During October's OR Manager Conference in Anaheim, Calif., neurosurgeon Betsy Grunch, MD, FAANS, FACS, FCNS, of Longstreet Clinic in Gainesville, Ga., focused on how perioperative teams can better communicate in the OR. She noted that breaking these communication barriers isn't simply a matter of improving workplace culture and the psychological…

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University of Maryland School of Medicine researchers found an association between the neighborhood socioeconomic status of older Medicare beneficiaries and the number of days they spend at home after they suffer a fall-related hip fracture. Published on JAMA Network Open on Dec. 23, the cohort study, “Neighborhood Deprivation and Days…

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Editor's Note New research sheds light on the different ways that the COVID-19 pandemic influenced a significant shift in surgeries from inpatient to outpatient settings, with the most pronounced shift occurring for hip and knee replacements. The findings published December 6 in Sage Journals also showed greater declines in overall…

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Editor's Note Periprosthetic joint infection involving the implant in total knee arthroplasty can cause significant postoperative complications. New research published online first December 15 in Frontiers in Surgery adds new data to the risk factors linked to this type of infection. In the systematic review, investigators studied risk factors for…

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Editor's Note A December 12 roundup of top studies published in JAMA Medical News from 2025 included articles relevant to perioperative care, such as a systematic review of AI tools in healthcare, a randomized controlled trial on blood transfusion in neurosurgery, and a study on surgery sparing in certain low-risk…

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Editor's Note Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) procedures showed benefits among older patients with colon cancer and other comorbidities, without compromising results, according to study findings published December 11 in Frontiers in Surgery. Investigators evaluated postoperative complications and length of stay in colorectal cancer patients undergoing ERAS compared with non-ERAS…

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Editor's Note A robotic microsurgery milestone was reported December 11 by Tampa General Hospital on the first fully robotic lymphovenous bypass (LVB) successfully completed from incision to closure within the US. The procedure involved robotic tissue dissection tools that allowed the surgeon to perform delicate tissue dissection and vessel preparation.…

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Editor's Note Regenerative medicine practices that incorporate biological materials such as platelets, stem cells, and exosomes to stimulate natural healing can be a “powerful addition to the orthopedic toolkit,” according to an orthopedic and spine surgeon based in New York and quoted in a December 10 article in The Financial.…

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Editor's Note Recent findings from the TRACTION study in which patients undergoing higher-risk non-cardiac surgery received tranexamic acid (TXA) or a placebo, demonstrated that patients who received TXA, a generic drug that promotes blood clotting, needed significantly fewer blood transfusions and saw no increase in potentially life-threatening blood clots after…

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Editor's Note Care can be highly variable across outpatient settings for patients receiving follow-up care for traumatic brain injury (TBI), such as for skull fracture repair and shunt placement. Inadequate follow-up care after initial injury is a key factor in the potential for poor TBI outcomes. A new clinical practice…

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