New study: Despite SSO “Choosing Wisely” guidance, ~70% of women ≥70 yrs with low-risk breast cancer still undergo sentinel lymph node biopsy. Rates are slowly declining, but omission is tied to higher radiation use. https://t.co/S1ihXirfBN
#BreastCancer#SurgicalOncology
Bariatric surgery was associated with lower risk of developing #diabetes, #hypertension, hyperlipidemia, sleep apnea, and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease compared to a medical weight loss program in @VeteransAffairs. https://t.co/66XMo2ynCz @AmandaBader4
🩺 @PennMedicine spotlight:
The Penn Medicine Liver Transplant Team evaluated Chenelle Watson (second from left) for a needed liver transplant. Her husband Marlon (left) was a suitable living donor and able to donate a portion of his liver for this life saving procedure.
Dr. Kenneth Rothstein and Dr. Peter Abt are a part of Chenelle’s care team that assisted with her transplant in May 2024. A separate team performed the living donor surgery on Marlon.
Hot off the press! @AmandaBader4 article on trends in recurrences and treatment of pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors just published in @SurgJournal https://t.co/pPyjsqyIEU
PGY5 resident Amanda Bader presented her work on pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors at the American Association of Endocrine surgery annual meeting this weekend.
@TheAAES#AAES2024
Fabulous talk by @pennsurgery resident Gabi Tortorello discussing the lag in uptake of Choosing Wisely guidelines to deescalate SLNB in women >70 yo with early breast cancer! @tchou_julia@DrLolaFayanju#SSO2024
Seen (or not seen) here, star co-resident @JessePassmanMD explores the role of different size cutoffs in the management of well-differentiated thyroid cancer #SSO2024@SocSurgOnc@pennsurgery
I heard that yesterday was National Twin Day and so this must be the tweet where I leave all my post-high school friends shook and confess I have a twin brother 🤯 @getmoneygetbade