Surgical Procedures, Operative
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Gastrointestinal malignancies: when does race matter?

30 Oct 2009 BACKGROUND: African Americans have a poorer survival from gastrointestinal cancers. We hypothesized that socioeconomic status may explain much of this disparity. STUDY DESIGN: Four years of population-based Medicare and Medicaid administrative ... Read more...

Is a pre-operative brain natriuretic peptide or N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide measurement an independent predictor of adverse cardiovascular outcomes within 30 days of noncardiac surgery? A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies.

18 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVES: We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine if pre-operative brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) (i.e., BNP or N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide [NT-proBNP]) is an independent predictor of 30-day adverse ... Read more...

Risks of complications by attending physicians after performing nighttime procedures.

12 Oct 2009 CONTEXT: Few data exist on the relationships between experienced physicians' work hours and sleep, and patient safety. OBJECTIVE: To determine if sleep opportunities for attending surgeons and obstetricians/gynecologists are associated with the risk ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Surgical Procedures, Operative'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Gastrointestinal malignancies: when does race matter? 30 Oct 2009
• Some unanswered questions about temperature management. 30 Oct 2009
• Rare complications and national databases. 30 Oct 2009
• Robotic-assisted surgery. 30 Oct 2009
• Inconvenient truths about supplier induced demand and unwarranted variation in medical practice. 18 Oct 2009
• Pre-operative cardiac risk assessment in noncardiac surgery: are natriuretic peptides the magic bullet? 18 Oct 2009
• Is a pre-operative brain natriuretic peptide or N-terminal pro-B-type natriuretic peptide measurement an independent predictor of adverse cardiovascular outcomes within 30 days of noncardiac surgery? A systematic review and meta-analysis of observational studies. 18 Oct 2009
• JAMA patient page. Lung complications after surgery. 12 Oct 2009
• Shared accountability, appropriateness, and quality of surgical care. 12 Oct 2009
• Multihospital collaborations for surgical quality improvement. 12 Oct 2009
• Functional status assessment in the preoperative evaluation of older adults. 12 Oct 2009
• Beyond outcomes--the appropriateness of surgical care. 12 Oct 2009
• Risks of complications by attending physicians after performing nighttime procedures. 12 Oct 2009
• Surgical tourism: some US patients travel abroad for less costly surgery. 12 Oct 2009
• Surgeons continue to debate place of randomized trials of surgical procedures. 12 Oct 2009
• [Thromboembolic risk and prophylaxis in hospitalized surgical and internal medicine patients. German results of the international ENDORSE study] 11 Oct 2009
• Axillary web syndrome or cording, a variant of mondor disease, following axillary surgery. 29 Sep 2009
• Does the need for noncardiac surgery during ventricular assist device therapy impact clinical outcome? 29 Sep 2009
• Using simulation to determine the need for ICU beds for surgery patients. 29 Sep 2009
• Pre-operative coronary revascularisation before non-cardiac surgery: think long and hard before making a pre-operative referral. 29 Sep 2009

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Technical information about 'Surgical Procedures, Operative'

Definition: Operations carried out for the correction of deformities and defects, repair of injuries, and diagnosis and cure of certain diseases. (Taber, 18th ed.)

Descriptor UI: D013514

Alternative terms: Surgical Procedures, Operative; Operative Surgical Procedure; Operative Surgical Procedures; Procedures, Operative Surgical; Surgical Procedure, Operative; Operative Procedures; Operative Procedure; Procedure, Operative; Procedures, Operative; Procedure, Operative Surgical; Surgery, Ghost; Ghost Surgery;

Related Mesh Headings: Intraoperative Complications; Operating Rooms; Postoperative Complications; Reoperation; General Surgery;

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects; classification; economics; education; legislation & jurisprudence; methods; mortality; nursing; psychology; rehabilitation; standards; trends; utilization; veterinary; statistics & numerical data; contraindications; ethics;

Tree Number: E04;

Online Note: pre-explosion = SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE (PX)

History Note: 98(63)

Technical Notes: not the field nor specialty ( = GENERAL SURGERY); only the surgery patient or surgical procedures; prefer /surg with organs or disease; /instrum = SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS or SURGICAL EQUIPMENT; surgical injury = SURGICAL INJURIES see INTRAOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS: see TN 179; /hist = GENERAL SURGERY /hist; differentiation from GENERAL SURGERY: Manual 26.15+; unnecessary surgery = SURGERY, UNNECESSARY see UNNECESSARY PROCEDURES (IM) + specific surg procedure (IM); SECOND-LOOK SURGERY and REOPERATION are also available