Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly

American Neurological Association - Advances made in brain imaging for epilepsy

Cardiogenesis Corp. - Surgical products maker announces 2006 Medicare reimbursement changes

Codet-Aris Vision Institute - Advanced surface ablation associated with high postoperative pain

Duke Clinical Research Institute, Durham - Angioplasty appears safe for patients needing PCI before noncardiac surgery

Providence St. Vincent Hospital & Medical Center - Additive score underestimates the surgical risk of high-risk patients

Aarhus University Hospital - Correlation between age and surgery for colorectal cancer assessed

Aarhus University Hospital - Stereotactic radiotherapy used to treat locally advanced pancreatic carcinoma

Abbott - U.S. FDA approval granted for device to treat carotid artery disease

Akdeniz University - Open guide suture technique facilitates microvascular anastomosis

American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery - Drug approved to help alcoholism is also effective against tinnitus

American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery - Recovery time from Bell palsy is longer for those with diabetes

American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery - Researchers examine effectiveness of new home test for sleep apnea

American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery - Snoring is related to obesity, excessive daytime sleepiness, and chronic fatigue

American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery - Surgical process is developed to treat side effects of antiretroviral therapy

American Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery - The microdebrider fares better than electrocautery for tonsil removal

American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons - Research study links retained wisdom teeth with oral disease, tooth decay

Archemix Corp. - Phase I trial for thrombin inhibitor, ARC183, closed

Arizona Oncology Associates, Tucson - Contrast medium and air in MammoSite treatment caused dose perturbations

ArthroCare Corp. - LabraFix system launched for labral repair

Beijing Fuxing Hospital - Surgical technique for mastoscopic axillary lymph node dissection standardized

Berlin University of Medicine - Suture line technique does not alter performance of stentless valve

Boston Scientific Corp. - Gastroenterology device maker opens new office complex

Chaim Sheba Medical Center, Tel Hashomer - Researchers' findings advance breast cancer research

CHRU Lille - Researchers report details of new studies and findings in the area of atrial fibrillation

CHU Timone, Marseille - Venous perioperative thromboembolism prophylaxis suggested

Cleveland Clinic Foundation - Feasibility of laparoscopic partial nephrectomy for hilar tumors discussed

Clinica Nacul, Porto Alegre - Intramusculary injectable implant useful for facial contouring

Confluent Surgical, Inc. - DuraSeal Sealant gets CE Mark for thoracic applications

DermSurgery Association, Houston - Efficacy of narrow-margin excision of well-demarcated primary facial BCCs

Deutsch Herrzentrum Berlin - VAD support in small infants is no longer inferior to that of adult support

Deutsch Herzzentrum Berlin - Study assessed myocardial function after atrial switch surgery

Duke University Medical Center, Durham - Off-pump CABG has reduced risk of postoperative hyperthermia

Duke University, Durham - Variants of CRP and IL-6 are associated stroke after cardiac surgery

Emory University, Decatur - Epididymal-sparing bilateral simple orchiectomy preserved patient esthetics

En-Chu Kong Hospital - Recent findings in obesity surgery provide new insights

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam - Metabolic alkatosis has high incidence after pediatric cardiac surgery

Frost & Sullivan - Increase in minimally invasive surgeries set to spur adoption of related devices

Great Ormond Street Hospital, London - High-frequency US proved useful in pre-op evaluation for secondary IOL implantation

Hannover Medical School - Hepatic macrophage populations modeled, effect of surgical technique clarified

Heart Institute Lahr/Baden - Intraoperative bypass flow measurement improves outcome

Hopital Tenon, Paris - Prophylaxis of thromboembolic events during urologic surgery advised

Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania - Quantifying outcomes after DHCA will help prioritize intervention

Imperial College London - Ghrelin does not stimulate food intake after vagotomy

Institute of Neuroscience, Cincinnati - Quality of life after acoustic neuroma surgery analyzed

Intraop Medical Corporation - Order for radiation treatment machine received from Poland

Javelin Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Data: Dyloject has superior pain relief, faster onset, and less thrombophlebitis

Jiangxi Medical College, Nanchang - Heme-oxygenase 1 may be associated with chronic atherosclerotic inflammation

Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions - Laparoscopic surgery feasible for patients on oral anticoagulants

Johns Hopkins University - Surgical approaches and outcome of primary sacral tumors classified

Kawasaki Medical University, Okayama - Predictive factors delineated for recurrence after curative resection

Kensey Nash Corporation - Expanded indications for bioblanket soft tissue repair patch

KFx Medical Corp. - Orthopedic surgical device maker closes $6.2M series A financing

Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine - Filter protected against embolism during treatment of DVT

London Health Sciences Centre - Computed tomography system facilitates bone contact analysis

M. D. Anderson Cancer Center - Obesity and history of weight gain may help predict prostate cancer progression

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Functional outcomes assessed in patients who underwent sacrectomy

Maison de Sante Protestante, Talence-Bordeaux - Laparoscopic gastric resection safe and effective

Mayo Clinic - Complications of contemporary open nephron sparing surgery described

Mayo Clinic & Mayo Foundation - Harvey Cushing's surgical approach to pituitary tumors described