Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly

Manchester Children's University Hospital, Manchester, U.K. - New findings in otorhinolaryngology described from the United Kingdom and United States

Maria Sklodowska Curie Memorial Cancer Center, Warsaw, Poland - Researchers from Poland, the United Kingdom and Scotland provide details of new studies and findings in the area of breast cancer

Mayo Clinic, U.S. - Rapid endothelialization of synthetic vascular grafts is enabled by magnetic forces

Mayo Clinic, U.S. - Reports from the United States, United Kingdom and People's Republic of China describe recent advances in genetics research

Mayo Clinic, U.S. - Vestibular schwannoma treated best with stereotactic radiosurgery

McMaster University, Canada - Researchers from Canada, Italy and the United States provide details of new studies and findings in the area of surgery

Medical Devices - Radiofrequency identification wand device detects retained surgical sponges

Medical University of Vienna, Austria - Data from Austria and the United States advance knowledge in cardiology research

Medical University of Vienna, Austria - New findings in obesity described from Austria, Spain and the United States

Microtest - Microtest chosen to operate Symmetry Medical PolyVac sterilization validation laboratory

Monash University, Australia -  Mycobacterium ulcerans ulcers managed with surgical algorithm

Montreal Heart Institute, Canada - Systematic off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery is acceptable alternative to 'on-pump' CABG

National Cancer Center, South Korea - Recent studies from South Korea, Japan and Italy add new data to lung cancer research

National Institutes of Health, U.S. - Research from the United States, United Kingdom and People's Republic of China add new data to cervical cancer body of knowledge

National Surgical Adjuvant Breast & Bowel Project Operations, U.S. - Endometriosis may be underlying cause of nonspecific urinary/abdominal symptoms

National Surgical Adjuvant Breast & Bowel Project Operations, U.S. - Factor V Leiden/prothrombin G20210->A mutations do not increase thromboembolic events in women

Nephros - Nephros selects director William Fox as executive chairman

Okayama University, Japan - Expression and immunogenicity of NY-ESO-1 clarified in hepatocellular carcinoma

Omrix Biopharmaceuticals - Omrix Biopharmaceuticals announces 190 percent increase in second-quarter 2006 financial results

Orthosoft - Orthosoft product used in more knee, hip surgeries in six months than all of 2005

Oscar Lambret Cancer Center, Lille, France - Reports from France, the United States and Italy advance knowledge in melanoma research

OSI Systems - Spacelabs Healthcare introduces new anesthesia ventilators with precision pressure control

Park-Klinik, Germany - Thoracic scoliosis corrected with anterior or posterior double-rod instrumentation

Personnel - Hospital for Special Surgery names Louis A. Shapiro CEO

Peter MacCallum Cancer Center, Melbourne, Australia - Esophageal cancer clinical management affected by FDG-PET post-treatment assessment

Policinico San Donato, Italy - Researchers' findings from Italy, the United Kingdom and the South Korea advance cardiology research

Regeneration Technologies - RTI begins clinical evaluation for Sterling Implants used in spinal surgeries

Roma Tor Vergata University, Italy - Lung carcinogenesis might be linked to human papillomavirus infection

Rudolfstiftung Hospital, Vienna, Austria - New findings from Austria and the United States in the area of surgery described

Seoul National University Hospital, Seoul, South Korea - Recent findings in cardiology described by researchers from South Korea, India and United States

Sisli Etfal Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey - Laryngeal microsurgery can be performed using small-bore endotracheal tubes

Spine Wave - Carmen Diersen named to Spine Wave executive management team as chief financial officer

St. Patrick's Hospital, Missoula, U.S. - Researchers from the United States and Republic of Macedonia; bgerasimovska@yahoo report details of new studies and findings in the area of hypertension

Stanford University, U.S. - Findings from the United States, France and Netherlands advance knowledge in surgery research

Stanford University, U.S. - Researchers from the United States and Spain publish new studies and findings in the area of obesity

Stanford University, U.S. - Tonsillar squamous cell carcinoma treated by organ preservation therapy

State University of New York, U.S. - Findings from the United States, Austria and Chile describe new data in obesity research

State University of New York, U.S. - Laparoscopic gastric bypass is superior to adjustable gastric band in super morbidly obese

Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada - Myocardial protection during cardiac surgery is superior with blood vs. crystalloid cardioplegia

Surgical Technology - Splenectomy by hand-assisted laparoscopy is safe treatment for beta-thalassemia patients

Syprosoft - Source Scientific retains Syprosoft to develop image-processing software for eye surgery

Taipei Medical University Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan - Researchers from Taiwan, Poland and the United States detail new studies and findings in the area of obesity

Technical University of Dresden, Germany - Researchers from Germany and Spain detail new studies and findings in the area of renal cancer

Theragenics - Theragenics elects Luther T. Griffith to board of directors

Threshold Pharmaceuticals - Threshold completes enrollment trials for treatment of pancreatic cancer

Tianjin Chest Hospital, Tianjin, People's Republic of China - Studies from the People's Republic of China, Taiwan and United Kingdom describe new findings in angiology research

Tri-Service General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan - Intervertebral spine stability enhanced with cross-linking augmentation

University Hospital Coventry NHS Trust, Coventry, U.K. - Early post-cardiopulmonary bypass axillary and tympanic membrane temperatures are unreliable

University Hospital Grosshadern, Munich, Germany - Reports from Germany and the United States advance knowledge in cardiology research

University Hospital of Liege, Liege, Belgium - New approaches and old controversies to pain control after cardiac surgery are focus of review

University Hospital Tubingen, Tubingen, Germany - Nissen fundoplication with prosthetic crural closure does not impair esophageal body motility

University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland - Implanted tissue-engineered vascular grafts still functional after 2 years

University Hospital, Rennes, France - Aortic valve replacement should be considered with CABG in certain patients

University of Adelaide, Australia - Dacryocystorhinostomy ostium is stable after endoscopic surgery

University of Adelaide, Australia - Sinus surgery effective infiltration of the pterygopalatine fossa is described

University of Bern, Switzerland - Vertebroplasty analgesic effects are not due to thermal damage

University of Bonn, Germany - Cardiopulmonary bypass inflammatory response may be related to a single nucleotide polymorphism

University of California, U.S. - Hyperinsulinemic hypoglycemia after gastric bypass is not due to increased beta-cell mass

University of Dundee, U.K. - Breast cancer radiotherapy strategies modeled mathematically to predict response

University of Gottingen, Germany - Recurrent squamous cell carcinoma is treated with microsurgery and adjuvant radiotherapy

University of Helsinki, Finland - Recent studies from Finland, Netherlands and the South Korea add new data to gastric cancer research

University of Lausanne, Switzerland - Recent studies from Switzerland and the United States add new data to melanoma research

University of Lyon, France - Lung cancer brain metastases treatment should consider chemotherapy as therapy cornerstone

University of Medicine & Dentistry of New Jersey, U.S. - ALND followed by continuous local anesthesia infusion holds potential for palliation

University of Michigan, U.S. - Some prostate cancer patients are potentially overtreated

University of Montreal, Canada - Lower radical prostatectomy total hospital charges linked to high surgical volume

University of Naples Federico II, Italy - Researchers from Italy, Netherlands and Switzerland report details of new studies and findings in the area of obesity

University of Ottawa, Canada - Atrial fibrillation ablation combined with mitral valve surgery is effective

University of Pittsburgh, U.S. - Studies from the United States describe new findings in breast cancer research

University of Rostock, Germany - Chorda tympani nerve transection results in gustatory impairment

University of Sydney, Australia - Merkel cell carcinoma survival improved in patients treated with surgery and radiotherapy

University of Sydney, Australia - Saphenous vein graft lumen loss in first postop year is largely due to whole-vessel remodeling

University of Texas, U.S. - Retroperitoneal sarcoma treatment by combined-modality approaches discussed

University of Valencia, Spain - Data from Spain, France and the United States advance knowledge in transplants research

University of Valencia, Spain - New findings from Spain, Japan and the United States in the area of ophthalmology described