Primary, revision Latarjet may yield similar positive outcomes

SEATTLE — Compared with primary Latarjet surgery, revision Latarjet yielded similar outcomes for glenoid bone loss, subluxations, dislocations, revisions and return to sport in contact athletes, according to results presented here.
“Contact athletes have a higher rate of recurrent [shoulder] instability after prior arthroscopic procedures, and they do require surgery at a higher frequency,” Julie Bishop, MD, chief of the division of shoulder surgery at The Ohio State University, said in her presentation at the American Orthopaedic Society for Sports Medicine Annual Meeting. “Our research

Economic evaluation supports prophylactic naldemedine for opioid-induced constipation in cancer palliative care

Although opioids remain indispensable for pain relief in patients with advanced cancer, their use frequently results in OIC, which can substantially reduce quality of life and, in some cases, compromise the continuation of optimal pain management. Naldemedine, a peripherally acting μ-opioid receptor antagonist, is used to treat OIC by preserving physiological bowel motility without interfering with central analgesia.