Can Incidental Gastric GISTs During Bariatric Surgeries Change the Primary Plan of Surgery? A Single Team Experience and a Systematic Review of Literature

• by Ahmed Abokhozima, Mohamed H. Zidan, Hashem Altabbaa, Ahmed Abo Elmagd, Mohammed Alokl, Fatmaelzahraa Fathy, Ahmed Amgad, Osama Al Shaqran, Mahmoud Hammad Eissa, Aliaa Selim

• April 30, 2024

Knee vibrations may signal cartilage damage

Machine-learning models distinguished healthy knees from those with osteoarthritis-related cartilage damage, but age and BMI performed as well as or better than the vibration-based models.

• by Andrea Surnit

• October 6, 2026

• 3 min

Feasibility of a standardized three-dose intravenous tranexamic acid protocol in bariatric surgery: a pilot study

• by Paola Llamuca-Castro, Diego Lima, Arturo Estrada, Jason Xia, Yeisson Rivero-Moreno, Raquel Nogueira, Ya Zhou, Tiwalade Adediji, Joseph Vazzana, Diego Camacho, Jenny Choi, Erin Moran-Atkin

• October 7, 2026

Medical Oddities: Alive, but convinced otherwise

A deadly conviction, healing vanilla, stormy lungs, and a COVID tea party await.

• by Teraya Smith

• October 15, 2026

• 5 min