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Surgeon-level variation in complications among surgeons was nearly twice as great for Minimally Invasive Colectomy than for Open Colectomy, implying a need for improved training in adoption of minimally invasive techniques.

Development and validation of risk prediction equations to estimate survival in patients with colorectal cancer

19 Jun, 2017 | 12:59h | UTC

Development and validation of risk prediction equations to estimate survival in patients with colorectal cancer: cohort study – The BMJ (free)

Commentary: New web calculator to more accurately predict bowel cancer survival – University of Nottingham, via EurekAlert (free)

See also: QCancer-2017(colorectal, survival) risk calculator (free risk calculator based on the data)

Guidelines for gastro-entero-pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms

19 Jun, 2017 | 12:46h | UTC

Diagnostic and therapeutic guidelines for gastro-entero-pancreatic neuroendocrine neoplasms – Endokrynologia Polska (free)

Asia–Pacific clinical practice guidelines on the management of hepatocellular carcinoma

16 Jun, 2017 | 01:35h | UTC

Asia–Pacific clinical practice guidelines on the management of hepatocellular carcinoma: a 2017 update – Hepatology International (free)

Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Improving Prevention and Survivorship

16 Jun, 2017 | 01:33h | UTC

Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma: Improving Prevention and Survivorship – 2017 ASCO Educational Book (free)

Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Childhood and Adolescence

16 Jun, 2017 | 01:10h | UTC

Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Childhood and Adolescence – Deutsches Ärzteblatt (free)

Age-specific risks, severity, time course, and outcome of bleeding on long-term antiplatelet treatment after vascular events

15 Jun, 2017 | 00:47h | UTC

Age-specific risks, severity, time course, and outcome of bleeding on long-term antiplatelet treatment after vascular events: a population-based cohort study – The Lancet (free)

Invited commentary: Preventing major gastrointestinal bleeding in elderly patients (free)

Commentaries: Aspirin Bleeding Risk in Over 75s Higher Than Thought – Medscape (free registration required) AND Aspirin linked to higher risk of serious bleeding in the elderly – Reuters Health News (free)

In this cohort, the risk of major bleeding increased sharply in patients above 75 years.

Practice Guidelines for Preoperative Fasting

9 Jun, 2017 | 16:03h | UTC

Practice Guidelines for Preoperative Fasting and the Use of Pharmacologic Agents to Reduce the Risk of Pulmonary Aspiration – Anesthesiology, via Medscape (free registration required)

#ASCO2017 – Risk-Based Approach to Chemotherapy Duration Recommended for Stage III Colon Cancer

7 Jun, 2017 | 15:24h | UTC

#ASCO2017 (Unpublished results) – Risk-Based Approach to Chemotherapy Duration Recommended for Stage III Colon Cancer – ASCO Daily News(free) AND ASCO2017:The IDEA Collaboration: Global Study Sets New Risk-Based Standard to Personalize Chemotherapy for Colon Cancer After Surgery – ASCO Post (free)

Commentaries: Chemo Cut in Half Following Surgery Without Increased Recurrence Risk in Patients With Low-Risk Colon Cancer – Targeted Oncology (free) Less Is More: Patients With Colon Cancer Get a Chemo Break – Medscape (free registration required) Cutting Chemo Time in Low-Risk Colon Ca an Option – MedPage Today (free registration required)

Antibiotics Versus Surgical Therapy for Uncomplicated Appendicitis (again)

7 Jun, 2017 | 15:21h | UTC

Antibiotics Versus Surgical Therapy for Uncomplicated Appendicitis: Systematic Review and Meta-analysis of Controlled Trials – Annals of Surgery (link to abstract – $ for full-text)

Commentary: Antibiotics Versus Surgery: Equally Effective in Treating Appendicitis? – Medscape (free registration required)

This meta-analysis and the author’s conclusions do not favor antibiotics alone for the treatment of uncomplicated appendicitis, contradiction the results of other recent meta-analysis, as well as a recent guideline on the subject, suggesting antibiotics might be an option in selected cases.

Inflammatory bowel disease: Five things physicians and patients should question

7 Jun, 2017 | 15:19h | UTC

Inflammatory bowel disease: Five things physicians and patients should question – Choosing Wisely Canada (free)

Guidelines on the Management of Intra-Abdominal Infection

26 May, 2017 | 15:10h | UTC

The Surgical Infection Society Revised Guidelines on the Management of Intra-Abdominal Infection – Surgical Infections (free)

The lap band for weight loss is a tale of medicine gone wrong

25 May, 2017 | 15:02h | UTC

The lap band for weight loss is a tale of medicine gone wrong – VOX (free)

See also a recent study showing high complication rates of laparoscopic gastric band surgeries in our May 23^rd issue (see #7)

Effect of a Modified Hospital Elder Life Program on Delirium and Length of Hospital Stay in Patients Undergoing Abdominal Surgery

25 May, 2017 | 14:50h | UTC

Effect of a Modified Hospital Elder Life Program on Delirium and Length of Hospital Stay in Patients Undergoing Abdominal Surgery: A Cluster Randomized Clinical Trial – JAMA Surgery (free) (RT @PreetiNMalani see Tweet)

Commentary: Anti-delirium strategy reduces after-surgery confusion in elderly – Reuters Health (free)

Multicomponent nonpharmacologic interventions, including orienting communications, oral and nutritional assistance, and early mobilization reduced postoperative delirium by 56% and length of stay by 2 days.