Background:
The artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) is considered the gold standard in the surgical management of stress urinary incontinence, particularly for male patients. The AUS is a fluid-filled hydraulic system comprised of a urethral...
Hypothesis:
We sought to evaluate whether surgical excision of major peripheral nerve neuromas (MPN) would reduce the use of opioids in patients with preoperative opioid use. Secondarily, we sought to determine whether additional surgical...
Background: The utility of sentinel lymph node biopsy (SLNB) in older patients remains controversial. Advancements in HER2-directed therapy have revolutionized disease response rates and prognosis, supporting efforts to reevaluate the utility of...
Introduction: Efforts to expand the lung transplant (LTx) donor pool have led to increased use of lungs from donors after circulatory death (DCD), with evidence demonstrating outcomes comparable to those from donors after brain death (DBD)....
Background: Malnutrition is a significant driver of mortality in cancer patients – with estimates that between 10-20% of cancer patients die due to the consequences of malnutrition rather than due to the tumor itself. Patients with head and neck...
Background: Glenoid bone loss remains one of the most significant risk factors for recurrent instability following surgical management of glenohumeral instability. Controversy exists regarding the optimal procedure for reconstructing glenoid bone...
Background: In patients with acute pulmonary embolism (PE), early risk stratification is essential in order to determine effective therapeutic management. Right ventricle to left ventricle (RV/LV) ratio measurement is a strong predictor of...
Introduction: We assessed adherence to ACOG guidelines for antihypertensive medication initiation or titration among pregnant chronic hypertensive patients with blood pressure (BP) > 140/90 and patient characteristics associated with...
Background: The parent perspective on the value of family conferences in the intensive care unit is not well characterized. We aimed to characterize parents’ perspectives on the value of and opportunities to improve conferences between parents of...
Background: Metastatic breast cancer (MBC) is incurable, despite recent therapeutic advances resulting in extended trajectories of disease, especially in estrogen receptor positive (ER+) and human epidermal growth factor-2 negative (HER2-) MBC....