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An article that changes clinical practice - without an increased healthcare cost
Last month, Bradley Kropp of the Urology Faculty highlighted an article which was convincing enough to cause him to change his clinical practice.
This is an outstanding evaluation of a clinical trial in which Kropp recommends, "...patients should be given a piece of gum after surgery to help stimulate early return of bowel function. This is simple enough to do; therefore, I will start doing this immediately in my patients undergoing reconstructive surgery."
He continues, "This study highlights how something as simple as gum chewing could improve the medical care that is delivered to our patients. In today's high-tech, molecular-driven scientific world, it is nice to come across an article that can be implemented immediately into our practices without increased healthcare cost."
"Just think how much a pack of gum would cost today if the pharmaceutical industry would have come across this information first."
This evaluation is the essence what we are about; it is a true opinion-piece written with a passion for the topic.
Read the rest of Kropp's outstanding evaluation here.
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