Background: Preoperative mechanical bowel preparation can be questioned as standard procedure in colon surgery, based on the result from several randomised trials. Methods: As part of a large ...

Digital solutions that integrate surgical waiting lists with GP records are helping hospitals improve perioperative pathways ...

The operating room is a hectic, busy place. One way to make the OR more efficient is to focus on preoperative functions, such as case scheduling accuracy, completing patients’ charts and proactive ...

Becton, Dickinson and Company BDX, also popularly known as BD, recently launched BD PurPrep patient preoperative skin preparation with sterile solution, the first and only fully sterile ...

Efficacy and safety of neoadjuvant immunotherapy combined with chemotherapy in patients with high-risk UTUC. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2023 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does ...

Unused capacity due to patient no-shows and non-compliance with preoperative and postoperative instructions can be a significant cost burden for ambulatory surgery centers, but swift action can ...

The preparation for phaeochromocytoma surgery is a matter of debate. Pre-operative blockade of α-1 receptors is increasingly employed in an attempt to reduce the risk of hypertensive episodes, ...

The aim of this study was to compare the patients' experience and acceptance of preoperative MBP versus no preoperative MBP in elective colon surgery. BMC Surg ...