Low-Dose Tamoxifen Feasible Option in Breast Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- Women appear to prevent recurrence in early stage cancers with 5 mg dosing (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - December 6, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Bariatric Surgery Outcomes Vary According to Obesity Subtype
(MedPage Today) -- Researchers identified four separate classes of obesity (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - November 14, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

AHA: Stem Cells No Help in LVAD Patients
(MedPage Today) -- Mesenchymal precursor cells didn ' t boost wean rates from heart assist devices (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - November 13, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Appendectomy Decades Earlier Linked to Lower Parkinson's Risk
(MedPage Today) -- Researchers find abundant alpha-synuclein aggregates in appendixes of healthy people (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - October 31, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

SAVR, TAVR Volumes Together Linked to TAVR Outcomes
(MedPage Today) -- High volume for TAVR alone was predictive, SAVR alone was not (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - October 31, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Pouch Creation a Winner After Total Gastrectomy
(MedPage Today) -- Meta-analysis reports better long-term functional outcomes, no greater perioperative morbidity (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - October 30, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Racial Disparities Grow Among Kids Getting Kidney Transplants
(MedPage Today) -- Dramatic gap has opened up between black and white children (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - October 30, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Accepting Higher-Risk Donor Heart Linked to Better Survival at 1 Year
(MedPage Today) -- One in five who declined donor heart still waiting a year later (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - October 29, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Accepting Higher-Risk Donor Heart Associated with Better Survival at 1 Year
(MedPage Today) -- One in five who declined donor heart still waiting a year later (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - October 29, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Time to Question Obesity-Based Cutoffs in Kidney Transplantation?
(MedPage Today) -- Study finds outcomes non-inferior to patients with BMI 35 and under (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - October 29, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Cath Lab Recap: Post-PCI Inflammation; No Stenting Before TAVR
(MedPage Today) -- Interventional cardiology news to note (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - October 25, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Cath Lab Recap: Post-PCI Inflammation; No Stenting Before Pulmonary Sapien Valve
(MedPage Today) -- Interventional cardiology news to note (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - October 25, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

TAVR-Heavy Centers Cutting Back on SAVR
(MedPage Today) -- But other hospitals that do both have kept up their SAVR volumes (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - October 17, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

With Loop Recorder, Many Could Skip ICD for Inherited Arrhythmia
(MedPage Today) -- Devices get patients the right event adjudication, per single-center analysis (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - October 15, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Recurrent PBC Tied to Higher Risk of Liver Graft Loss, Death (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Severe cholestasis, use of tacrolimus predicted post-graft disease recurrence (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - October 9, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news