Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly

Kasturba Medical College and Hospital - Curcumin improves skin wound healing in irradiated mice

Medical College of Ohio Hospital - Clinical trial of monoclonal antibody seeks patients with advanced disease

Ochsner Clinic Foundation - Balloon-catheter thrombin delivery can resolve massive retroperitoneal bleeding

Orthovita, Inc. - Synthetic biomaterials producer announces patent for composite shaped bodies

TodoBebe - Company partners with U.S. surgeon general to promote Year of Healthy Child

Advanced Medical Optics, Inc. - Ophthalmic surgical device firm establishes stock trading program

American Academy of Ophthalmology - Oklahoma optometry board adopts rule allowing eye surgery with scalpels

American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons - New clinical practice guideline published to treat flat feet in adults

American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy - Swallowed pill-sized video camera is new esophagus disease diagnostic tool

ArthroCare Corp. - Medical device firm reports 30% annual revenue growth

Beit Trust Cure International Hospital, Blantyre - Sepsis not seen during 1-year follow-up of orthopedic implants in HIV infection

Birmingham Women's Hospital - Radical hysterectomy unnecessary for adequate treatment of early stage disease

Centers for Obesity Related Illness - Obesity barriers to healthcare, job discrimination, social bias discussed

Columbia University of College Physics & Surgery, - Research in osteoporosis provides new insights

Columbia University, New York - Low-income minority women's perceived barriers, facilitators identified

Cubist Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Michael Wood, MD, and Martin Rosenberg, PhD, named to board of Cubicin maker

Edwards Lifesciences Corp. - New heart valve implanted without open-heart surgery

Emory University Hospital, Atlanta - Laparoscopic revision of bariatric procedures is feasible

Emory University, Atlanta - Use of nesiritide after infant cardiac surgery

Erasmus MC, Rotterdam - Higher body mass index allows for better outcome in CABG patients

Erasmus University, Rotterdam - Surgery in women age 80+ is successful with high satisfaction level

Gazi University - Perioperative stress can cause hemodynamic instability

I-Flow Corporation - Long-term benefit of drug delivery device after breast cancer surgery shown

Imperial College London - Minimal residual disease persists in bone marrow after adjuvant therapy

Istituto Clinico Humanitas, Milan - Lower incidence of intrahepatic recurrences via resection than radiofrequency