Commentary on a study of the usefulness of MRI for the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of breast cancer, published November 2011 in The Lancet.
Medscape General Surgery

Commentary on a study on whether appendectomy during pregnancy affects the future development of progeny, published in November 2011 in Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
Medscape General Surgery

A National Trauma Data Base analysis found that females have a 17% lower risk for death than males after blunt or penetrating trauma; hormonal status might be protective.
Medscape Medical News

Postmastectomy breast reconstruction rates have doubled since 1998, but disparities in utilization remain; TRAM flaps hold up well for 15+ years.
Medscape Medical News

The FDA has issued a white paper and a second warning about transvaginal placement of surgical mesh to repair pelvic organ prolapse, saying other options may expose women to less risk.
Medscape Medical News

Breast cancer patients with suboptimal vitamin D levels are more likely to have more aggressive tumors and worse prognostic markers than those with adequate vitamin D levels.
Medscape Medical News

Breast cancer patients with suboptimal vitamin D levels are more likely to have more aggressive tumors and worse prognostic markers than those with adequate vitamin D levels.
Medscape Medical News

Breast tumors that are detected on screening mammography in women between 40 and 49 years of age are smaller and are less likely to have nodal metastases compared with tumors found on physical examination.
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Commentary on a study on the gender distributions of medical school graduates entering general surgery programs, published March 2011 in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons.
Medscape General Surgery

Commentary on a study on whether complete axillary lymph node dissection is beneficial for breast cancer patients with sentinel node metastasis, published February 2011 in JAMA.
Medscape General Surgery

Frank Veith, MD, believes that the initiative to separate physicians from industry is excessive and can lead to harm for patients. What do you think?
Medscape General Surgery

Dexamethasone reduced the need for postoperative analgesics or antiemetics compared with placebo.
Medscape Medical News

People with red hair may feel more pain, but there’s little evidence of excessive bleeding.
WebMD Health News

Ann Wallace, MD, discusses the implications of the Z0011 trial suggesting that many women with tumor-involved sentinel node biopsies may not need axillary node dissection.
University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine

Foreign body adverse events in pediatric surgeries increase hospital stay and costs, but not mortality rates.
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