October 10, 2012 (Chicago, Illinois) — Most prophylactic surgeries performed in the United States are self-pay and occur in the South and Midwest, researchers reported here at the American College of ...

A retrospective study was performed to assess the histopathologic findings in high-risk women undergoing bilateral prophylactic (salpingo)-oophorectomy. The medical files of BRCA1 or BRCA2 mutation ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Perioperative prophylaxis accounts for a substantial proportion of antibiotic use in acute-care hospitals. There is clinical evidence of its ...

This was a randomised controlled trial in a hospital environment. After surgical removal of third molars postoperative treatment was with oral amoxicillin–clavulanic acid (AC) or clindamycin (CL) or ...

Purpose. The efficacy of limited cefuroxime prophylaxis in pediatric patients after cardiovascular surgery was evaluated. Methods. All patients age 18 years or younger who underwent cardiovascular ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The American Society of Breast Surgeons issued a position statement that recommends against contralateral ...

PATIENTS with cirrhosis and varices often die after esophageal hemorrhage. In a retrospective analysis of the records of 106 patients appearing in the years 1918–1938 only 30 per cent survived for a ...

Once-daily venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis with 10 mg of rivaroxaban for either 7 or 28 days after bariatric surgery was found to be effective and safe. Venous thromboembolism (VTE) is known ...