Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly

MedicalCV, Inc. - First human case using AtriLaze Surgical Ablation System complete

Medline Industries Inc. - New sleep apnea at-home prescreening test introduced

Medtech Insight - Report published on most prevalent, costly diseases in U.S.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center - Hypoxia-inducible therapy halts capillary formation in primary liver cancer

Missouri Bone and Joint Center - Utility of tapered porous-coated stems for femoral bone loss determined

Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx - Procedure enables complete device-lead hookup and pocket closure in the lab

Neuroscience - 19th Gamma Knife center opens in Tennessee

New York Presbyterian Hospital - Loupe magnification sufficient for microvascular hepatic artery repair

NovoSci Inc. - Washington DC VA Medical Center uses miniaturized bypass technology

NuVasive, Inc - Medical device company announces relocation

Oldenburg Hospital - Hepatic artery embolization effective for HHT patients with hepatic involvement

Orthopedic Hospital, Los Angeles - Large-diameter femoral heads prevent dislocation

Peking University - In vitro model of cold-induced astrogliosis developed

Reinier Graff Hospital, Delft - Human ovarian autotransplantation to the upper arm saves ovarian function

Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo - Image guidance increased success of surgical closure of coronary artery fistulas

Robert Koch Institute, Berlin - Prion protein instrument decontamination studied, PrPSc detachment clarified

Rocky Mountain Biosystems, Inc. - Biotech company completes phase 1 of U.S. NIH grant-funded study

Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center - Minimally invasive THA technique promotes rapid recovery

Sanjay Gandhi Postgrad. Inst. of Medical Sciences - Intravenous lidocaine can suppress fentanyl-induced coughing

sanofi-aventis Group - Research in colorectal cancer presented at symposium

SSI Surgical Services, Inc. - Frank J. Abella Jr. named to board of directors by surgical support provider

SSI Surgical Services, Inc. - Surgical support company files with U.S. SEC to suspend reporting obligation

St. Louis University - Cutting balloon angioplasty useful for resistant venous anastomotic stenoses

Staar Surgical Company - David L. Schlotterbeck named independent board member by opthalmics company

Stroke - New competency guidelines for carotid stenting include virtual reality training

Surgical Information Systems - Hospital information technology systems provider notes sales surge in 2004

ThermoGenesis Corp. - Study of sealant to reduce blood loss, pain in knee arthroplasty reported

U.S. Department of Health and Human Services - Surgeon General Richard H. Carmona rolls out 'The Year of the Healthy Child'

U.S. Preventive Services Task Force - Elderly male smokers should be screened for abdominal aortic aneurysm

Ukraine Ministry of Public Health, Kiev - Irradiation is a cause of thyroid cancer in adult victims of Chernobyl

Univ. of California, Irvine - Practice of bariatric surgery at academic medical centers investigated

University of Alabama, Birmingham - Efficacy of femoral head hemiresurfacing evaluated

University of California San Francisco - Gender and disease stage influence prognosis of HCC

University of California, Los Angeles - Core decompression with BMP therapy shows promise

University of Frankfurt - Combined minimally invasive techniques effective for deep ICH resolution

University of Hong Kong - Researchers report on RLN palsy in well-differentiated thyroid carcinoma

University of Hong Kong - Simultaneous placement of implant and bone graft in anterior maxilla reported

University of Kuopio Canthia - Beta-amyloid levels studied in mice, influence of age revealed

University of London - Effect of glenoid component alignment on cement mantle stress determined

University of Michigan - Gene therapy promising for growing tooth-supporting bone

University of Michigan - Reports advance knowledge in cancer vaccines research

University of Western Ontario - Role of antiarrhythmic surgery reviewed

USCOM Limited - Cardiology partner named for U.S.

Vanderbilt University - Cryofiltration apheresis effective as last-resort treatment

Veterinary Care - Volunteers arrange surgical care for animals

Yale University - Review provides information on fibrosis and small bowel carcinoid tumors

YM BioSciences Inc. - Clinical milestone reached in trial of treatment for brain cancer in children