Surgery

The Conversation – Hospitals have stopped unnecessary elective surgeries – and shouldn’t restart them after the pandemic

2020-05-20T14:58:24+10:00Low-value care, News, Surgery|

Part of Australia’s response to the coronavirus pandemic was a severe reduction in elective surgery, and so private hospitals have stood almost empty for a month now. People who might otherwise have had a procedure are experiencing “watchful waiting”, where their condition is monitored to assess [...]

Need for Randomized Trials to Support Procedural Interventions – Sweekriti Sharma, Adrian Traeger & Ian Harris

2019-10-24T09:51:16+11:00Musculoskeletal, Publications, Surgery|

The Viewpoint by Dr Wallis and colleagues1 suggested that there is a limited role for randomized trials in establishing the effectiveness of procedural interventions. Instead the authors suggested that patients, physicians, and payers might need to take a “leap of faith” regarding robotic surgery and [...]

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