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Heart Bypass Surgery

New findings reported from University of Minnesota describe advances in heart bypass surgery

Published in Medical Letter on the CDC and FDA, August 19th, 2007

"A retrospective review of prospectively collected data. To review systematically the SF-36 PCS outcomes of a large data set, including several randomized clinical trials for lumbar spine fusion at 1 and 2 years after surgery. We also present for comparison a review of typical changes in SF-36 PCS in other surgical interventions ( total knee replacement, total hip replacement, and coronary artery bypass surgery) to define the average reimbursement costs per PCS improvement with each of these interventions," investigators in the United States report.

"Summary and Background Data. Data from 11 prospective multicenter studies ( 9 Food and Drug Administration...

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