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Risk of blood clots after surgery higher than thought
• Surgery • Dec 07 09
The risk of blood clots following surgery is probably higher - overall, more than one clot per 50 surgeries - than previously thought, data…
Smart phones allow quick diagnosis of acute appendicitis
• Surgery • Nov 30 09
Radiologists can accurately diagnose acute appendicitis from a remote location with the use of a handheld device or mobile phone equipped with special software,…
Minimally Invasive Surgery Corrects Scoliosis And Relieves Retired Teacher’s Chronic Pain
• Pain • • Surgery • Nov 24 09
Carole Riggs, a retired teacher and school principal, points to her work during one Christmas vacation – bending, twisting and sitting on the floor…
Robot surgery safe in kids, but outcomes no better
• Children's Health • • Surgery • Nov 16 09
Robotic surgery is safe for use in children, but there’s little evidence that outcomes for this type of surgery are any better than they…
New Study Identifies Sources for Surgical Complications in Older Patients
• Surgery • Nov 16 09
The elderly are more vulnerable to problems after a major surgical procedure than younger patients, but a team of investigators using data from the…
Does cataract surgery make eye disease worse?
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Surgery • Nov 13 09
Cataract surgery does not appear to worsen the course of age-related macular degeneration (AMD), a progressive loss of vision due to deterioration of…
Kicking the Smoking Habit Improves Surgical Outcomes
• Surgery • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Nov 09 09
With the American Cancer Society’s Great American Smokeout Challenge just a week away, the American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA) is giving smokers yet another…
Prediction model superior to traditional criteria in bladder treatment decision
• Surgery • • Urine Problems • Oct 12 09
A statistical model can accurately predict which patients will have poor outcomes after bladder surgery and can determine the need for chemotherapy. The analysis,…
Are You at Risk for Carpal Tunnel Syndrome?
• Neurology • • Surgery • Oct 05 09
If you are experiencing pain in your arms, based on individual risk factors, there may be an increased likelihood you are suffering from carpal…
How to reach proficiency in laparoscopic splenectomy?
• Surgery • Sep 16 09
Laparoscopic splenectomy has become the gold standard intervention for the removal of the spleen, especially for benign causes. However, the organ’s high anatomic location,…
Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Hip Conditions is Focus of New Center
• Surgery • Sep 15 09
Recent improved understanding of hip abnormalities, combined with advances in diagnostic imaging techniques and minimally invasive surgical treatments are giving many patients new hope…
‘Alert status’ area in brain discoved by Hebrew University scientists
• Brain • • Surgery • Sep 14 09
A new understanding of how anesthesia and anesthesia-like states are controlled in the brain opens the door to possible new future treatments of various…
Surgeons General, STOP Obesity Alliance announce America has reached tipping point on obesity
• Obesity • • Surgery • Sep 10 09
The two most recent Surgeons General of the United States, David Satcher, M.D., Ph.D., FAAFP, FACPM, FACP and Richard H. Carmona, M.D., M.P.H., FACS,…
It pays to quit smoking before surgery
• Surgery • • Tobacco & Marijuana • Sep 03 09
People who start nicotine replacement therapy at least four weeks before surgery can halve their risk of poor wound healing. This is what the…
Managing Children’s Anxiety Before and After Surgery
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Surgery • Aug 25 09
The prospect of surgery for a child is a frightening unknown for child and parent alike, and the pre-operative process that most children go…
New treatment for receding gums works long-term
• Dental Health • • Surgery • Jul 23 09
A therapy that helps regenerate receding gum tissue seems to hold up over the long term - and may offer patients an alternative to…
Advances seen in treatment of knee ligament injury
• Surgery • • Trauma & Injuries • Jul 16 09
New surgical techniques are helping to improve treatment of a lesser-known type of knee ligament injury, according to a research review.
The ligament in…
Holes in surgical gloves increase infection risk
• Surgery • Jul 09 09
If patients aren’t given antibiotics before surgery, holes and leaks in a surgeon’s gloves can dramatically increase the risk of infection, suggest the…
Can Hormone Treatment Ease Post-Surgery Behavior Changes in Children?
• Children's Health • • Psychiatry / Psychology • • Surgery • Jun 24 09
A scary unknown for many children, the prospect of surgery can cause intense preoperative anxiety. While some amount of stress is normal, what many…
A Urine Test for Appendicitis?
• Surgery • Jun 23 09
Appendicitis is the most common childhood surgical emergency, but the diagnosis can be challenging, especially in children, often leading to either unnecessary surgery in…
Severe obesity increases risks of health problems during surgery
• Obesity • • Surgery • Jun 16 09
Healthcare providers must carefully consider the unique risk factors related to severe obesity in patients undergoing all types of surgery, according to an American…
Total Laparoscopic Aortic Surgery Is Feasible, Shows Satisfactory Results
• Surgery • Jun 12 09
Recently the use of laparoscopy for vascular procedures has been limited by difficulties in aortic exposure and anastomosis techniques, as well as the…
Surgery Improves Outcomes for Spine Patients
• Backache • • Surgery • Jun 01 09
People with the spine disease called degenerative spondylolisthesis* - who choose surgical treatment - experience substantially greater relief from pain over time compared to…
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedure Helps Teenagers Suffering from Excessive Sweating
• Public Health • • Surgery • May 05 09
Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedure Helps Teenagers Suffering from Hyperhidrosis (Excessive Sweating)
An estimated 3 percent of the world population, or about 197 million…
With Endoscopic Surgery, Patient Has Large Pituitary Tumor Removed and Goes Home Two Days Later
• Brain • • Neurology • • Surgery • Apr 22 09
When Adam Mamelak, M.D., a neurosurgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, removed a large tumor from the pituitary gland of Riverside resident Sharon Moreland, he…