Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly

Mayo Clinic - Robotically-assisted laparoscopy shares advantages of open sacrocolpopexy

Medline Industries, Inc. - Woman's Hospital signs cost management agreement with medical supplier

Military Medicine - Hidden casualties in Iraq: Fewer soldiers dying, but more severely wounded

Mount Sinai School of Medicine - Study underscores palliative care critical for patients with defibrillators

National Cardiovascular Center, Japan - External jugular vein cannulation improves catheterization in infants

NovaMed, Inc. - Surgical center management company acquires ambulatory surgery center in Florida

OmniGuide Communications, Inc. - First minimally invasive human medical procedure using prototype OmniGuide Fiber

PhytoMedical Technologies, Inc. - Pharma company expands research scope to include obesity and diabetes

Politechnic University of Marche - Local delivery of VEGF to skin flaps outperforms other VEGF transfer routes

Purdue University - Purdue research offers hope for canine, human spinal injuries

Repatriation General Hospital, New So. Wales - Conservation surgery is an option in ILC cases with clearly defined margins

Rita Medical Systems, Inc. - Lung cancer survival statistics reported in trial using radiofrequency ablation

Royal College of Veterinary Surgery, London - Granulosa cells analyzed, changes in kinase and progesterone secretion revealed

Sinusitis - Guidelines agreed to by five health organizations

Smith & Nephew Endoscopy - Two surgical devices for shoulder repair launched by medical technology company

St. Mary's University, London - The Ross II procedure appears a good alternative for low-risk young patients

State University of New York - Laptops pose possible fertility risk to men

Surgical Information Systems - Texas hospital purchases fourth surgical communications software module

Suros Surgical Systems, Inc. - Vacuum-assisted biopsy system, MRI-guided breast biopsy device unveiled

The Paget Foundation - Foundation endorses Surgeon General's report on osteoporosis

Thomas Jefferson University - Scientists find way to see breast cancer activity from outside the body

Univ. of California, Irvine - Endorectal flap advancement repair is effective treatment for some patients

Univ. of Texas SW Medical Center - Criteria for breast implant removal without replacement outlined

University Clinic of Mont-Godinne - Post-arthroplasty arthrosynovial cyst described

University College London - Surgeons pinch more than an inch from the arm to rebuild a micropenis

University General Hospital of Valencia - Method has advantages in patients with atheromatous disease of ascending aorta

University Hospital of Berne - Study evaluated whether impaired pulsatility was normal after coarctation repair

University of Florence - Percutaneous ethanol injection is effective therapy for liver cancer patients

University of Illinois - Robotically assisted bariatric surgery reviewed

University of Marburg - Goal of proposed system is to minimize perioperative complications

University of Nebraska - Researchers say music eases pain, anxiety after open-heart surgery

University of Pittsburgh - Correcting saddlebag deformity in massive weight loss patient described

University of Pittsburgh - Cytokine gene therapy may overcome common barriers to glioma immunotherapy

Zebra Technologies - U.S. FDA approves SurgiChip Solution designed to prevent surgical errors