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We search PubMed daily

Every morning BriefMD queries PubMed across your chosen topics and filters for recent, high-quality publications.

Each paper is summarised

Claude AI distills each paper into 2–3 concise clinical sentences — key findings, population, and relevance to practice.

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Sample digest

What your daily brief looks like

BriefMD — Issue #142 • HPB Surgery

Annals of Surgery Mar 2025

Robotic versus laparoscopic distal pancreatectomy: a propensity-matched analysis of 412 patients

Smith JA, Chen B, Park R, et al.

In this propensity-matched cohort of 412 patients, robotic distal pancreatectomy was associated with significantly lower conversion rates (3.2% vs 12.1%, p<0.001) and shorter length of stay (4.2 vs 5.8 days, p=0.02) compared to laparoscopic approach. Operative time was longer in the robotic group (186 vs 142 min) but 90-day complication rates were comparable (28% vs 31%). These findings support robotic distal pancreatectomy as a safe alternative with potential advantages in complex anatomy.

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