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MDLinx Surgery is your ultimate resource for the latest General Surgery and subspecialty surgery news articles published in over 2,000 peer-reviewed medical journals and popular press. Our diligent team of medical editor’s rank sort and summarize Surgery news articles with topics ranging from: Cardiac Surgery, Critical Care, Vascular, Thoracic, Peds Surgery, Neurosurgery and much more. On this page you may also find bonus content that includes articles highlighted by our physician editor, D. Scott Cunningham, MD, PhD, that are “must-read “ as well as clinical pearls taken from our Smartest Doc quiz competition.
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Latest (1) Full Text Articles (14)501 A Cross-sectional Study to Validate Wound Care Algorithms for Use by Registered Nurses Ostomy Wound Management, April 14, 2010
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Evidence-based Medicine: An Overview of Key Concepts
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503 The effect of dressing with fresh kiwifruit on burn wound healing Surgery, April 12, 2010
504 Daily reoxygenation decreases myocardial injury and improves post-ischaemic recovery after chronic hypoxia European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, April 7, 2010
505 Impact of deep sternal wound infection management with vacuum-assisted closure therapy followed by sternal osteosynthesis: a 15-year review of 23 499 sternotomies European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, April 6, 2010 Clinical Article
506 Economic aspects of deep sternal wound infections European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, April 6, 2010
507 Recurrent sternal infection following treatment with negative pressure wound therapy and titanium transverse plate fixation European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, April 6, 2010
508 Ischiatic pressure sores: our experience in coupling a split-muscle flap and a fasciocutaneous flap in a ‘criss-cross’ way Spinal Cord, April 6, 2010
509 Assessment and Management of Pressure Ulcers in the Elderly: Current Strategies Drugs & Aging, April 5, 2010 Clinical Article
510 Early Results After Treatment of Open Abdomen After Aortic Surgery With Mesh Traction and Vacuum-Assisted Wound Closure European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, April 5, 2010
511 Endogenous Endophthalmitis After Methicillin-Resistant Staphylococcus aureus Sternal Wound Infection Full Text Annals of Thoracic Surgery, April 1, 2010
512 Nonoperative Management of Postintubation Tracheal Injuries Full Text Annals of Thoracic Surgery, March 31, 2010
513 Effect of smoking, smoking cessation, and nicotine patch on wound dimension, vitamin C, and systemic markers of collagen metabolism Surgery, March 30, 2010
514 Molecular dissection of abnormal wound healing processes resulting in keloid disease Wound Repair and Regeneration, March 26, 2010
515 Traumatic Arm Wound Infected With Vibrio cholerae in a Non-immunocompromised Host Wounds, March 25, 2010
516 Topical silver for preventing wound infection Cochrane Reviews, March 24, 2010 Review Article
517 Germ plasm-like Dot cells maintain their wound regenerative function after in vitro expansion Clinical and Experimental Pharmacology and Physiology, March 24, 2010
518 Scar endometriosis - a rare cause for a painful scar: A case report and review of the literature Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery, March 24, 2010
519 Diabetes mellitus impairs tendon-bone healing after rotator cuff repair Journal of Shoulder and Elbow Surgery, March 23, 2010
520 Beads but no collar; the significance of an asymptomatic rib bone healing pattern in infants Medical Hypotheses, March 16, 2010
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Highlights in Surgery
Epidural anesthesia reduces post-CABG pain
As published in the Journal of Cardiac Surgery, thoracic epidural anesthesia (TEA) plus general anesthesia (GA) is superior to GA alone in managing post-operative CABG pain. Forty patients undergoing elective CABG were randomized to receive TEA (0.25% bipivacaine [10-20 mg/h]) intra-operatively and for 24 h post-operatively plus GA or GA alone. Post-operative pain at rest and with coughing was significantly less for up to 1 month post-operatively in the TEA + GA group compared to the GA alone group. Furthermore, analgesic use, mechanical ventilation time, ICU stay time, and hospital stay time were reduced in the TEA + GA group compared to the GA alone group.
Read the article summaryNT-proBNP predicts outcome following emergent surgery
As published in the British Journal of Anaesthesia, measurement of N-terminal pro B-type natruiretic peptide (NT-proBNP) pre- and post-operatively predicts outcome in patients > 50 years of age (n=297) undergoing emergent non-cardiac surgery. A pre-operative NT-proBNP > 725 pg/ml was associated with a 4.8-fold RR of non-fatal MI, acute heart failure, or death between surgery and the 3-year post-operative follow up. Similarly, a post-operative NT-proBNP > 1600 pg/ml was associated with a 4.0-fold RR of non-fatal MI, acute heart failure, or death between surgery and the 3-year post-operative follow up. A pre-operative NT-proBNP > 1740 pg/ml was associated with a 6.9 RR for major adverse cardiac events during the post-operative hospital stay.
Read the article summaryIncreased risk of skin cancer in RCC treated with multikinase inhibitors
As published in Dermatologic Surgery, RCC patients (n=69) treated with multikinase inhibitors are at increased risk for squamous cell carcinomas and basal cell carcinomas. After a median treatment of 13.5 months, 13.5% and 6.3% of patients treated with sorafenib and sunitinib developed skin cancer, respectively.
Read the article summaryMost Popular Surgery Articles
Last month's top read Top Articles of 20121 Managing Venous Stasis Disease and Ulcers Clinics in Geriatric Medicine, April 11, 2013 Review Article
2 Incision and Drainage Versus Incision and Drainage with Primary Closure and Use of Closed Suction Drain in Acute Abscesses Wounds, March 22, 2013
3 The Role of Whirlpool in Wound Care The Journal of the American College of Clinical Wound Specialists, April 5, 2013 Review Article
4 Management of Skin Grafts Using Negative Pressure Therapy: The Effect of Varied Pressure on Skin Graft Incorporation Wounds, April 19, 2013
5 Wound drainage after plastic and reconstructive surgery of the breast Cochrane Reviews, April 1, 2013
6 Prognostic factors predicting ischemic wound healing following hyperbaric oxygenation therapy Wound Repair and Regeneration, April 26, 2013
7 Preoperative skin antiseptics for preventing surgical wound infections after clean surgery Cochrane Reviews, April 3, 2013 Review Article
8 Progress in Practice: The Role of New Foam Dressing Technology in Protection from Skin Breakdown Ostomy Wound Management, April 16, 2013 Free full text Review Article
9 Effect of gentamicin lavage of the axillary surgical bed after lymph node dissection on drainage discharge volume The Breast, April 23, 2013
10 Honey as a topical treatment for wounds Cochrane Reviews, March 19, 2013
11 Historical foundations of wound healing and its potential for acceleration: dose-response considerations Wound Repair and Regeneration, February 27, 2013 Review Article
12 Wound cleansing for pressure ulcers Cochrane Reviews, April 15, 2013 Evidence Based Medicine
13 Wound Cleaning and Wound Healing: A Concise Review Advances in Skin and Wound Care, April 5, 2013
14 Medical honey in professional wound care Expert Review of Dermatology, February 11, 2013
15 Chronic venous leg ulcers are associated with high levels of metalloproteinases-9 and neutrophil gelatinase-associated lipocalin Wound Repair and Regeneration, April 8, 2013
16 Post-facelift flap necrosis treatment with charged polystyrene microspheres Canadian Journal of Plastic Surgery, April 10, 2013
17 Single-Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Is Associated with Improved Cosmesis Scoring at the Cost of Significantly Higher Hernia Rates: 1-Year Results of a Prospective Randomized, Multicenter, Single-Blinded Trial of Traditional Multiport Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy vs Single-Incision Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy Journal of the American College of Surgeons, April 25, 2013
18 A Retrospective, Nonrandomized, Before-and-After Study of the Effect of Linens Constructed of Synthetic Silk-like Fabric on Pressure Ulcer Incidence Ostomy Wound Management, April 17, 2013 Free full text
19 Wound biofilms: Lessons learned from oral biofilms Wound Repair and Regeneration, April 10, 2013 Review Article
20 Vacuum-assisted closure for complicated wounds in head and neck region after reconstruction Journal of Plastic, Reconstructive & Aesthetic Surgery, April 22, 2013
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