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Postop Opioids May Be Used over Longer Term
• Drug News • • Surgery • Mar 13 12

Opioid use after minor surgery significantly increased the likelihood of opioid use a year later among older, opioid-naive patients, Canadian investigators reported.

Patients who… Postop Opioids May Be Used over Longer Term   

 
 

Future Study Aims To Assess The Outcomes Of Obesity Surgeries
• Obesity • • Surgery • Feb 28 12

Obesity represents a worldwide health problem with an increasing incidence among adults. For this reason the University of Bristol started a study named BY-BAND,… Future Study Aims To Assess The Outcomes Of Obesity Surgeries   

 
 

Turkey: quadruple limb transplant fails
• Surgery • Feb 28 12

A 27-year-old Turkish man who underwent the world’s first would-be quadruple limb transplant died Monday, hours after the limbs were removed due to metabolic… Turkey: quadruple limb transplant fails   

 
 

Study Identifies Steep Learning Curve for Surgeons Who Perform ACL Reconstructions
• Surgery • Feb 07 12

Patients who have their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructed by surgeons who have performed less than 60 surgeries are roughly four to five times… Study Identifies Steep Learning Curve for Surgeons Who Perform ACL Reconstructions   

 
 

Looking younger may be nose-job bonus
• Cosmetics • • Ear / Nose / Throat • • Surgery • Jan 20 12

In a new study of people who’d had surgery to reshape their sniffers, observers looking at before and after shots decided the patients looked… Looking younger may be nose-job bonus   

 
 

Appendicitis racial disparities mostly unexplained
• Children's Health • • Surgery • Jan 19 12

Poverty and unfavorable health insurance account for only a small portion of the gap in the number of white versus Hispanic or black children… Appendicitis racial disparities mostly unexplained   

 
 

Surgery complications down with better teamwork
• Surgery • Dec 21 11

Hospitals that introduced a program to boost communication and teamwork among doctors and nurses saw a decrease in surgery-related complications, according to a new… Surgery complications down with better teamwork   

 
 

Preoperative aspirin therapy can benefit cardiac surgery patients, find Jefferson and UC Davis anesthesiologists and surgeons
• Heart • • Surgery • Dec 05 11

Aspirin taken within five days of cardiac surgery is associated with a significant decrease in the risk of major postoperative complications, including renal failure,… Preoperative aspirin therapy can benefit cardiac surgery patients, find Jefferson and UC Davis anesthesiologists and surgeons   

 
 

Time of Operation Doesn’t Affect Mortality after Surgery
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Surgery • Nov 28 11

The timing of surgical procedures—afternoon versus morning or Friday versus Monday—doesn’t affect the risk of death after surgery, concludes a study in the December… Time of Operation Doesn’t Affect Mortality after Surgery   

 
 

Blacks with diverticulitis have worse outcomes
• Surgery • Nov 22 11

Blacks need emergency surgery more often than whites for a common type of intestinal disease, and they tend to fare worse afterwards, suggests a… Blacks with diverticulitis have worse outcomes   

 
 

Underweight people at higher post-surgery risk: study
• Obesity • • Surgery • Nov 22 11

People who are underweight have a 40 percent higher risk of dying in the first month after surgery than patients who are overweight, according… Underweight people at higher post-surgery risk: study   

 
 

Pneumonia most common infection after heart surgery
• Infections • • Surgery • Nov 16 11

Pneumonia most common infection after heart surgery

Pneumonia - not a deep incision surgical site infection - is the most common serious infection after heart surgery, according to new research (Abstract… Pneumonia most common infection after heart surgery   

 
 

Medicare change tied to safer weight loss surgery
• Surgery • • Weight Loss • Nov 07 11

After Medicare changed its rules regarding coverage for weight loss surgeries in 2006, the cost for the procedures went down while safety measures increased,… Medicare change tied to safer weight loss surgery   

 
 

Doctors separate conjoined twins in California
• Surgery • Nov 02 11

Surgeons in northern California successfully separated 2-year-old identical twin girls conjoined at the chest and abdomen after a painstaking, daylong operation, doctors said on… Doctors separate conjoined twins in California   

 
 

Children suffer unnecessarily from chronic postoperative pain
• Children's Health • • Pain • • Surgery • Oct 27 11

Are children suffering needlessly after surgery? UC Irvine anesthesiologists who specialize in pediatric care believe so.

An operation can be one of the most… Children suffer unnecessarily from chronic postoperative pain   

 
 

Surgery halts seizures in many epileptics: study
• Epilepsy • • Surgery • Oct 14 11

Almost half of epilepsy patients who have surgery find that it stops their seizures completely for at least 10 years, scientists said on Friday,… Surgery halts seizures in many epileptics: study   

 
 

ADHD Drug May Help Wake People Up After Surgery
• Surgery • Sep 25 11

The drug Ritalin, prescribed to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), may help patients wake up after they’ve been placed under general anesthesia, a… ADHD Drug May Help Wake People Up After Surgery   

 
 

UCLA launches program to provide face, hand and abdominal wall transplants
• Cosmetics • • Surgery • Jul 13 11

In a major step into a new transplantation frontier, UCLA has established a first-of-its-kind program to restore functionality and enhance quality of life for… UCLA launches program to provide face, hand and abdominal wall transplants   

 
 

Obese patients less likely to develop and die from respiratory distress syndromes after surgery
• Obesity • • Surgery • Jul 11 11

Researchers have discovered that obese adults undergoing surgery are less frequently developing respiratory insufficiency (RI) and adult respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), and that when… Obese patients less likely to develop and die from respiratory distress syndromes after surgery   

 
 

Surgical Complications Twelve Times More Likely in Obese Patients
• Obesity • • Surgery • Jun 29 11

Obese patients are nearly 12 times more likely to suffer a complication following elective plastic surgery than their normal-weight counterparts, according to new research… Surgical Complications Twelve Times More Likely in Obese Patients   

 
 

Severe complications from cataract surgery decline
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Surgery • Jun 20 11

Serious, potentially blinding complications from cataract eye surgery are uncommon, and have been declining since the 1990s, a new U.S. study finds.

A cataract… Severe complications from cataract surgery decline   

 
 

Noisy operations associated with increased infections after surgery
• Infections • • Surgery • Jun 01 11

Patients who undergo surgery are more likely to suffer surgical site infections (SSIs) if the operating theatre is noisy, according to research published in… Noisy operations associated with increased infections after surgery   

 
 

Is carpal tunnel syndrome cultural?
• Arthritis • • Surgery • May 25 11

Every year, just more than four out of every thousand Swedish women are diagnosed with carpal tunnel syndrome, a painful condition caused by a… Is carpal tunnel syndrome cultural?   

 
 

Culture barrier may affect surgeon job satisfaction
• Surgery • Apr 26 11

A new study suggests that surgeons who treat a high proportion of Hispanic patients tend to be less happy with their jobs than their… Culture barrier may affect surgeon job satisfaction   

 
 

Jefferson doctors strengthen case for high-dose radiotherapy technique after radical prostatectomy
• Cancer: Prostate • • Surgery • • Urine Problems • Apr 13 11

A widely-available yet expensive radiotherapy technique used to treat prostate cancer patients after surgery has promising benefits—higher dose and less damage to the rectum… Jefferson doctors strengthen case for high-dose radiotherapy technique after radical prostatectomy   

 
 
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