In Global News: Surgery in Conflict Zones, Making Blood Type O, and Spinning Views on Treatments [1]
Patient Care and General Interest
A father got a sternotomy scar tattoo in support of his son [3] after the boy underwent surgery for supravalvular aortic stenosis.
In a Viewpoint paper in JAMA Surgery, the authors highlight the importance of training on Geneva conventions and humanitarian law for surgeons embarking on medical missions to conflict zones [4].
Drugs and Devices
The US Food and Drug Administration has cleared Mimics Enlight from Materialise, software that is intended to assist in planning complex transcatheter mitral valve replacement procedures [5].
Research, Trials, and Funding
Researchers from Vancouver, Canada, used gut bacteria to convert type A blood cells into type O [6].
Researchers from France find that spin in health news, defined as overstating the efficacy or safety of a treatment, positively influences people’s views of those treatments [7].
A restrictive approach to blood cell transfusions did not increase the risk of acute kidney injury [8] in patients undergoing cardiac surgery on cardiopulmonary bypass, report researchers from London, Canada.