Surgery Litigation and Law Weekly

American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery - American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery issues guidelines for liposuction

Hospital S. Maria della Pieta Casoria, Naples, Italy - Bariatric surgery improved functional capacity during walking

Medicare - Medicare posts ambulatory surgical center transparency information

Orthopaedic Associates PA - Anterior cervical disc replacement is associated with less intraesophageal pressure

University of Surrey, U.K. - Gaza nurses win Human Rights and Nursing Awards

Walter Reed Army Medical Center, Washington, U.S. - Advanced regional anesthesia is used for modern combat casualty care

Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark - Mitral valve surgery using the superior transseptal approach creates slow conduction

American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons - Plantar fasciitis painful, but treatable

Angiology - Findings from France, the United States and Germany advance knowledge in angiology research

Ankara University, Turkey - New findings from Turkey, the United States and Germany in the area of polycystic ovarian syndrome detailed

Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece - Researchers' work from Greece, Netherlands and Japan adds to colorectal cancer body of knowledge

Aristotle University, Greece - Jaw osteonecrosis induced by use of bisphosphonates

Bovie Medical - Bovie Medical posts 33% increase in revenue

Brest University Hospital, Brest, France - Findings from France and Norway in imaging provide new insights

Bundeswehr Central Hospital, Koblenz, Germany - Hyporesponsiveness of T cell subsets after cardiac surgery is result of altered TH1 cell function

Business Update - Swedish Medical Center, Seattle enters heart-surgery affiliation with Cleveland Clinic

Cardiothoracic Centre, Liverpool, U.K. - High respiratory risk patients benefit from off-pump surgery with reduced postop ventilation time

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, U.S. - Lesser-invasive techniques shorten the rehabilitation period in joint replacement surgery

Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, U.S. - New criteria can improve PET scan reliability in detecting breast cancer metastasis

Charite-Universitatsmedizin Berlin, Germany - Reports from Germany and the United States advance knowledge in hematology research

Chi-Mei Hospital, Shan Hua, Taiwan - Trocar-wound hernia prevention method is developed for laparoscopic bariatric operations

Cleveland Clinic, U.S. - Researchers from the United States, Finland and Japan report details of new studies and findings in the area of brain cancer

Clinica Oftalmologica Centro Caracas, Venezuela - Studies from Venezuela, Italy and Japan describe new findings in ophthalmology research

Columbia University, U.S. - Reports from the United States and South Korea describe recent advances in surgery research

Cornell University, U.S. - Findings from the United States in obesity provide new insights

Cranley Clinic for Dermatology, London, U.K. - Injectable hyaluronic acid implant used to augment upper cheeks and recontour chins

CryoCath Technologies - CryoCath announces fiscal 2006 third quarter results

Erasme University, Belgium - Trigeminal neuralgia worse outcome linked to beam channel plugging during gamma knife radiosurgery

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands - NT-proBNP levels in major vascular surgery patients are linked to postop cardiac event risk

Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands - Recent findings from the Netherlands, Italy and Spain illuminate research in surgery

European Institute of Telesurgery, France - Bariatric surgery may improve glucose homeostasis and treat type 2 diabetes

Flinders Medical Centre, Bedford Park, Australia - New research from Australia, the United States and Taiwan in the area of obesity detailed

Franklin Square Hospital Center, Baltimore, U.S. - Circulating dendritic cells studied in resected high-risk cutaneous melanoma

Fujita Health University, Japan - Long-term immune-enhancing enteral formula use raises serum insulin-like growth factor-I

Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland - Data from the CH-1211 Geneva 14, United Kingdom and Japan advance knowledge in cardiology research

German Pediatric Heart Institute, Germany - Surgical aortic valvotomy for critical aortic stenosis in early infancy is assessed

Harefield Hospital, Harefield, U.K. - Findings from the United Kingdom, United States and Turkey describe new data in angiology research

Harvard University, U.S. - Pancreatitis inflammation was decreased and survival improved by activated protein C

Heraklion University Hospital, Crete, Greece - Intragastric balloon can introduce surgery to morbidly obese that refuse surgical intervention

Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain - Tongue-base suspension technique for treatment of obstructive sleep apnea syndrome successful

Hospital University of Virgen Arrixaca, Murcia, Spain - Reports from Spain, the South Korea and Japan advance knowledge in surgery research

Hospitals & Health Networks - HealthSouth announces repositioning to focus on inpatient rehabilitation

Istituto Policlinica San Donato, Italy - Findings from Italy, the People's Republic of China and the United States advance knowledge in atherosclerosis research

Johns Hopkins University, U.S. - Scientists conduct the largest review of Loeys-Dietz Syndrome to date

Kansai Medical University, Japan - Researchers from Japan, Germany and the United States publish new studies and findings in the area of surgery

Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan - Orthodontic anchorage accomplished with mini-implants

KFx Medical - Dr. Russell F. Warren joins KFx Medical Corporation scientific advisory board

Kyushu University, Japan - Temporal lobe arteriovenous malformation surgical outcomes are assessed

La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain - Prophylactic cholecystectomy suitable in obese undergoing open gastric bypass

Leipzig University Hospital, Leipzig, Germany - Advanced approach for intraoperative MRI guidance may benefit neurosurgical interventions

Louisiana State University, U.S. - Retrosigmoid intradural suprameatal approach to brain structures is studied

Ludwig Boltzmann Institute for Surgical Endoscopy, Austria - Occult contralateral cancers' rarity may not warrant routine sentinel node mapping

MammoCare Breast Clinic & Surgery, Singapore - Reports from Singapore, Netherlands and Germany advance knowledge in breast cancer research

Mayo Clinic, U.S. - Researchers from the United States and Switzerland publish new studies and findings in the area of heart disease

Medical University of Vienna, Austria - Palatal implants loaded with up to 400 cN at 6 weeks post surgery is justified

Methodist University Hospital, Memphis, U.S. - Weight loss after laparoscopic gastric bypass is not predicted by preoperative carbohydrate intake

Monash University, Australia - Night eating syndrome may complicate recovery from bariatric surgery

Mount Sinai Hospital, Toronto, Canada - Recent studies from Canada, Belgium and Germany add new data to orthopedics research

Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York City, U.S. - Reports from the United States and Taiwan advance knowledge in cardiology research

National Institute of Neurology & Neurosurgery, Mexico - Trigeminal neuralgia safe and effective surgical plan is presented

Nippon Medical College, Japan - Variance in sinus activation may provide substrate for postop atrial fibrillation

North Hampshire Hospital, Basingstoke, U.K. - Surgical noninnervated radial forearm flaps are investigated for sensory recovery

Northwestern University, U.S. - Reports from the United States, Turkey and Netherlands add new data to transplants research

Omnicell - Omnicell enhances OptiFlex supply chain management system for medical-surgical units

ORBIS International - Flying Eye Hospital saves sight in Uganda

Oregon Health & Science University, U.S. - Endoscopic sinus surgery outcome is not predicted by gender

Osaka University, Japan - Researchers from Japan report recent findings in lung cancer

Oulu University, Finland - Post-cesarean section pain may be effectively treated with incisional local analgesia

Research Australia - The cost of infections post surgery is 50 times less than previously estimated

Royal Children's Hospital, Melbourne, Australia - Congenital heart disease surgery improves nutritional outcome in infants

Ruhr University of Bochum, Germany - Maxillofacial reconstructive surgery is accomplished using a perforator flap