Nationwide minimally invasive surgery rates triple for pancreatic disease
• Surgery • Jan 15 14

Researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine report a three-fold increase in the use of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) across the…    

 

Johns Hopkins review throws doubt on wound care treatment
• Surgery • • Trauma & Injuries • Dec 24 13

A systematic review of 66 research papers focused on the treatment of skin ulcers suggests that most are so technically flawed that their results…    

 

Increase in consultations for Medicare patients before cataract surgery
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Surgery • Dec 24 13

Preoperative consultations before cataract surgery became more common for Medicare patients despite no clear guidelines about when to require such a service, hinting at…    

 

UTHealth program results in happier patients, lower costs in esophageal surgery
• Surgery • Dec 18 13

A new program designed to increase the overall satisfaction of patients undergoing esophageal surgery has resulted in lower patient costs and reduced times on…    

 

RI researchers validate tool for pain assessment in patients following cardiac surgery
• Heart • • Pain • • Surgery • Dec 05 13

How do you measure the pain of a patient who can’t communicate? A Rhode Island Hospital researcher studied an observational pain scale in cardiac…    

 

Risk of falls increases between cataract surgeries
• Eye / Vision Problems • • Surgery • Dec 04 13

Older adults with cataracts appear to double their risk of falling after surgery on their first eye and before surgery on the second, suggests…    

 

Have researchers found a new treatment for sepsis?
• Infections • • Surgery • Dec 03 13

Sepsis, or septicaemia, is a devastating disease that is difficult to diagnose early and for which treatment options are limited. The number of deaths…    

 

Hormone therapy could enhance the therapeutic effect of head and facial bone grafts
• Brain • • Dental Health • • Surgery • Nov 20 13

Bone grafts, which are used to treat head injuries and birth defects, still pose major medical challenges, but scientists are reporting progress toward a…    

 

New method to diagnose sepsis is faster, cheaper
• Infections • • Surgery • Nov 18 13

A new method could cut hours off the time it takes to diagnose blood infections while also eliminating the need for complicated manual processing…    

 

Exercise training is effective as ‘prehabilitation’ before surgery in an elderly population
• Aging and Gerontology • • Surgery • Nov 14 13

Cardiopulmonary Exercise Testing (CPET) assessment and exercise training in an elderly population is safe and well tolerated, according to the results of a…    

 

Bariatric surgery can lead to premature birth
• Childbirth • • Surgery • • Weight Loss • Nov 12 13

Babies born of women who have undergone bariatric (weight-loss) surgery are more likely to be premature and to be small for gestational age, according…    

 

Many health woes in teens seeking obesity surgery
• Obesity • • Surgery • • Weight Loss • Nov 04 13

U.S. teens seeking weight-loss surgery have a startling number of health problems that used to be seen only in adults, according to a major…    

 

Spectrum Health Study Shows Surgery May Be Effective Treatment Option for Older Epilepsy Patients
• Epilepsy • • Neurology • • Surgery • Oct 03 13

A recently published study by researchers from Spectrum Health and Henry Ford Hospital suggests that surgery may be an effective treatment for epilepsy in…    

 

Chronic use of prescription painkillers continues following bariatric surgery
• Obesity • • Surgery • Oct 02 13

Chronic use of prescription painkillers, also known as opioids, among obese patients prior to bariatric surgery continues after surgery, according to a new Kaiser…    

 

Study finds socio-economic status impact mortality rates for certain stroke in US
• Mortality and Morbidity • • Surgery • Sep 27 13

Americans in the highest socio-economic groups have a 13 per cent greater chance of surviving a kind of stroke known as a subarachnoid hemorrhage…    

 

Study reveals differences in post-operative complications
• Surgery • Sep 27 13

Older black and Hispanic patients have a greater risk than white patients of developing complications following surgery, a difference that can be explained by…    

 

Colorectal surgeons develop a novel tool for measuring quality and outcomes
• Surgery • Sep 27 13

Since the publication in 2000 of a report titled “To Err is Human” by the Institute of Medicine which called for a reduction in…    

 

Cleveland Clinic study shows long-term effects of bariatric surgery in patients with Type 2 diabetes
• Diabetes • • Surgery • • Weight Loss • Sep 19 13

Overweight patients with type 2 diabetes continue to experience the benefits of bariatric surgery up to nine years after the procedure, according to new…    

 

2 alternative treatments may help relieve postoperative nausea
• Bowel Problems • • Surgery • Aug 23 13

Two simple, non-drug treatments - aromatherapy and intravenous administration of a simple sugar solution - may offer effective new approaches to relieving nausea and…    

 

Operative death rates higher at weekend, warn researchers
• Public Health • • Surgery • May 29 13

There is a higher risk of death for patients who have elective surgery later in the week and at the weekend, compared with those…    

 

Johns Hopkins rewrites obsolete blood-ordering rules
• Public Health • • Surgery • May 22 13

Johns Hopkins researchers have developed new guidelines - the first in more than 35 years - to govern the amount of blood ordered for…    

 

Gastric banding: Pros and cons of Christie’s surprising choice
• Surgery • • Weight Loss • May 08 13

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie’s choice of gastric banding has prompted questions about why he opted for a weight-loss procedure less favored by bariatric…    

 

Antidepressants linked with increased risks after surgery
• Surgery • Apr 29 13

Selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) – among the most widely prescribed antidepressant medications – are associated with increased risk of bleeding, transfusion, hospital readmission…    

 

Robotic surgery tied to temporary nerve injuries
• Neurology • • Surgery • Mar 31 13

One in 15 people undergoing robot-assisted prostate, kidney or bladder surgery develops a nerve injury related to pressure from positioning on the operating table,…    

 

Obesity alone may not affect knee replacement outcome or increase overall complication risk
• Obesity • • Surgery • • Trauma & Injuries • Mar 21 13

Obesity alone may not diminish outcomes or increase the risk of complications in total knee replacement (TKR) patients, according to two research studies…    

 

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