The following is a summary of “Incidence, outcome and risk factors of perioperative pulmonary complications in pediatric patients with mediastinal mass,” published in the February 2025 issue of BMC ...

Objective: This study aims to investigate the drainage effect and clinical outcomes of negative pressure chest drainage in patients after two-port thoracoscopic valve surgery, comparing the ...

An Ohio college student is expressing profound gratitude to the medical team that saved her life following complications from ...

Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists (GLP-1RAs) such as semaglutide (Wegovy and Ozempic) and tirzepatide (Mounjaro) may increase the risk of pulmonary aspiration among patients undergoing surgery ...

In most cases, the eye will completely heal within 8 weeks after cataract surgery. According to the American Academy of Ophthalmology, it takes two stages for the eye to fully heal after cataract ...

Get Instant Summarized Text (Gist) For patients with advanced emphysema, lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) results in lower mortality and morbidity compared to endobronchial valve placement ...

"Bariatric surgery ... Fifteen years after enrollment, study results show that 20.9% in the surgical group and 46.4% in the nonsurgical group developed one of the major complications of liver ...

"Bariatric surgery ... Fifteen years after enrollment, study results show that 20.9% in the surgical group and 46.4% in the nonsurgical group developed one of the major complications of liver ...

What is stenosis after gastric bypass surgery? After gastric bypass surgery for weight loss, the new connection between the stomach pouch and the small intestine may narrow. This is called an ...

Awori Hayanga, MD, MPH, professor of thoracic surgery ... chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD). Long-term data on how patients with severe emphysema fared after EBV placement, however ...

Opens in a new tab or window LOS ANGELES -- For surgeons already split on their preference of inhaled pulmonary vasodilator ... to reduce RV afterload after cardiac surgery; both also increase ...