Morning Break: No Dip in Opioid Scrips; DNA Sharing; Lab-Grown Lungs
(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the MedPage Today staff (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - August 3, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Morning Break: Doc $$$ for Essure;'Menstrual Equality'; Perfection Culture a Disease
(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the MedPage Today staff (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - July 30, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Morning Break: Football and CTE; Tainted Crab;'Hope in a Bottle '
(MedPage Today) -- Health news and commentary from around the Web gathered by the MedPage Today staff (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - July 20, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Which Patient Should Get the Liver Transplant?
(MedPage Today) -- Michael Kirsch, MD, ponders our organ allocation system (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - July 10, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Leg Amputations Declined Among ESRD Patients (CME/CE)
(MedPage Today) -- Better CVD risk-management and diabetic foot care likely causes (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - July 9, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Proteinuria Flags Risk for Post-Op Kidney Injury
(MedPage Today) -- Even trace levels of urinary protein tied to elevated rate of acute renal impairment (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - July 5, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Decline in ICD Implants Linked to Federal Probe
(MedPage Today) -- Many hospitals settled Medicare fraud charges (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - July 5, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Worse OS, Higher Costs Tied to Trimodal Tx for Bladder Cancer
(MedPage Today) -- Bladder-sparing approach would cost $335 million more annually (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - June 27, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Traditional Pacemaker Complications Down With Leadless Device
(MedPage Today) -- Fewer events overall, but Nanostim device still trips up on cardiac perforations (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - June 27, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Five-Second Rule Validated in the Operating Room
(MedPage Today) -- ' Total game changer ' (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - June 21, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Endocarditis: Any Invasive Procedure Is a Risk
(MedPage Today) -- Infections linked to wide range of tissue breaches (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - June 12, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Lower-Intensity Warfarin May be Safe with Surgical Mechanical Valve Designed for It
(MedPage Today) -- Fewer bleeds with lower target INR, but dual antiplatelet therapy still a no-go (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - June 11, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

FFR Guidance May Improve CABG Outcomes
(MedPage Today) -- Signal for fractional flow reserve advantage seen in single-center study (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - May 31, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

TAVR With New Pacemaker May Not Be Higher Cost
(MedPage Today) -- Poorer outcomes didn ' t translate to higher total healthcare spending in Canadian study (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - May 29, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news

Pilot Study Hints at IABP Benefit for Some STEMI Patients
(MedPage Today) -- Trend toward better prognosis in those with persistent post-PCI ischemia (Source: MedPage Today Surgery)
Source: MedPage Today Surgery - May 25, 2018 Category: Surgery Source Type: news