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Spiritual Distress Before Elective Surgery: Understanding Its Impact on Patient Experience and Outcomes

By MedXY 08/24/2026

This qualitative study reveals how spiritual distress shapes patients' fears and hopes before elective surgery, emphasizing the need for routine spiritual well-being assessment to support resilience and improve perioperative care.

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Gut: Unraveling the Role of CD177+ Neutrophils in Driving Liver Regeneration After ALPPS Surgery

By MedXY 08/24/2026

CD177+ neutrophils facilitate rapid liver regeneration post-ALPPS by promoting extracellular matrix remodeling and hepatocyte growth factor release, revealing new immunological insights and potential therapeutic avenues for liver failure.

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Navigating Surgical Decisions in Dementia: Challenges and Clinical Insights

By MedXY 08/23/2026

Clinicians face multifaceted challenges during surgical decision-making for patients with dementia, including difficulties in dementia recognition, reliance on caregivers, and lack of evidence-based guidelines, underscoring the need for improved communication and integrated care pathways.

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Bridging the Gap: Evaluating Global Surgery Education Among Medical Students in Australia and New Zealand

By MedXY 08/23/2026

This study highlights significant gaps in global surgery education among medical students in Australia and New Zealand, revealing limited curricular exposure despite strong student interest and support for inclusion in medical training.

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Evaluating Textbook Outcome as a Robust Quality Metric for Hospital Benchmarking in Adult Cardiac Surgery

By MedXY 08/23/2026

Textbook outcome—a composite measure of survival without complications or prolonged hospitalization—effectively distinguishes hospital performance and predicts 180-day mortality and readmission following elective adult cardiac surgery.

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Navigating Surgical Decisions in Patients with Dementia: Clinician Challenges and Insights

By MedXY 08/22/2026

This article explores the complex challenges clinicians face in surgical decision-making for patients with dementia, highlighting issues with dementia identification, caregiver roles, and the influence of dementia on surgical outcomes.

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Beyond Survival: Longitudinal Health-related Quality of Life After Hepatectomy for High-risk Colorectal Liver Metastases

By MedXY 08/22/2026

This prospective study reveals that health-related quality of life (HR-QoL) declines immediately after hepatectomy for high-risk colorectal liver metastases but returns to or surpasses baseline by one year in patients without recurrence, underscoring the impact of cancer recurrence on long-term quality of life.

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Impact of Trauma on Social Risk: Insights from Serial Hospital Data Screening

By MedXY 08/21/2026

This study reveals that trauma significantly increases social risks such as food insecurity and housing instability, especially in younger adults, highlighting the need for targeted interventions to mitigate socioeconomic consequences post-injury.

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Early Uptake of Broad-Spectrum Antibiotic Prophylaxis in Pancreatoduodenectomy: Translating Trial Evidence into Practice

By MedXY 08/21/2026

Following pivotal trial data demonstrating reduced infection and pancreatic fistula rates with piperacillin-tazobactam prophylaxis in pancreatoduodenectomy, adoption of broad-spectrum antibiotics increased significantly, particularly among patients with biliary stents, though racial disparities in use persisted.

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Evaluating Preoperative High-Dose Corticosteroids in Digestive Cancer Surgery: Insights from a Large Multicenter Randomized Trial

By MedXY 08/21/2026

A large randomized clinical trial demonstrated that preoperative high-dose corticosteroids do not reduce major postoperative complications in elective digestive cancer surgery, challenging their routine use for perioperative inflammation control.

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Navigating Intraoperative Challenges in Robot-assisted Minimally Invasive Esophagectomy: Incidence, Management, and Surgical Outcomes

By MedXY 08/21/2026

This article examines the incidence and management of intraoperative adverse events during robot-assisted minimally invasive esophagectomy, highlighting their impact on surgical results and postoperative recovery.

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Declining Use But Persistent Readmissions: A National Analysis of Open Lower Extremity Revascularization Outcomes

By MedXY 08/19/2026

This national study identifies key factors linked to 30-day nonelective readmissions after open lower extremity revascularization, highlighting stable readmission rates despite reduced procedure volume and the need for standardized discharge strategies.

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The Great Divergence: Unveiling Hospital-Physician Payment Disparities in Medicare Surgery (2019-2023)

By MedXY 08/19/2026

Analysis reveals growing Medicare payment disparities between hospitals and physicians for general surgery procedures from 2019 to 2023, highlighting urgent policy needs for alignment to sustain equitable surgical care delivery.

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Outcomes following major cardiac procedures in socially vulnerable patients are not improved at high-volume centers

By MedXY 08/18/2026

Social vulnerability significantly elevates mortality and complications after major cardiac surgery, and treatment at high-volume centers does not mitigate these disparities, highlighting the need for systemic interventions beyond hospital volume.

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Radical Surgery for Adenocarcinoma of the Oesophagogastric Junction: Insights from the Prospective CLAEG Study

By MedXY 08/18/2026

The CLAEG study prospectively evaluated radical surgery in adenocarcinoma of the oesophagogastric junction, demonstrating that prioritizing abdominal lymphadenectomy, neoadjuvant therapy, total gastrectomy, and laparoscopic approaches yield favorable short-term outcomes.

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Cost-effectiveness of Robotic Versus Open Pancreatoduodenectomy: Insights from the DIPLOMA-2 Multicenter Randomized Trial

By MedXY 08/17/2026

This randomized trial analysis compares the costs and quality-adjusted life years of robotic versus open pancreatoduodenectomy, revealing no significant cost differences but a lower probability that robotic surgery is cost-effective at six months postoperatively.

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Enhancing Post-Discharge Safety: Real-Time Patient-Reported Symptom Monitoring After Pancreatic Surgery

By MedXY 08/17/2026

A quality improvement project demonstrates the feasibility and high patient satisfaction of a smartphone app for daily symptom tracking and timely intervention after pancreatic surgery, potentially reducing complications and readmissions.

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Sex and Age Influence Outcomes After Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair: Insights from a Dutch Nationwide Cohort

By MedXY 08/16/2026

This nationwide Dutch cohort study reveals sex- and age-specific differences in mortality, long-term survival, and postdischarge care after ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm repair, emphasizing the need for tailored management in women.

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Rising Waiting Times for Cancer Surgery in the US: National Trends, Predictors, and Implications for Care Delivery

By MedXY 08/16/2026

Since 2012, waiting times from diagnosis to first cancer surgery have significantly increased across major US cancers, disproportionately affecting vulnerable populations and high-volume academic centers, underscoring urgent need for system-level interventions.

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Economic Evaluation of Thyroid Radiofrequency Ablation Versus Hemithyroidectomy: A Micro-Costing Perspective in Canadian Healthcare Settings

By MedXY 08/16/2026

This study quantitatively compares the direct healthcare costs of thyroid radiofrequency ablation (RFA) and hemithyroidectomy over one year, revealing cost advantages of RFA driven by reduced facility use, tempered by factors like repeat procedures and potential delayed surgeries.