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Kidney Stone Surgery: More Women, More Complications With MIS Procedure
March 27, 2013 11:27 am | CommentsWhile the number of people – especially women – who have a minimally invasive procedure to remove kidney stones has risen in recent years, so has the rate of complications related to the surgery, according to a published study.
AUGS Issues Statement Opposing The Restriction Of Surgical Options For Pelvic Floor Disorders
March 27, 2013 11:08 am | CommentsThe American Urogynecologic Society recommends preserving all surgical options including transvaginal mesh for pelvic organ prolapse and adopting recently published credentialing guidelines.
Warning Issued On Doctors' Stakes In Device Firms
March 27, 2013 10:45 am | CommentsFederal health officials issued a rare warning Tuesday about doctors' ownership of shares in medical device companies that allow them to profit from performing surgeries with those products.
Weight Loss Surgery May Boost Testosterone
March 27, 2013 10:42 am | by Kristina Fiore | CommentsFor morbidly obese men, levels of sex hormones increased after bariatric surgery, in some cases to higher levels than expected based on the amount of weight loss, researchers found.
Steris Signs Supplier Agreement With Centrak
March 26, 2013 3:43 pm | CommentsSteris Corporation has recently signed a non-exclusive agreement that assigns CenTrak, Inc. as a selected active RTLS supplier for STERIS’s RealView Visual Workflow Management Software. This advanced solution is a live, patient-centric, Lean visual management system that transforms the entire perioperative continuum of care into a high-performance environment.
Condemned Kentucky Inmate Rejected For Hip Surgery
March 26, 2013 12:47 pm | by Brett Barrouquere, Associated Press | CommentsAfter more than a year of efforts to find a facility to perform the surgery on 56-year-old Robert Foley, the University of Louisville Hospital and the University of Kentucky Medical Center turned down the state's request.
Study: Data On Experience-Related Outcomes Limited In Children's Surgery
March 26, 2013 11:03 am | CommentsA review of the available medical literature suggests that data on experience-related outcomes in children's surgery are limited and vary widely in methodologic quality.
Radiosurgery For Treating Unruptured Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations
March 26, 2013 10:57 am | CommentsResearchers at the University of Virginia (UVA) Health System recommend radiosurgery for treating unruptured arteriovenous malformations (AVMs), because the procedure has a reasonable benefit-to-risk profile. They base this recommendation on an evaluation of clinical and radiographic outcomes in 444 patients treated with radiosurgery for unruptured AVMs at their institution.
Study: Hospital Infections In Cancer Patients Climbed, Deaths Declined
March 26, 2013 10:54 am | CommentsIn a nationwide study of patients undergoing surgery for cancer, Henry Ford Hospital researchers have found that while infections during hospital stays increased during a 10-year period, the death rate from those infections dropped.
Ansell Sponsors AORN Nurse Executive Leadership Series
March 25, 2013 1:39 pm | CommentsAnsell, a leader in protection solutions, will sponsor the 2013 Nurse Executive Leadership Series created by the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN). This innovative program is designed to focus on the unique needs of the perioperative Nurse Executive.
TRUMPF Medical Systems EasyView Component Coupler Honored In GOOD DESIGN Awards
March 25, 2013 1:21 pm | CommentsA new mechanism from TRUMPF Medical Systems that makes attaching and removing its surgical table components easier and safer has been named a winner in the world’s oldest and most prestigious design awards competition. The new TRUMPF EasyView component coupler was honored in the GOOD DESIGN Awards. The competition, founded in 1950, is organized by The Chicago Athenaeum: Architecture and Design Museum, along with The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban Studies.
Laparoscopy For Hernia Repair Of Mixed Benefit
March 25, 2013 12:43 pm | CommentsLaparoscopic repair of incisional hernia offered some advantages compared with open surgical repair, but failed to reduce postoperative pain or improve other outcome measures, according to a randomized trial.
Hip Surgery Complication Rate Higher Than Previously Reported
March 25, 2013 11:53 am | CommentsOutcomes after surgery have always been difficult to determine. Now a new case study on more than 500 hip procedures highlights that complication rates may be even higher than previous reports.
Heart Repair Breakthroughs Replace Surgeon's Knife
March 25, 2013 11:00 am | by Marilynn Marchione, AP Chief Medical Writer | CommentsHave a heart problem? If it's fixable, there's a good chance it can be done without surgery, using tiny tools and devices that are pushed through tubes into blood vessels.
Transplant Guidelines Too Late For Rabies Victim
March 25, 2013 10:57 am | by David Dishneau, Associated Press | CommentsExperts say a Maryland man who died last month of rabies might have been spared under transplant recommendations that hadn't yet been published when he got a kidney from an infected donor in 2011.
