Guidelines

Canadian data support trachelectomy use in younger women

More than half of patients with knee pain who are referred to an orthopedic surgeon have undergone an unnecessary MRI scan that was ordered by their primary-care provider, according to U.S. data presented at the meeting.

As part of a pledge to reduce government spending, Ontario is collapsing several health ministry bodies—including two focused on health-technology—into an umbrella advisory and quality organization.

Novel approach would reduce system costs and save time, researcher says

A preoperative cutaneous chlorhexidine protocol helps stave off infections in patients undergoing total joint arthroplasty, according to results released at the meeting.

College calls Dr. Pierre Mailloux’s comments ‘unworthy of a doctor’

Provincial college says patients are confused and suggests government reaps benefits because of murky rules

Venous thromboembolism rates low after endometrial cancer surgery, suggesting heparin may be unnecessary

Preoperative smoking status is a significant predictor of 30-day complications and one-year mortality in patients undergoing elective arthroplasty, researchers reported.

Users of minimally invasive technique ‘hovering on the brink of safety’