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Looking forward – April 2021(1)
The last year has been mentally, physically, and emotionally exhausting for health care professionals, particularly those individuals on the front lines of providing care to coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) patients and those who have had to postpone operations for patients needing nonurgent care. Add to that situation constant threats of payment cuts, hospital and private practice […]
Letters to the Editor
The following comments were received regarding the business of health care and the importance of maintaining appropriate surgical training, particularly during the pandemic.
Reducing returns to the operating room
Technology has continued to drive advances in surgery toward more minimally invasive, cost-conscious, patient-centric procedures. At the same time, the battle to prevent surgical complications has taken center stage as a means to improve patient outcomes and reduce overall health care costs for both patients and hospitals. Complications and their associated costs after surgical intervention […]
Neoadjuvant immunotherapy: Results in melanoma show promise and pave the way for other solid tumors
It is astonishing to consider that it was only 10 years ago that the first immune checkpoint blockade inhibitor garnered Food and Drug Administration approval. Modern immunotherapy began as single-agent therapy in patients with widely metastatic disease in just a few types of cancer, whereas today, hundreds of different agents targeting various aspects of the […]
Where there’s smoke: Quick Safety article recommends safety precautions
Identifies precautionary measures related to the removal of surgical smoke, including engineering controls, smoke evacuators, and high-filtration masks.
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- Looking forward – March 2021
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- Make the call: A car crash, trauma care, standards, and inequity
- The prescription America needs right now is more than a vaccine
- Securing the future of surgery requires the vision and voice of young ACS members: An introduction
- It’s not enough: A call to action for surgeon advocates
- Surgical societies seek control of the “laparoscopic revolution”
- Looking forward – February 2021
- Hospital aims to stop the clot in neurosurgery
- Preoperative radiotherapy for retroperitoneal sarcoma: Where do we go from here?
- The Quality Payment Program in 2021
- New Speak Up campaign focuses on how patients can play an active role in surgical safety
- The sun always rises after a dreadful, stormy night
