Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly

North Shore University Hospital - New York hospital surgeon completes successful sigmoid colon resection using da Vinci robot

Northwestern University, Evanston - Esophagogastroduodenoscopy is essential for diagnosis of GI diseases

Orthopedics - Advancements in hip replacement have more baby boomers turning to surgery earlier in life

Osaka Saiseikai Nakatsu Hospital - Reports describe recent advances in surgical technology research

Oulu University Hospital - Reports add new data to brain cancer research

Peking Union Medical College, Beijing - Operable rectal cancer treated by concurrent radiotherapy and capecitabine

Prostate Cancer - Omega-3 fatty acids in fish may reduce the spread of prostate cancer

Rectal Cancer - Rectal cancer could be treated by amputation with laparoscopic colostomy

ReGen Biologics, Inc. - ReGen Biologics, Inc. announces successful implantation of CMI devices in injured knees

Regeneration Technologies, Inc. - Regeneration Technologies launches Sterling Xenograft line and BioSet DBM

Reliant Technologies, Inc. - Reliant Technologies announces U.S. FDA clearance of the Fraxel Laser for acne and surgical scars

Rijnstate Hospital, Arnhem - Conversion of failed laparoscopic adjustable gastric banding to RYGBP is effective option

Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh - In cardiac surgery patients, peri-operative hemoglobin may mislead as indicator for transfusion

S. Ersek Thoracic & Cardiovasc Surgery Center, Istanbul - Erectile dysfunction may represent generalized vascular dysfunction

San Filippo Neri Hospital of Rome - Stage IC ovarian cancer patient has successful pregnancy after fertility sparing surgery

Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham - BMI, percent body fat and other obesity indicators correlate with surgical complications

Society of Interventional Radiology - Carotid stenting improves memory and thinking ability

Society of Interventional Radiology - Image-guided therapy effective treatment for juvenile arthritis

Society of Interventional Radiology - Laser provides children less painful treatment of vascular malformations

Society of Interventional Radiology - Surgery for uterine fibroids leads to more complications than embolization

Society of Interventional Radiology - Uterine fibroid embolization offers a 92% success rate in postmenopausal women

St. Elizabeth's Medical Center, Boston - Distal sensory polyneuropathy in diabetes mellitus is common and has many sources

Surgical Specialties Corp. - Surgical Specialties signs deal for Dermalogen injectable dermal filler products

Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia - Pancreatic tumor prognosis predicted by patterns of liver metastases from islet cell tumors

Turku University Hospital - Ovarian cancer surgical treatment should be centralized

U.K. Health Protection Agency - Health Protection Agency's partner launches surgical instrument decontamination product

University Children's Hospital, Berne - Cardiopulmonary bypass and underlying heart defect influence connexin43 expression

University Hospital Maastricht - Mohs micrographic surgery for basal cell carcinoma found not cost effective

University Hospital Maastricht - Patients undergoing surgery for basal cell carcinoma surveyed on satisfaction

University Hospital of Vall d'Hebron, Barcelona - In chronic aortic regurgitation, early surgery improves survival

University of Alberta - Colorectal liver metastases treated by surgical resection

University of Basel Hospital - Both spinal anesthesia and obesity impaired perioperative respiratory function

University of British Columbia - Follicular neoplasm diagnosis requires new tools

University of California, San Francisco - Intramedullary spinal ependymomas require early diagnosis and surgery for positive outcome

University of Edinburgh - Brain tumor growth occurring between radiotherapy planning and delivery measured

University of Groningen - Discrepancy between second and first opinion in surgical oncological patients analyzed

University of Illinois - Noncolorectal cancer treated by hepatic metastasectomy in selected patients

University of Louisville - Insufflation techniques for women undergoing laparoscopy are focus of review

University of Michigan - Better sleep after tonsillectomy improves behavior in children, study shows

University of Michigan - Higher mortality for women after coronary artery bypass may be related to infection rates

University of Minnesota - Gonorrhea aspects of importance to dentists are focus of review

University of Minnesota - Rectal cancer local recurrence detected by endorectal ultrasound-directed biopsy

University of Patras - Vertical banded gastroplasty and Roux-en-Y gastric bypass are comparable in non-superobese

University of Pittsburgh - Researchers publish new studies and findings in the area of liver cancer

University of Roma La Sapienza - Tissucol may prevent leaks and internal hernias in morbidly obese undergoing LRYGBP

University of Sao Paulo Medical School - Gastric greater curvature invagination significantly decreases weight in rats

University of Toronto - In high-transfusion-risk cardiac surgery, aprotinin and tranexamic acid are similarly effective

University of Valencia - Neuroblastic tumor prognosis predicted by International Neuroblastoma Pathology Classification

Virginia Commonwealth University - VCU medical center team implants first total artificial heart on East Coast