Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly

Novartis Pharmaceuticals UK Ltd - Option available to breast cancer patients who complete tamoxifen therapy

OmniCorder Technologies, Inc. - Endovascular and treatment of vascular disease clinical trial results presented

Ovarian Cancer - Regional blood flow occlusion during pelvic procedures reduces blood loss

Pediatrics - Louisiana State Troopers grant cowboy wish to cancer survivor

Pennsylvania State University - Researchers development of a cost-effective loading machine for mouse bones

Radiation Therapy Services, Inc. - High-resolution intensity modulated radiosurgery pioloted at Florida center

Restore Medical - Research on treatment option for sleep apnea and snoring presented

RITA Medical Systems, Inc. - CIGNA HealthCare will cover radiofrequency ablation liver treatment

Sanarus Medical, Inc. - Cryoablation is preferred option for treating breast fibroadenoma, study shows

SIGA Technologies, Inc. - Bacterial genomics company secures defense research grant

Smith & Nephew - Orthopedic-focused firm signs marketing agreement, launches new products

Society of Interventional Radiology - Needle lung biopsy offers children less risk, less recovery than surgery

Starion Instruments - Surgical instrument maker names Charles F. Gilbride director of marketing

State University of New York, Buffalo - Standing erect after trunk flexion may help avoid low back pain

SUNY Downstate Medical Center - Tracheal resection with end-to-end anastomosis safe, effective

Surgical Technology - Teleflex Medical's products make surgery go smoothly

Teikyo University, Tokyo - Radiological advances allow minimally invasive thyroid surgery

Thomas Jefferson University - Liver transplant surgeons find less rejection, better survival with drug regimen

U.S. National Cancer Institute - p16(INK4a) may have use as marker of oncogenic HPV infection

U.S. National Institutes of Health - Methods to generate new pancreas from old reviewed

United Surgical Partners International, Inc. - Surgical group completes transactions with Spanish investment firm

Univ. of California, Davis - Immediate breast reconstruction after mastectomy doesn't delay chemotherapy

University Hospital - Surgical rat model of human Roux-en-Y gastric bypass described

University of Alberta - U.S. heart attack patients survive longer than Canadians

University of Heidelberg - Free flap transplantation can be effective for burn patients

University of Hong Kong - Racial differences in distal femur rotational alignment identified

University of Innsbruck Hospital - Changes in abdominal aortic aneurysm morphology occur after endovascular repair

University of New Mexico - Adenotonsillectomy resolves sleep disorder for children

University of New South Wales - Spinal fusion is aided by an autologous growth factor and a porous ceramic

University of Perugia - Recovery from type 2 diabetes after bariatric surgery investigated

University of Regensburg - CT navigation associated with improved UKR outcome

University of Sheffield - Candidate gene polymorphisms may have a role in solid cancers

University of Texas SW Medical Center - Patients should be screened for CV, blood pressure disorders before liposuction

University of Toronto - Fractures mean broken lives in developing world

University of Toronto - Prophylactic mastectomy study patients satisfied with breast reconstruction

Valdoltra Orthopedic Hospital - Fifty-one-year survival of Judet PMMA prosthesis reported

Wayne State University - IV placement for minor ear surgery in children appears to offer no added benefit

Wayne State University - Porous tantalum patellar implant shows promise

Weill Cornell Medical Cntr. - Pregnancy after vasectomy reversal more effective in men with same partner

Yamaguchi University - Comparative genomic hybridization tracks the genetics of HCV-related cancer

Zagazig University - Patients' voice resonance following endoscopic surgery explored