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New Surgery Improves Outcomes for Severe Flat Foot Deformity
• Surgery • Jul 08 10
A surgery developed at Hospital for Special Surgery can improve patient outcomes in individuals with severe adult flat foot deformity, a problem that is…
Obesity surgery may curb ‘drive to eat’
• Dieting • • Obesity • • Surgery • Jul 08 10
Gastric bypass surgery may reduce the high drive to eat that is typically found in severely obese people, a new study suggests.
More and…
Anesthesia & Analgesia Sees Jump in Impact Factor
• Surgery • Jun 29 10
Anesthesia & Analgesia (A&A), official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS), has achieved a significant increase in its Impact Factor, a key…
Surgical Quality Measures Not Associated with Infection Rates
• Infections • • Surgery • Jun 23 10
A study by investigators at Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine published in this week’s issue of JAMA found that public hospital comparison…
Prompt gallbladder removal in elderly associated with increased survival, lower costs
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Surgery • Jun 02 10
New research findings published in the May issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons indicate that delaying cholecystectomy, the surgical…
Nosebleed won’t stop? Coil surgery might help
• Ear / Nose / Throat • • Surgery • May 28 10
A small study suggests that a surgical treatment generally used on patients with tumors and certain brain disorders may put a stop to nosebleeds…
Preventing Kidney Stones: From Lemonade to Surgery
• Surgery • • Urine Problems • Apr 22 10
We’ve all heard the expression, “when life gives you lemons, make lemonade.” Passing a kidney stone would qualify for one of life’s “lemons,” but…
Bariatric Surgery Lowers Obesity Risks in Pregnancy
• Obesity • • Pregnancy • • Surgery • Apr 14 10
Obese women who undergo bariatric surgery have substantially lower rates of hypertensive complications during pregnancy, a large retrospective study found.
Compared with women who…
Can Gastric Bypass Surgery Lead to Diabetes Remission in Non-Obese Patients?
• Diabetes • • Obesity • • Surgery • Feb 24 10
Dr. Francesco Rubino, chief of gastrointestinal metabolic surgery at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, is now enrolling overweight and mildly obese patients - those…
Study Shows Advantages of Robotic Surgery for Kidney Condition
• Surgery • • Urine Problems • Feb 22 10
A comparison of two types of minimally invasive surgery to repair kidney blockages that prevent urine from draining normally to the bladder found that…
Spine stimulation may not help after failed surgery
• Pain • • Surgery • Feb 17 10
A commonly used treatment for patients who still suffer chronic back and leg pain after having back surgery is essentially no better than…
Study identifies racial and ethnic disparities in surgical care
• Surgery • Feb 15 10
Minority patients in New York City appear less likely than white patients to have surgeries performed by surgeons or at facilities that have handled…
Surgery better than diet, exercise in obese teens
• Children's Health • • Obesity • • Surgery • Feb 10 10
Severely obese teens who had surgery to limit what they could eat lost more weight and enjoyed more health benefits than those who did…
Toronto hospital offers surgery for obese teens
• Obesity • • Surgery • Feb 07 10
Canadian teenagers suffering from severe obesity, due to an accompanying medical condition, can now seek surgery to help them shed pounds.
Toronto’s Hospital for…
Risks of obesity outweigh risks of weight-loss surgery
• Surgery • • Weight Loss • Feb 01 10
It is a case of choosing a lesser evil in comparison to a bigger evil. Between staying obese and opting for a weight…
Intensive Insulin Therapy for Septic Shock Patients Does Not Show Survival Benefit
• Endocrinology • • Infections • • Surgery • Jan 27 10
Treating adults with septic shock with intensive insulin therapy to counter elevated blood glucose levels associated with corticosteroid therapy did not result in a…
Preoperative CT useful for younger women with suspected appendicitis
• Emergencies / First Aid • • Surgery • Jan 26 10
Preoperative computed tomography (CT) may help reduce unnecessary surgeries in women of reproductive age with suspected acute appendicitis, according to a new study appearing…
Appendicitis may be related to viral infections
• Infections • • Surgery • Jan 18 10
Can you catch appendicitis?
And if you do, is it necessarily an emergency that demands immediate surgery?
Yes and no, according to a…
Model estimates risks and benefits of bariatric surgery for severely obese
• Obesity • • Surgery • Jan 18 10
A computerized model suggests that most morbidly obese individuals would likely live longer if they had gastric bypass surgery, according to a report in…
Obesity and Anesthesia- Yes, There is a Connection
• Obesity • • Public Health • • Surgery • Jan 13 10
At a time of year when people make plans to drop a few pounds, perhaps even consider bariatric surgery, the American Society of Anesthesiologists…
UF urologists use robot to shave time off vasectomy reversal
• Surgery • • Urine Problems • Jan 08 10
University of Florida urologists have used robot-assisted surgery to cut about 20 minutes off average surgery time for conventional vasectomy reversal using a microscope.
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Older adults may have a higher risk of complications and death after abdominal surgery
• Surgery • Dec 22 09
The risk of complications and early death after commonly performed abdominal surgical procedures appears to be higher among older adults, according to a report…
Patient Undergoes First Robot-Assisted Surgery for Removal of Lung Tumor
• Public Health • • Surgery • Dec 21 09
When Craig Harrison found out he would be the first patient in North Texas to have robot-assisted lung-tumor surgery, an operation performed at UT…
Surgical quality program is a strong tool for assessing outcomes for high-risk procedures
• Public Health • • Surgery • Dec 10 09
New research published in the December issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons finds that the American College of Surgeons National…
Intravenous Lidocaine Aids Pain Control after Ambulatory Surgery
• Pain • • Surgery • Dec 09 09
Although lidocaine is most often used as a local anesthetic, low doses of lidocaine given intravenously can help to control pain after common…