Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly

National Taiwan University Hospital - Percutaneous ethanol injection is safe and effective as first-line option

National Tumor Institute, Milan - Older women fare favorably with conservative breast cancer treatment

Northern General Hospital, Sheffield - New data illuminates research in angiology

Novasys Medical, Inc. - Treatment for stress urinary incontinence cleared for marketing

NuVasive, Inc. - Medical device company acquires cervical nucleus-like replacement device

NuVasive, Inc. - Spine surgery device company acquires technology, assets from Pearsalls Limited

Omni life science, Inc. - Medical device company to acquire equity interests in surgical company

Oregon Health Science University - Prophylactic mastectomy viewed as emulating breast cancer

PainCare Holdings, Inc. - Pain management solutions company acquires Piedmont Center for Spinal Disorders

Poole General Hospital, Dorset - Studies add new findings to hip replacement body of knowledge

Prince of Wales Hospital, Sydney - Improved model of periprosthetic bone loss developed

Rabin Medical Center - Second-look laparotomy may not improve survival

Rikshospitalet, Oslo - Intraoperative MRI doesn't improve resection of high-grade tumors

San Martino Hospital, Genoa - Findings describe new data in echocardiography research

Schwartz Communications, Inc. - Genzyme Biosurgery selects PR firm to handle Seprafilm

Scient'x USA - Device exemption filed to begin U.S. trials of ceramic bearing cervical disc

Seoul National University - Poloxamer hydrogel shows promise as injectable IOL material

SRI/Surgical Express, Inc. - Surgical supply company announces financial results

St. George's Hospital Medical School, London - Rifampin-streptomycin regimen inhibits mycobacterial growth

Stanford University - Effects of pediatric brain tumors and their treatment haunt survivors for years

Stanford University - Robotic technique shows promise in weight-loss surgery

SyntheMed, Inc. - Preclinical studies of anti-adhesion thermal gel in gynecologic surgery underway

Texas Children's Hospital, Houston - Neurologic monitoring enables cardiac surgical teams to prevent brain injury

The American College of Chest Physicians - Guidelines focus on postoperative atrial fibrillation

Theragenics Corp. - Medical device company plans restructuring to focus on two core business units

Tohoku University, Sendai - Nano-sized fluorescent particles used as new tracers for sentinel node detection

Tohoku University, Sendai - Stereotactic radiosurgery followed by whole ventricular irradiation

Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei - Improved saphenous-peritoneal shunt effective for refractory ascites

University Hospital of Lausanne - Tissue engineered from fetal skin cells could treat pediatric burns

University Hospital, Santiago - Laparoscopic cardial calibration with gastropexy safe, effective

University of Belgrade - Protein C examined, role as marker in diffuse secondary peritonitis revealed

University of Bergen - Effectiveness, costs, and compliance of colon cancer surgery in Norway audited

University of Leeds - Efficacy of abdominoperineal excision reviewed

University of Manchester - Transvaginal biopsy reviewed for diagnosis of ovarian cancer

University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - Microsurgical lingual nerve repair effective

University of Michigan - New lab research may help those deafened by immune system attack

University of Ottawa - Predictors of referral for colorectal cancer adjuvant therapy analyzed

University of Pernambuco - Cryotherapy reduces pain and swelling after third-molar extraction

University of Utrecht Medical Center - Baseline CRP levels predict postoperative atrial fibrillation risk

University of Virginia Health System - Rocuronium doesn't improve intubation during halothane induction

Viking Systems, Inc. - Maker of laparoscopic 3D vision systems expands sales to international markets

Vrije University Medical Center, Amsterdam - Postoperative changes in cerebral metabolism characterized

Yonsei University, Seoul - Bone marrow stromal cell transplantation improves