Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly

McKesson Medical-Surgical Inc. - Healthcare services company signs distribution, purchasing agreements

Monash University - Inhibin immunoassay is promising for clinical use

Northwestern University - Combined CABG and orthotopic liver transplantation feasible

Organ Donation - Couple hopes husband's donation will end years of health problems

PRAECIS PHARMACEUTICALS INCORPORATED - Pharma company provides update on Plenaxis commercialization

Punjab University - Three-hour cyclosporine levels have optimal prognostic value

Rotes Kreuz Krankenhaus, Bremen - Noninvasive treatments can help many patients

Sanguine Corporation - Robert Kwun joins medical advisory board of synthetic red blood cell developer

Southern Illinois University - Utility of AneuRx modular endograft device reviewed

St. Francis Hospital, Mooresville - TKA feasible in patients with severe angular deformities

Stanford University - Novel patellofemoral prosthesis shows promise

Stressgen Biotechnologies - Enrollment completed for clinical trial of internal genital warts treatment

Synovis Life Technologies, Inc. - Technology company purchases rights to microsurgery bioabsorbable nerve conduit

Tampere University Hospital - Cardiopulmonary bypass does not affect health-related QOL

The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia - Study shows newborns with congenital heart disease have low brain blood flow

Univ. of Texas SW Medical Center - Patients with chronic kidney disease are often excluded from CV treatment trials

Univ. of Texas, Austin - Regeneration of severed nerve cells described

University of Alabama - Subfascial augmentation mammaplasty avoids side effects of subpectoral approach

University of Alabama, Birmingham - ANP is a modulator of cardiac hypertrophy in response to hemodynamic stress

University of Arkansas - Botox reduces pain after mastectomy, study finds

University of British Columbia - PROSTALAC articulating spacer improves outcome of septic revision

University of British Columbia - Postsurgical tetanus reviewed

University of Colorado - Hypotension, acute lung injury follow transfusion of blood during surgery

University of Glasgow - HSV1716 extends the survival of patients resected for high-grade glioma

University of Helsinki - Genomic response to balloon catheter injury elucidated

University of Massachusetts - Preoperative psychological attributes influence outcome

University of Messina - Raxofelast reduces testicular ischemia-reperfusion injury

University of Paris - Delay in diagnosing Marfan syndrome could be shortened by familial enquiries

University of Tsukuba - Prognostic significance of MUC1 localization elucidated

University of Vermont - Tibiofemoral kinematics of post-TKA kneeling characterized

University of Verona - Angio-Seal facilitates hemostasis after bilateral aortofemoral bypass

University of Wisconsin - Hybrid total knee arthroplasty has high 10-year success rate

Uppsala University Hospital - Bariatric surgery reviewed

Vital Needs International - The Voyager wound care technology ready for release

Z-KAT Inc. - Florida company recognized by World Economic Forum as Technology Pioneer 2005