Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly

Orthopaedic Hospital, Los Angeles - Cemented metal-on-metal surface arthroplasty has high failure rate

Orthopaedic Hospital, Los Angeles - Utility of total hip resurfacing reviewed

Osaka Medical College - Proangiogenic proteins flourish in endometrial growths

Proxima Therapeutics, Inc. - Company expects its system to be part of NCI partial breast irradiation study

Refocus Group, Inc - Medical device company secures new interim financing

Roche - Treatment for AIDS-related cytomegalovirus receives positive recommendations

Ruhr-University Bochum - Model simulates control of blood gas during extracorporeal circulation

Rush University - Serum metal linked to immune responses after metal-on-metal hip arthroplasty

Sahlgrens University Hospital - Novel questionnaire is valid measure of transfemoral amputation outcome

Salengro Hospital, Lille - Cementless metal-on-metal and ceramic-on-polyethylene arthroplasty compared

Santa Maria degli Angeli Hospital, Pordenone - Perioperative management and monitoring of super-obese patient reported

Sexual & Reproductive Health - Mississippi bill requires parental consent for teen birth control

St. Jude Children's Research Hospital - Circles of DNA might help predict success of stem cell transplantation

Surgical Information Systems - U.S. National Institutes of Health to implement clinical information system

The Plastic Surgery Group - Plastic surgeon explains procedures and purposes of liposuction

Tufts University - Recent studies add new data to obesity surgery research

Tufts University - Staple-line reinforcement during laparoscopic gastric bypass reviewed

Umea University Hospital - Effects of hemispherical cup fixation on outcome determined

Univ. of California, Irvine - Gastrointestinal hemorrhage after laparoscopic gastric bypass reviewed

Univ. of Occupational & Environmental Health - Propofol and nitric oxide suitable as general anesthesia for ICD implantation

Universite St. Joseph, Beirut - X-ray film more accurate than digital imaging for radiopacity assessment

University at Buffalo - First U.S. use of revolutionary technique for spinal fusion performed

University Hospital Circolo, Varese - Novel mandibular reconstruction technique developed

University Hospital Dubrava, Zagreb - Levosimendan improves hemodynamics during off-pump CABG

University of Alabama - Large femoral heads reduce risk of dislocation in metal-on-metal THA

University of Alberta - World-first living donor transplant of islet cells a success

University of Geneva Hospitals - Review looks at infection in breast implants

University of Heidelberg - Heat stress preconditioning reduces I/R injury in composite tissue allografts

University of Leicester - Dynamic cerebral pressure autoregulation linked to mortality risk

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Cementless Buechel-Pappas total hip arthroplasty effective and durable

University of Perugia - Prevention of VTE in surgical patients reviewed

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Rare radial artery anomaly characterized

University of South Florida - Anastomotic leaks after laparoscopic gastric bypass reviewed

University of Washington - Short-term volume changes in the transtibial residuum characterized

University of Wurzburg - Endoprosthetic elbow replacement effective as treatment for single metastasis

VisiJet, Inc. - Ophthalmic device company completes $4.9 million financing

Wake Forest University - New surgical procedure could save millions