Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly

Chronix Biomedical - New test to address blood transfusion, surgical safety markets

Medical Malpractice - Ohio woman sues Maryville doctor after gallbladder surgery

Spectranetics Corporation - Companies enter agreements to develop neurovascular bypass surgery products

Tyco Healthcare Group LP - Medical device maker files patent infringement suit against Ethicon Endo-Surg

Aichi Gakuin University - Reconstructed 2-D multi-slice helical CT images accurate

Atricure, Inc. - Minimally invasive cure for heart rhythm abnormality proves effective

Bone Solutions, Inc. - Injectable adhesive for orthopedic surgery tested

Burzynski Research Institute, Inc. - Brain tumor survivors visit research institute

CalbaTech, Inc. - Biotech company adds John Drews, MD, to its scientific advisory board

Cambridge Consultants, Ltd. - Advanced breast cancer imaging technology takes step closer to market

Case Western Reserve University - Relaxation therapy reduces postoperative pain

Chang Gung University - Free-style free flaps safe and effective

Clinique Jouvenet, Paris - Novel mini-incision anterior approach doesn't raise dislocation risk

Department of Health & Human Services - By 2020, one in two Americans over age 50 at risk for fractures

Duke University - Novel drug-antidote strategy provides greater control of drug action

Emory University - Gastric bypass patients have high rates of H. pylori infection

En-Chu Kong Hospital - Weight-loss surgery can help reduce metabolic syndrome in obese patients

FzioMed, Inc. - Study: Oxiplex/AP adhesion barrier gel reduces adhesions after surgery

Georgia Institute of Technology - Bilateral benefits with brain stem implant

Green Pastures Hospital & Rehab. Center, Nepal - Nasal reconstruction techniques evaluated

Heart Disease Therapy - Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center installs ventricular assist device

Heart Surgery - Crittenton, university health system team to offer open-heart surgery program

Hokkaido University - OK-432 after surgery for gastric cancer did not improve survival rate

Hospital for Special Surgery - Heparin helps prevent miscarriages in lupus patients

I-Flow Corporation - ON-Q PainBuster minimizes narcotic use after robotic radical prostatectomy

Inst. of Nephrology and Urology, Montevideo - Effect of anti-CD3 mAb dose on T-cell count determined

Intraop Medical, Inc. - Principal investigator announced for protocol using IORT in advanced lung cancer

Lankenau Hosp. & Inst. for Medical Research - Propafenone has limited effect on post-CABG atrial fibrillation

Leopold Franzens University - Novel technique enables DIEP flap harvest in presence of subcostal scars

Loyola University - Freeze-dried, irradiated donor fascia for UI procedures fails test

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - M.D. Anderson receives SPORE grant for melanoma research

MacroPore Biosurgery, Inc. - $1.25 million milestone payment due to biosurgery firm

McNeil Nutritionals, LLC - VIACTIV maker releases research on bone health and osteoporosis