Study Shows 57% Failure in Large Rotator Cuff RepairsStudy Shows 57% Failure in Large Rotator Cuff Repairs
A series of rotator cuff procedures gives some perspective on what can best be repaired. Medscape Medical News (Source: Medscape Today Headlines)
A randomized, multicenter study comparing steroid‐free immunosuppression and standard immunosuppression for liver transplant recipients with chronic hepatitis C
AbstractThis randomized, prospective, multicenter trial compared the safety and efficacy of steroid‐free immunosuppression (IS) to the safety and efficacy of 2 standard IS regimens in patients undergoing transplantation for hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection. The outcome measures were acute cellular rejection (ACR), severe HCV recurrence, and survival. The patients were randomized (1:1:2) to tacrolimus (TAC) and corticosteroids (arm 1; n = 77), mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), TAC, and corticosteroids (arm 2; n = 72), or MMF, TAC, and daclizumab induction with no corticosteroids (arm 3; n = 146). In all, 295 HCV RNA–positive subjects were enrolled. At 2 years, there were no differences in ACR, HCV recurrence (biochemical evidence), patient survival, or graft survival rates. The side effects...
