In his presentation at the American Academy of Pain Medicine PainConnect 2025 annual meeting in Austin, TX, Scott Pritzlaff, MD, reviewed how modalities like MRI, CT, ultrasound, and fluoroscopy can be a...
Presented at the 2025 American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Annual Meeting, June 15–19 in Washington, D.C., this study compared patient-reported eating-related outcomes following sleeve...
A retrospective cohort study found that patients on GLP-1 agonists had a lower risk of periprosthetic joint infection but a higher risk of periprosthetic fractures following total knee arthroplasty.
Pain following hand surgery was generally low and peaked on Days 1 and 3, with no significant influence from anxiety, catastrophizing, age, or gender—suggesting time-sensitive strategies are key for pain...
Patients who underwent laparoscopic hysterectomy alone were more likely to be readmitted within 60 days compared with those who also received sacrocolpopexy.
Virtual reality shows benefits in reducing both pain and anxiety across multiple clinical OBGYN settings, according to the results of a recent systematic review presented at the 2025 ACOG Annual Clinical...
As surgical care evolves with the integration of risk calculators and biomarker-driven algorithms, it's tempting to rely heavily on these tools for clinical decisions. Yet, some elements of patient...
A novel hysterectomy technique may offer faster recovery and less pain for patients with benign gynecologic conditions. New data presented at 2025 ACOG Annual Clinical & Scientific Meeting in...
A system-wide reduction in default opioid prescriptions modestly decreased opioid dispensing but increased refill rates, highlighting ongoing disparities in postoperative pain management, according to the...
