As a treatment for early breast cancer, endoscopic-assisted skin-sparing mastectomy (SSM) combined with sentinel node biopsy and immediate breast reconstruction with mammary prosthesis may improve aesthetic results without compromising oncologic control, new research suggests. Reuters Health Information
Despite well-publicized risks of using hypotonic fluids in children, many children continue to receive such fluids postoperatively. The current study reviews and quantifies this problem. BMC Surgery
In this report from BCS 2008, Dr. Andrew Seidman discusses the latest findings surrounding the treatment of metastatic breast cancer and offers his own clinical perspectives. Medscape Hematology-Oncology
A standardized postoperative fever protocol can decrease the use of empiric antibiotics in patients undergoing gynecologic surgery, according to a team at the University of Alabama. Reuters Health Information
The use of a high-dose antioxidant regimen can help prevent infections, pulmonary failure, and abdominal wall compartment syndrome in trauma patients, according to study findings presented at the 2008 Clinical Congress of the American College of Surgeons in San Francisco. Reuters Health Information
Suboptimal prophylactic antibiotic dosing and other factors increase the risk of surgical site infection after major breast surgery, according to a report in the September issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Reuters Health Information
Using multiple wires to define the extent of calcifications allows breast conservation in women who would otherwise undergo mastectomy for larger tumors, according to a report in the September Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Reuters Health Information
Healthcare providers will benefit from this summary of new insights into the diagnosis and management of epilepsy presented at the 8th ECE.g Medscape Neurology & Neurosurgery
