• An Updated Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials Comparing the Analgesic Efficacy of Intercostal Nerve Block Versus Erector Spinae Plane Block in Thoracic Surgery.

  Meta-analysis of randomized trials

  RESEARCHAnesthesiol Res Pract·Nov 3, 2026Evidence update
• Efficacy of Stellate Ganglion Block for Preventing Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial.

  Single-center randomized trial; primary endpoint negative

  RESEARCHJ Am Heart Assoc·Oct 30, 2026Clinical trial
• Direct Oral Anticoagulants Versus Vitamin K Antagonists for Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.

  Evidence synthesis

  RESEARCHCardiol Rev·Oct 29, 2026Evidence update
• PROlonged posterior PERicardial chest tube treatment to reduce rates of postoperative atrial fibrillation following cardiac surgery (PROPER trial): Rationale and design of a prospective, multinational, randomized clinical trial.

  Randomized trial

  RESEARCHAm Heart J·Oct 28, 2026Clinical trial
• Coexistent tracheal bronchus and azygos lobe: surgical planning and operative technique for robotic-assisted right upper lobectomy.

  Research · assess methods and limitations

  RESEARCHGen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg·Nov 2, 2026New technology
  Journal article

  Downes D, Tuft C, Young S, Cao C.

  Abstract / publisher access may vary
• A real-time machine learning framework for improved intraoperative risk predictions in cardiac surgery patients.

  Observational · association, not causation

  RESEARCHJ Am Med Inform Assoc·Nov 1, 2026New technology
• Learning curve of da vinci robotic lobectomy: a single-surgeon CUSUM analysis of operative time and perioperative outcomes.

  Research · assess methods and limitations

  RESEARCHJ Robot Surg·Oct 31, 2026New technology
• Standard anterior temporal lobectomy using a retractorless technique in patients with drug-resistant mesial temporal lobe epilepsy: long-term seizure outcomes and predictors of postoperative seizure freedom.

  Research · assess methods and limitations

  RESEARCHNeurosurg Rev·Nov 3, 2026Practice relevance
• Preoperative lipid concentrations and 28-day mortality after cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass: a retrospective analysis of a prospectively maintained registry.

  Observational · association, not causation

  RESEARCHClinics (Sao Paulo)·Nov 3, 2026Practice relevance

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