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Programmable wound zipper adapts to complex skin injuries, improving healing in rats
Skin is our protective barrier from the outside world, and it is highly susceptible to damage. To prevent infection, restore protective skin cells, and reduce scarring, it is essential to quickly and robustly close a wound. ...
Jun 11, 2026
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Inexpensive drug should be used in most major surgeries to prevent blood transfusion, clinical trial finds
A landmark clinical trial published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that tranexamic acid reduced transfusions across major surgeries without increasing the risk of dangerous blood clots. The trial was coordinated ...
Jun 10, 2026
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ACS Geriatric Surgery Verification hospitals screen nearly all older surgical patients for delirium, study finds
There is a stark gap in how often hospitals screen older adults for postoperative delirium, with verified geriatric surgery programs screening nearly every patient while nonaccredited programs screen just half, according ...
Jun 10, 2026
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Americans with severe obesity receive fewer surgeries despite rising need
Researchers from LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center and collaborating institutions have found that Americans with the highest levels of obesity are undergoing fewer surgical procedures overall. These procedures include ...
Jun 9, 2026
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Transplant survival is improving, but organ shortages persist and limit access
More adults are surviving both the wait for an organ and transplant surgery, but the number of people who need transplants continues to exceed the number of organs available, especially for kidneys, according to a national ...
Jun 4, 2026
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A new scheduling tool could help hospitals reduce surgical wait times
A Concordia-led research team has developed a planning tool that could help hospitals book their operating rooms more efficiently, shorten wait times and better cope with last‑minute emergencies. The researchers developed ...
Jun 4, 2026
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New CAR T treatment opens door for patients in need of kidney transplant
A pioneering clinical trial has successfully enabled two patients with end-stage kidney disease to receive previously improbable kidney transplants. These individuals were considered among the most difficult in the nation ...
Jun 3, 2026
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A 3D printed stent, shaped like a lily, could speed recovery after weight-loss surgery
Each year, about 250,000 Americans undergo sleeve gastrectomy, one of the most common weight-loss operations in the United States. For most patients, recovery is uneventful. But for a small share—between 1% and 3% in routine ...
Jun 3, 2026
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Custom 4D-printed implants offer less painful path to tissue reconstruction
Tissue expansion is a common technique used in reconstructive surgery. Surgeons slowly stretch nearby skin to grow extra tissue that can be used to rebuild areas such as the ear, breast, or nose.
Jun 2, 2026
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Obesity tied to longer operative time for pediatric adenotonsillectomy
Pediatric patients with obesity undergoing adenotonsillectomy (AT) face longer operating times, according to a study published online May 21 in the Ear, Nose & Throat Journal.
May 29, 2026
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Lung cancer patients who smoke and don't quit before surgery still have positive outcomes, says study
Researchers at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine have found that patients who continue to smoke ahead of lung cancer surgery have a higher risk of pulmonary complications, but their short-term mortality rate ...
May 28, 2026
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Chiari malformation and syringomyelia treatment: Large-scale clinical trial provides long-sought answers
A nationwide study has shed new light on how to most effectively and safely treat Chiari malformation and syringomyelia, rare neurological diseases that impact both children and young adults.
May 27, 2026
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Novel blood test detects rejection after lung transplant
A simple blood test could one day replace invasive biopsies for detecting acute cellular rejection (ACR) after lung transplantation, an American Journal of Transplantation study finds.
May 27, 2026
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Changing what's possible: First combined intestinal and kidney transplant
After nearly two decades of life-threatening illness, repeated complications, and organ failure, 33-year-old Briana Dery of Twining, Mich., is looking ahead to a healthy future, after successfully undergoing one of the rarest ...
May 27, 2026
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Natural ear reconstruction without prolonged pain after cartilage-harvesting surgery is now possible
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago is the first in the world to eliminate months of pain after surgical repair for microtia—a rare condition where a child is born with an underdeveloped or missing outer ...
May 26, 2026
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3D printed models improving surgical outcomes, says expert
Researchers published a story on how 3D-printed anatomical models are being used to improve surgical outcomes. Authored by ICU nurse and health writer Jenna Congdon, BSN, RN, "Printing Personalized Medicine: 3D Models Bring ...
May 26, 2026
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Weight loss drug semaglutide helps patients who do not respond to bariatric surgery, research finds
Metabolic/bariatric surgery is a highly effective treatment for people living with severe obesity and/or metabolic health conditions, which works through changing the anatomy of the digestive system and thereby changing the ...
May 22, 2026
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As GLP-1 drugs surge in popularity, bariatric surgery rates plunge across the US
For a very long time, bariatric surgery, in which doctors removed a portion of the stomach, was the standard procedure for helping patients lose weight and manage obesity, alongside metabolic disorders such as diabetes, high ...
Nearly 10% of surgeons are leaving the profession within 8 years
Surgeons are an integral part of the health care system, supplying critical and urgent care in nearly every field of medicine. But surgeons are already in short supply, with the gap between the number needed and the number ...
May 20, 2026
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How robots are becoming surgical assistants
How can robots and humans work together as effectively as possible in the operating room of the future? Researchers from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and TUM University Hospital investigated this question as part ...
May 20, 2026
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Where you have rectal cancer surgery may affect whether the cancer comes back
Patients treated for rectal cancer at hospitals that are accredited by the American College of Surgeons (ACS) National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer (NAPRC) were less likely to have cancer left behind after surgery, ...
May 19, 2026
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Prehospital trauma care gets flexible option as whole blood matches components in nationwide trial
Giving whole blood or the component parts of blood are equally effective options for paramedics and emergency medical technicians to use in treating patients with severe, traumatic bleeding before arriving at the hospital, ...
May 18, 2026
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Surgical patients with mental health conditions who receive music therapy are more medically complex, study finds
A new study from University Hospitals Connor Whole Health found that patients with mental health and/or substance use disorders who undergo surgery and receive music therapy are more medically complex and therefore may experience ...
May 18, 2026
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Q&A: Examining the quality of life after esophageal and gastric cancer treatment
The survival rates of patients with esophageal and gastric cancers have improved. However, many survivors continue to experience long-term symptoms. On May 29, Kenneth Färnqvist will defend his thesis "The architecture of ...
May 16, 2026
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How trained community health officers cut Sierra Leone's maternal deaths by two-thirds
Fourteen years ago, NTNU surgeon Håkon Bolkan made a prediction about a training program he and his colleagues had newly begun to expand access to surgery in the West African country of Sierra Leone.
May 14, 2026
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