This article discusses the background of office-based procedures in otolaryngology, including definitions of important terms related to office-based procedures. Using a framework of safety, functional logistics, and economics, this article can serve as a guide for how to implement office-based procedures at a large institution.
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Curr Pain Headache Rep
March 2025
Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA.
Purpose Of Review: Herein we review recent trends in opioid prescribing, the rise in office-based surgeries, and propose a framework to minimize opioid consumption following such procedures.
Recent Findings: Outpatient surgical procedures are increasing year over year in the United States. This observed increase is expected to continue due to the financial incentives to perform outpatient procedures.
Otolaryngol Clin North Am
March 2025
Head & Neck Surgery, Southern California Permanente Medical Group, 1011 Baldwin Park Avenue, Baldwin Park, CA 91706, USA.
This article discusses the background of office-based procedures in otolaryngology, including definitions of important terms related to office-based procedures. Using a framework of safety, functional logistics, and economics, this article can serve as a guide for how to implement office-based procedures at a large institution.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWorld J Surg
March 2025
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
Background: De-escalating the management of fibroadenoma of the breast has been encouraged, but it is not known whether this has been successful. A better understanding of the costs and benefits of surgical excisional biopsy is essential for managing individual patients and health systems.
Methods: Prospectively maintained data sources from the Johns Hopkins regional health system were used to capture trends in the rate of diagnosis and excision of fibroadenoma of the breast.
Ann Emerg Med
March 2025
Department of Emergency Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT; Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT.
Study Objective: Practice patterns of the emergency physician workforce have garnered increasing attention in recent years. Our objective was to assess the clinical service volume preceding and settings practiced following emergency physician workforce attrition.
Methods: We performed a repeated cross-sectional analysis using 2013-2021 Medicare data.
J Cancer Res Clin Oncol
March 2025
Medical Care Center for Oncology and Hematology, Cologne, Germany.
Purpose: CONVINCE is a retrospective medical chart review study that examined demographics, treatment patterns, and outcomes in patients who received first-line (1L) treatment for locally advanced or metastatic urothelial carcinoma (la/mUC) in Germany.
Methods: Eligible patients were adults with confirmed la/mUC who received any systemic 1L anticancer treatment between January 1, 2019, and September 30, 2021, outside of a clinical trial. Patients were grouped by type of 1L treatment: platinum-based chemotherapy (PBC), immune checkpoint inhibitor (ICI), or other treatments.
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