Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly

Ortho Biotech Products, L.P. - Orthovisc launched for osteoarthritis knee pain

Orthopedic Clinic, Schwarzenbruck - Revision with a titanium modular stem yields good results in THA

Orthopedic Implants - Airport detection of orthopedic implants rises to 50% since Sept. 11, 2001

Pain Management - MedX-Direct orthopedic rehabilitation program deployed in Atlanta, Georgia

Pain Relief - Skin patch helps hospitalized patients relieve pain

Pall Corporation - FDA clears LaparoShield system for minimally invasive abdominal surgery

Peking University - Combining ultrasound and radiotherapy is safe and effective in rectal cancer

Personnel - Creator of Vermont's first cleft palate clinic dies

Pfizer, Inc. - Study: Patients switched to AROMASIN more likely to remain cancer-free

Ranawat Orthopedic Center, New York - Fixed and mobile-bearing posterior stabilized implants have normal motion

Rhein Westfal TH Aachen - Sphincter preservation should be the goal after anterior rectal resection

Royal Brompton Hospital - Doctors call for balancing of patient/worker viral transmission protection

Sangart, Inc. - Positive phase Ib/II clinical trial results reported for Hemospan

Scripps Clinic - Patient receives "Electronic knee" total knee replacement

SLK Clinic, Heilbronn - Higher temperature cryotherapy for hemangiomas promotes faster healing

Smith & Nephew Orthopaedics - Lighting system for minimally invasive joint replacement surgery announced

Somanetics Corporation - INVOS cerebral oximeter monitoring reduces permanent stroke in study

Stroke - Family doctor called in 8 out of 10 cases of stroke

Technical Univ. of Munich - Surgical therapy for extracranial stenosis of the carotid

U.S. National Cancer Institute - New guidelines for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer are released

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Survivorship analysis of THA in young versus older patents is often inaccurate

Univ. of London - Postoperative infection with MRSA is related to socioeconomic background

Univ. of London Kings College - Study evaluates the 2-week wait rule for cancer referral in the U.K.

Univ. of Medicine, Berlin - Quality of life after rectal surgery needs to be assessed in clinical trials

Univ. of Minnesota - Treatment of ductal carcinoma in situ varies widely in United States

Univ. of Munich-Grosshadern - Pre-operative chemotherapy boosts breast conservation by up to 30%

University of Liverpool - Chemotherapy offers hope for pancreatic cancer patients

University of Missouri - Researcher developing tumor identification system for surgery

University of Udine - Breast biopsy specimens can be evaluated with proteomic analysis

University of Ulm - Calcitonin measurements detect medullary thyroid cancer in nodular goiters

University of Vienna - Vaccination for neurotropic disease recommended in children with brain tumors

University of Washington - Nerve injury may occur after limb lengthening after hip replacement

Vivantes Klinikum Neukolln, Berlin - Laser treatment for hemangiomas should be initiated early

VNUS Medical Technologies - VarEx instruments launched for ambulatory phlebectomy

Wake Forest Univ. - Tumor characteristics may help predict survival

Washington University - Unsuspected brain region involved in side effects of diabetes drug