Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly

Miyagi Children's Hospital - Fronto-basal approach effective for tumors extending outside suprasellar cistern

Montefiore Medical Center, New York - Promising treatment for lung cancer: Surgery plus radioactive seeds

Mount Vernon Hospital - HBO₂ proposed as benign agent for radio-, chemo-, and phototherapy, and tumor surgery

NeoPharm, Inc. - Study results support feasibility of multimodality therapy for malignant glioma

New York Spine Surgery & Rehabilitation Medicine, PLLC - Search engine offers public information on spinal surgeries and back pain

Niigata University - Abnormal muscle response monitoring useful during microvascular decompression

Niigata University - Risk of neck cellulitis should be monitored for 1 year after neck dissection

Odense University Hospital - No survival benefit due to early initiation of adjuvant chemotherapy detected

Ophthalmic Surgery Centre, Sydney - Centripetal lens epithelial cell migration extensive but benign with Alcon SA60AT IOL

Ospedale Riuniti Bergamo - Surgical palliation advised first for intestinal obstruction in ovarian cancer

Ottawa General Hospital - Primary chemotherapy and debulking surgery advised for ovarian cancer management

Polytechnic University of the Marche Region Medical School, Ancona - Vascular endothelial growth factor differentiates clear cell renal carcinomas

Royal Marsden NHS Foundation Trust - Study discourages continued axillary sampling after sentinel lymph node biopsy

Sendai Shakaihoken Hospital, Miyagi - Origin of intracanalicular neoplasms predicted with high-resolution MR imaging

Seoul National University - Morbidity and mortality in gastric cancer surgery predicted by age and resection

Singapore General Hospital - Single brain metastasis treated with surgery

St. James University Hospital, Leeds - Males experienced worse bladder and sexual function after laparoscopic surgery

Stanford University - Modern imaging modalities used to assess resectability of pancreatic cancer

Sysmex America, Inc. - Clinical lab systems maker receives 2005 HPIS Best in Class Award for hematology

Tarbiat Modarres University, Tehran - Low 5-year survival rate from gastric cancer attributed to delayed diagnosis

Texas Children's Hospital, Houston - Expression profiles of osteosarcoma predicted response to chemotherapy

Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome - Contrast-enhanced harmonic ultrasound used to evaluate ablation treatments

University Hospital of Angers - Value of systematic central neck dissection called into question

University Hospital of Salzburg - Higher cycle of epidoxorubicin/docetaxel increased pathological response rates

University Hospital, Angers - Less invasive surgery effective in treatment of GERD

University Hospital, Hamburg - Pulse contour-derived cardiac index accurate during changes of preload and aortic impedance

University Hospital, Munster - Incor LVAD has comparable results, some advantages over other devices

University of Amsterdam - Biliary drainage procedure proposed for palliative management of hilar cholangiocarcinoma

University of Bonn - Ti₆ Al₄ V and Ti₆ Al₇ Nb reduce microvasuclar complications compared to CoCrMo

University of California, Davis - Guidelines devised for surgical palliative care of patients with urological malignancies

University of California, Los Angeles - Patients have increased hospitalization rates after gastric bypass surgery

University of Chicago - Number of bariatric surgeries increased over 5-year period

University of Copenhagen, Hellerup - Lung recruitment maneuvers reduce cardiac output following cardiac surgery

University of Gdansk - Pancreatic cancer pain managed by either of two invasive techniques

University of Heidelberg Eye Hospital - Novel foldable monofocal intraocular lens has 1 CU accommodative power

University of Hong Kong - Patients with untreated hepatocellular carcinoma face grim outcomes despite supportive treatment

University of Iowa - Transperitoneal approach advised when abundant fatty tissues surrounds kidney

University of Lausanne Hospital - Tissue engineered fetal skin constructs improve healing of pediatric burns

University of Leipzig - Outcome of EERPE deemed on par with laparoscopic transperitoneal radical prostatectomy

University of Melbourne - Use of FDG-PET offers cost and clinical outcome benefits for lung cancer staging

University of Milan - Retrotip type, tooth type/location, and post restoration don't affect outcome

University of Rochester Medical Center - Corticosteroids are often used in the treatment of infectious mononucleosis

University of Sao Paulo Ribeirao Preto - Epilepsy duration and neurologic abnormalities predict surgery outcome

University of Tokyo - Loss of TSLC1 expression in lung adenocarcinoma associated with poor prognosis

University of Ulsan College of Medicine, Seoul - Laparoscopic surgery declared effective alternative to laparotomy for cancer treatment

University of Wisconsin - Anterior iliac crest reconstruction reduces pain after bone graft harvest

Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem - Gamma knife is effective in treating trigeminal neuralgia

Washington University, St. Louis - Visual acuity improves after surgical removal of peripapillary choroidal neovascularization

Wilmer Eye Institute - Wavefront-guided LASIK effective for correction of low-to-moderate myopia with astigmatism