While prescription opioids are commonly used to treat moderate to severe pain in cancer patients during treatment, there is less clear guidance on using opioids after treatment ends.
Although it fails to provide a definitive answer, a meta-analysis provides quantitative data to inform discussions with patients with uncomplicated acute appendicitis.
Anti-TNF therapy alone was noninferior to a combination of surgery and anti-TNF therapy in fistula healing in patients with perianal fistulizing Crohn's, a meta-analysis showed.
Patients on a weekly GLP-1 RA had a higher prevalence of increased residual gastric content before surgery, a major risk factor for aspiration under anesthesia, a small study found.