Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly

M.D. Anderson Cancer Center - Sarcoma outcome after external beam radiotherapy examined

Mackay Memorial Hospital, Taipei - Research from Taiwan, Austria and the South Korea in lymphoma provides new insights

Marketing - Cigna HealthCare enhances information for consumers

Mayo Clinic - Excessive bleeding in cardiac surgery associated with a doubled risk for excessive bleeding in second surgery

Medical University of Ohio - Research from the United States and Brazil add new data to obesity body of knowledge

Mergers & Acquisitions - Integra LifeSciences announces agreement to acquire Miltex

Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston - Recent studies from the United States, Mexico and United Kingdom add new data to hepatocellular carcinoma research

Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York - Studies from the United States, South Korea and Canada describe new findings in cervical cancer research

Nagoya University - A standard assay is required for anti-A/B Ab titer

Netherlands Cancer Institute - Breast cancer patients spared from axillary lymph node dissection

Neuren Pharmaceuticals - Brain protectant drug successfully completes safety trial in patients undergoing CABG surgery

Ondokuz Mayis University, Kurupelit - Recent findings in anesthesia described by researchers from Turkey and Germany

Oregon State University - New research from the United States and Italy in the area of biomedical engineering detailed

Osaka Saiseikai Nakatsu Hospital - Researchers from Japan, the United States and Sweden report details of new studies and findings in the area of surgery

Oulu University Hospital - Researchers from Finland, Ireland and the United States provide details of new studies and findings in the area of brain cancer

Pennsylvania State College of Medicine - Insulin treatment improves impaired corneal re-epithelialization in diabetic rats

Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Melbourne - Breast and/or ovarian cancer risk reduction surgery in at-risk women examined

Research Institute & Hospital, Gyeonggi - Sphincter preservation for rectal cancer patients improved with pre-operative chemoradiotherapy

Royal Victoria Hospital, Antrim - Reduced lung cancer survival linked to increased pre-operative erythropoietin concentration

San Giovanni Hospital, Bellinzona - New findings from Switzerland, Brazil and Italy in the area of head & neck cancer detailed

Scripps Clinic, La Jolla - Recent studies from the United States and Norway add new data to surgery research

Seoul National University - New findings in imaging described from South Korea and Germany

St. John's Health Center, Santa Monica - New findings in melanoma described from the United States and Denmark

St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital, New York - Papillary lesions detected at percutaneous breast biopsy often reveal malignancy

Stanford University - Data from the United States and South Korea advance knowledge in surgery research

Surgical Technology - Integra LifeSciences adds CUSA brand to ultrasonic aspirator product family

SynCardiaCopyright - Two sites become CardioWest Temporary Total Artificial Heart (TAH-t) certified implant centers

Taipei Medical University - New research from Taiwan, India and Hungary in the area of cervical cancer detailed

Technical University of Munich - Cardiopulmonary bypass with deep hypothermic circulatory arrest in the rat a novel recovery model

Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center - Breast cancer diagnosed by SPECT-CT lymphoscintigraphy

Thermage, Inc. - Thermage launches online practice marketing program to support body contouring technology

Transgene S.A. - Positive trial data reported for HPV therapeutic vaccine in precancerous cervical lesions

Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Sao Paulo - New findings in glottic cancer described from Brazil and Italy

Universidade Federal de Santa Maria - Two cervical cancer therapies prove comparable when measured by oxidative status changes

University Clinic Essen - In-stent restenosis not predicted by postinterventional homocysteine levels

University Medical Center, Mannheim - Refractive surgery techniques evaluated in terms of higher order aberrations and contrast sensitivity

University of Brescia - Researchers from Italy, the United States and Poland publish new studies and findings in the area of cirrhosis

University of California, Los Angeles - Recent findings in cardiology described by researchers from the United States and Japan

University of California, San Francisco - Glioblastoma multiforme outcome not predicted by examining postradiotherapy specimens

University of California, San Francisco - Melanoma differentiated from clear cell sarcoma by CD117 immunoreactivity

University of Chicago - Recent findings in surgery described by researchers from the United States

University of Frankfurt - Reports from Germany and Japan describe recent advances in surgery research

University of Freiburg - New findings from Germany, China and the United States in the area of surgery detailed

University of Hong Kong - Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma survival not affected by esophagectomy errors

University of Louisville - Colorectal carcinoma patient quality of survival after chemotherapy and surgery analyzed

University of Mainz - Researchers from Germany, Australia and the Saudi Arabia report recent findings in obesity

University of Maryland School of Medicine - New findings from the United States, Germany and United Kingdom in the area of surgery described

University of Michigan - Itchy, burning eyes can be a sign of dry eye syndrome

University of Minnesota - BNP and N-terminal pro-BNP linked to gastric bypass surgery history in obese patients

University of Navarra - Skeletal myoblast transplantation in MI patients improves myocardial function, viability, perfusion

University of Oslo - Rectal cancer management in patients over 75 years old assessed

University of Ottawa - Researchers' data from Canada, the United Kingdom and Germany advance surgery research

University of Pittsburgh - Research from the United States and Germany in liver cancer provides new insights

University of Pittsburgh Medical Center - Colon cancer prospective randomized clinical trials reviewed

University of Rome La Sapienza Medical School - Recent findings in pancreatic cancer described by researchers from Italy, Germany and the People's Republic of China

University of Saarland - Renal cell carcinoma outcome in young adults reviewed

University of Southern California, Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles - Stage IV melanoma survival improved by metastatic disease resection plus peptide vaccine

University of Tubingen Hospital - Hearing preservation in vestibular schwannoma surgical patients inversely linked to hypotension

University of Washington - Reconstruction of midface and maxilla after tumor removal is complex

Virginia Commonwealth University - Findings from the United States describe new data in obesity research

Vita e Salute University, Milan - Stenting yields important benefits over balloon angioplasty in reduction of adverse cardiac events