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Getting into shape, abstaining from alcohol and tobacco, and collaboration between patient and physician can promote rapid recovery, according to one expert.
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Getting into shape, abstaining from alcohol and tobacco, and collaboration between patient and physician can promote rapid recovery, according to one expert.
Data from a prospective study support the use of parathyroid hormone (PTH) to guide earlier discharge of patients after surgery.
Findings suggest no need to delay elective surgery in order to optimize glycemic control in children with type 1 or type 2 diabetes.
Such prehabilitation exercise training for patients slated for major surgery may cut risk for complications and shorten hospital length of stay, a meta-analysis suggests.
Neoadjuvant chemotherapy did not improve survival in elderly patients undergoing gastrectomy for advanced gastric cancer. The study was published as a preprint and has not yet been peer reviewed.