Texarkana Surgical Specialists

01/15/2023

Authorities on bariatric and metabolic surgery have issued new evidence-based clinical guidelines that among a slew of recommendations expand patient eligibility for weight-loss surgery and endorse metabolic surgery for patients with type 2 diabetes beginning at a body mass index (BMI) of 30, a meas...

01/11/2023

Significance: Chronic wounds are associated with significant morbidity, marked loss of quality of life, and considerable economic burden. Evidence-based risk prediction to guide improved wound prevention and treatment is limited by the complexity in their etiology, clinical underreporting, and a lac...

01/10/2023

For many docs, their online personas and brands have exploded in popularity on TikTok and other social media apps. Here's how they do it.

01/04/2023

Expedited surgical care of appendicitis is safest and best for patients.

Appendectomy for acute appendicitis is the most common pediatric intra-abdominal operation. Current literature supports the notion that modest in-hospital, preoperative delays are not associated with greater patient morbidity. However, there is less certainty regarding the role that hour-of-presenta...

12/21/2022

As a young physician, I defended fee-for-service medicine based on principles of professional work ethic and autonomy. Of course, that was in the r...

12/11/2022

This randomized clinical trial compares the efficacy of ivermectin vs placebo in shortening symptom duration among adult outpatients in the US with symptomatic mild to moderate COVID-19.