Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly

McGill University - Older patients incur greater hospital costs when undergoing CABG

Medical Center, Haaglanden - Cognitive function can decline in patients with brain tumors

Michigan State University - Lymphatic mapping aims to increase staging accuracy in GI cancer

Mount Sinai School of Medicine - Early surgery reduces hip fracture pain

National Cancer Center, Chiba - Certain characteristics of tumor in vessels and lymph nodes predict progression

Nellcor - MAX-FAST forehead sensor more accurate than traditional digit sensor in study

Northwestern Memorial Hospital - Treatment delivers radioactive isotope directly into the liver with embolization

Ophthalmology - Approximately one-third of people older than 40 have vision disturbances

Ortho-McNeil Pharmaceutical - Study shows Ultracet effective, well tolerated for post-surgical pain

Osteotech, Inc. - Private label demineralized bone matrix distribution agreement announced

Pennsylvania State University - Continuous insulin monitoring does not raise hospital costs

Personnel - The Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation names new board members

ProImmune - Test improves chances of successful organ transplants

Protein Polymer Technologies, Inc. - Protein Polymer Technologies names new president and chief operating officer

Royal Prince Alfred Hospital, Camperdown - Sentinel node biopsy for melanoma has a high false-negative rate

Ruhr University of Bochum - Lower leg perforator flaps are used for intraoral reconstruction

Society of Interventional Radiology - Study: Combination of minimally invasive treatments as effective as surgery

St. Elizabeth Hospital, Tilburg - Locoregional recurrence is lower in recent years after breast-conserving surgery

The Hospital for Special Surgery - Coordinated teams help pregnant patients with locked knees

Univ. of California, Los Angeles - Sentinel lymph node tumor status is important for staging melanoma

Univ. of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston - Frozen section and permanent analysis of sentinel nodes are equivalent

Univ. of Wales, College of Cardiff - Study shows there's a learning curve in performing sentinel node biopsy

University Hospital, Munster - Researchers review hinged versus total condylar design in revision TKA

University of Adelaide - Sentinel lymph node dissection and mapping may be useful for recurrent melanoma

University of Cologne - Standard parotidectomy in an academic setting has favorable results

University of Detroit - Intralesional chemotherapy may improve prognosis for head and neck carcinoma

University of Florida - Stromal infiltration may predict tumor invasion in breast FNA biopsy

University of Glasgow - Hormone replacement therapy after melanoma does not adversely affect prognosis

University of Manchester - Glut-1 expression in oral cancer indicates need for chemoradiotherapy

University of Milan - Surgery can benefit patients with antiretroviral-induced "buffalo hump"

University of Munich - Tibial bone tunnel enlargement follows anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction

University of Naples - Noninvasive imaging of skin tumors is becoming diagnostically reliable

University of Toronto - Combined monitoring may help prevent complications of spinal surgery

Vrije University of Amsterdam - Sentinel node biopsy in breast cancer patients avoids axillary dissection