• 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
• Challenging the Status Quo Can Help Protect Patients

  ACS report of a surgeon’s perspective

  NEWSAmerican College of Surgeons·Oct 27, 2026Worth a read
• Comparison of the opioid-sparing effects of a combination of dexamethasone, paracetamol, and ketorolac versus paracetamol and ketorolac in patients undergoing total laparoscopic hysterectomy: A prospective double-blind randomized controlled trial.

  Randomized trial

  RESEARCHIndian J Pharmacol·Nov 2, 2026Clinical trialPractice relevance
• Medicare Program; Alternative Payment Model Updates and the Increasing Organ Transplant Access (IOTA) Model

  Final payment-model rule

  POLICY & LAWFederal Register·Jun 1, 2026· Rule · United StatesPolicy watch
• Bariatric Surgery After Weight-Loss Drugs: What the Data Show

  Retrospective cohort; association, not causation

  RESEARCHAnn Surg·Nov 3, 2026Practice relevance
  Journal article

  Aminian A, Hammad AF, Sadeghmousavi S, Daftari G, Ferguson L, Tu C, Gasoyan H, Nissen SE.

  Abstract / publisher access may vary
• NaV1.8 Inhibition and the Future of Nonopioid Analgesia in Otolaryngology: A Narrative Review.

  Narrative review; limited ENT-specific clinical evidence

  RESEARCHJAMA Otolaryngol Head Neck Surg·Oct 22, 2026Practice relevance
• Cataract Surgery in Patients Unable to Lie Flat: A Systematic Review and Surgical Decision-Making Framework.

  Systematic review; proposed decision framework

  RESEARCHJ Cataract Refract Surg·Oct 27, 2026Evidence update
• Autonomous Bowel Suturing Still Has a Long Clinical Road

  Narrative review; autonomy remains largely preclinical

  RESEARCHJ Surg Res·Nov 2, 2026New technology
• Large Language Models and Applied Surgical Anatomy: Evaluation of Anatomical Reasoning in Expert-Derived Plastic Surgery Scenarios.

  Small scenario-based AI benchmark

  RESEARCHClin Anat·Oct 26, 2026New technology
• Functional outcomes and quality of life after endovascular thrombectomy in large and extensive infarcts (ASPECTS 0-5): a multicentre registry study.

  Retrospective registry; no untreated comparator

  RESEARCHEur Stroke J·Nov 1, 2026Practice relevance
• Request for Information: Nationwide Implementation of Prehospital Blood Transfusion

  Request for information; comments due November 5, 2026

  POLICY & LAWFederal Register·Oct 6, 2026· Notice · United StatesPolicy watch
• Evaluation of surgical outcomes and costs during the learning curve in robotic gynecologic surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

  Evidence synthesis

  RESEARCHJ Robot Surg·Oct 31, 2026Evidence updateNew technology
• Medical Devices; Ear, Nose, and Throat Devices; Classification of the Cooperative Powered Surgical Assist Device for ENT Surgery

  Final device-classification order

  POLICY & LAWFederal Register·Sep 10, 2026· Rule · United StatesPolicy watch
• Cirrhosis Regression After Metabolic Bariatric Surgery in Patients With Compensated MASH Cirrhosis: A Long-term Paired Biopsy Study.

  Small retrospective paired-biopsy study

  RESEARCHAnn Surg·Nov 2, 2026Practice relevance
• Making sense of TILs: recommendations for morphological assessment of tumour-infiltrating lymphocytes in colorectal carcinoma: a report on behalf of the International Immuno-Oncology Biomarker Working Group.

  Review

  RESEARCHHistopathology·Nov 3, 2026Guideline-related
• Dexmedetomidine versus sevoflurane as adjuncts to propofol-fentanyl anesthesia during major spine surgery with somatosensory and motor evoked potential monitoring: a randomized controlled trial.

  Randomized trial

  RESEARCHAnesth Pain Med (Seoul)·Oct 30, 2026Clinical trial
• 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
  Journal article

  Johannesson E, Thelaus L, Larsson M, Teurneau-Hermansson K, Ede J, Forsberg A, Gudbjartsson T, Jeppsson A, Møller CH, Wahba A, Grinnemo KH, Hansson EC, Holmdahl AJ, Krogstad LEM…

  Abstract / publisher access may vary
• Special situations in cervical cancer management: de novo metastatic disease, occult cancer after simple hysterectomy, and cervical stump cancer - A review from the french cervical cancer guidelines group.

  Guideline / consensus

  RESEARCHJ Gynecol Obstet Hum Reprod·Oct 27, 2026Guidelines
• The Royal College of Ophthalmologists' National Ophthalmology Database: report 15, severe vision loss following cataract surgery.

  Large observational national audit

  RESEARCHEye (Lond)·Nov 2, 2026
• Advocacy Training Prepares Surgeons to Influence Policy and Health

  Viewpoint; program description

  ARTICLEAmerican College of Surgeons·Nov 4, 2026Worth a read
• Prognostic Significance of Early Donor-derived Cell-free DNA Trajectories After Kidney Transplantation.

  Prospective observational registry

  RESEARCHTransplantation·Nov 2, 2026
• Medicare and Medicaid Programs; CY 2027 Payment Policies Under the Physician Fee Schedule and Other Changes to Part B Payment and Coverage Policies; Medicare Shared Savings Program Requirements; and Medicare Prescription Drug Inflation Rebate Program

  Proposed rule, not final policy

  POLICY & LAWFederal Register·Jul 16, 2026· Proposed rule · United StatesPolicy watch
• Precision Metabolic and Bariatric Medicine: Reconciling Predictive Machine Learning with Explanatory Biostatistics to Validate the Independent Effect of a 10.5% Preoperative TBWL Threshold.

  Research · assess methods and limitations

  RESEARCHObes Surg·Nov 3, 2026New technology
• Long-term outcomes of colorectal cancer after indocyanine green fluorescence-guided laparoscopic radical resection: a retrospective cohort study.

  Retrospective matched cohort; association, not causation

  RESEARCHSurg Endosc·Nov 2, 2026Practice relevance
• Dynamic craniotomy: translational development, biomechanical validation, and early clinical experience of an adaptive cranial bone flap fixation platform.

  Early device evidence; small retrospective clinical cohorts

  RESEARCHNeurosurg Focus·Nov 1, 2026

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