctions in ASCs — and how to fix them, I couldn’t help but reflect on the number one dysfunction listed within the article, preoperative ...