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April 26, 2023

Lose Weight, Gain Huge Debt Lose Weight, Gain Huge Debt

Seven months after Lahavah Wallace’s weight loss operation, a New York bariatric surgery practice sued her, accusing her of “intentionally” failing to pay nearly $18,000 of […]
February 15, 2023

Convicted Transplant Surgeon Earns Lancet Expressions of Concern Convicted Transplant Surgeon Earns Lancet Expressions of Concern

In 2018, when The Lancet pulled two studies by once-celebrated transplant surgeon Paolo Macchiarini after he was found guilty of misconduct, we suggested in a post that the journal’s chapter of the […]
January 30, 2023

Can a Nationwide Liver Paired Donation Program Work? Can a Nationwide Liver Paired Donation Program Work?

For a patient who needs a liver, living donation offers an alternative to staying on a list of over 10,000 people waiting for a liver transplant. […]
January 11, 2023

FDA Warns Japan’s Olympus Units Over Testing Violations FDA Warns Japan’s Olympus Units Over Testing Violations

(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Monday said it has issued warning letters to manufacturers of medical scopes used in surgical procedures, citing […]
December 5, 2022

Women Surgeons; Consent Talk; and Women on Advisory Boards Women Surgeons; Consent Talk; and Women on Advisory Boards

Female Surgeons Are Disadvantaged Women surgeons face physical disadvantages that men don’t, according to a review by an Italian research group. Specifically, surgical instruments and operating […]
December 2, 2022

Why Is Life Still So Hard for Female Surgeons? Why Is Life Still So Hard for Female Surgeons?

Women are better surgeons, particularly for female patients, according to a study recently published in JAMA Surgery. The study showed that male and female patients do […]
November 29, 2022

The Story of a Non-retraction for Plagiarism The Story of a Non-retraction for Plagiarism

After reading a paper published in The Annals of the Royal College of Surgeons of England last March, Andrew Thomas, an orthopedic surgeon in the UK, […]
November 17, 2022

Tiered Outpatient OR Strategy Increases Efficiency, Reduces Costs Tiered Outpatient OR Strategy Increases Efficiency, Reduces Costs

A redesign of outpatient orthopedic operating room services increased efficiency and reduced costs at a tertiary care academic hospital in Ontario, Canada, according to a new […]
November 10, 2022

Two Simple Interventions Reduce Surgical Infections Two Simple Interventions Reduce Surgical Infections

Routine glove and instrument changes prior to closing abdominal incisions can reduce surgical site infections (SSIs), according to a large clinical trial conducted in low- and […]
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