Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly

Medical Devices - NuVasive launches Gradient Plus anterior cervical plating system

Medical University of Vienna - New findings in the area of medical devices detailed

Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York - Cervical cancer therapy with total laparoscopic radical hysterectomy appears feasible/safe

Mt. Elizabeth Medical Center, Singapore City - Technique of total mesorectal excision in rectal cancer surgery described

Neoprobe Corporation - Neoprobe renews marketing agreement with Ethicon Endo-Surgery

Obesity Surgery - Mayo Clinic researchers say bariatric surgery may reduce risk of heart disease

Osaka Saiseikai Nakatsu Hospital - Enchondroma of the hand treated with injectable calcium phosphate bone cement

Pochon CHA University College of Medicine - Researchers' data advance pediatric cardiology research

Policlinico di Monza - Intravenous compared to intraarterial ACNU administration in newly diagnosed glioblastomas

Praxim Medivision - Praxim Medivision announces plans to enter U.S. market

Regina Elena Cancer Institute, Rome - Researchers' work adds to breast cancer body of knowledge

Research Australia - Australian snakes' venom could provide the next generation of human therapeutic drugs

Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen - Blood versus crystalloid cardioplegia shows little difference in myocardial oxygen tension

Royal Marsden Hospital, London - Breast cancer response to endocrine therapy prognosticated by changes in proliferation

Saga Medical School - Hepatocellular carcinoma treated by menatetrenone, a vitamin K2 analog

Saga University - Colon cancer tumor vessels bear significant endoglin expression

Sapporo Medical University - Open surgical repair is better for young patients without brain injury

Scripps Clinic, La Jolla - Restenosis is frequent after SES implantation for unprotected left main coronary artery lesions

Seoul National University - Neo-aortic regurgitation progresses after arterial switch operation

St. John Health - Michigan hospital utilizes Spy Intra-operative Imaging System to confirm success of heart surgery

Technical University of Munich - Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma predicted MTR A2756G polymorphism

Technion - Israel Institute of Technology - New research in the area of anesthesia detailed

Uludag University Medical School, Gorukle - Recent findings in anesthesia described

Universitatskliniken fur Plastische, Innsbruck - Conservative weight loss is better option for morbid obesity therapy in some patients

University of Alabama - Total abdominal liposuction followed by abdominoplasty is proposed for massive weight loss

University of California, Davis - Virulent systemic feline calicivirus is an emerging pathogen

University of California, Los Angeles - Pre-op creatinine clearance <40 ml/min is an outcome marker after orthotopic heart transplant

University of Duisburg-Essen Medical School - Researchers' work adds to imaging body of knowledge

University of Erlangen-Nurnberg - Corneal neovascularization can be limited by antiangiogenic therapy after low-risk keratoplasty

University of Michigan - Value of surgery in directing therapy for patients with Wilms tumor assessed

University of Milan - Researchers' findings advance cardiology research

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Resected non-small cell lung cancer linked to extreme chemotherapy resistance

University of Rome La Sapienza Medical School - Pancreatic head carcinoma in elderly patients can be treated by surgery but with risks

University of Santiago de Compostela - Poor prognosis in oral squamous cell carcinoma linked to reduced E-cadherin expression

University of Sao Paulo - Scintigraphy utilizing Tc-99m is an effective method to assess improvement in gastric function

University of Ulsan, Seoul - Paclitaxel-eluting stent use, lumen diameter, and lesion length were predictors of restenosis

University of Utah - New data illuminates research in cataract surgery

Virginia Commonwealth University - Risk of lower back pain may be increased in women with past gynecological surgeries

Virginia Mason Medical Center, Seattle - RYGB in high-obesity risk patients was related to a decline in fatty food preference

Vita-Salute University of Milan - Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus is linked to in-hospital mortality in cardiac surgical patients

VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam - Squamous cell head and neck cancer prognosticated by anemia

Washington Cancer Institute, Washington, DC - Findings advance knowledge in cancer therapy research

Westmead Hospital - Renal tumors treated by radiofrequency ablation

Westpfalz-Klinikum Kaiserslautern - Sleep-related breathing disorder therapies must be determined individually

World Heart Corporation - First human implanted with WorldHeart's next-generation rotary VAD

Yokohama City University Hospital, Kanagawa - Clinicopathological properties of poorly differentiated adenocarcinoma of the stomach described