Surgery General
Oct 15, 2012
New research was presented at Anesthesiology 2012, the annual meeting of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, from October 13-17 in Washington, DC. The features below highlight just some of the ...
Oct 12, 2012
Vascular Specialists From the International Community Will Meet to Discuss Advances in Vascular Disease. International specialists in vascular disease, including vascular surgeons, interventional...
Oct 11, 2012
The number of women applicants to medical school has increased steadily over the past few decades, rising to 50.8% of all American medical school applicants in 2003 to 2004. Despite this increase, wom...
Oct 08, 2012
Teleflex Incorporated, a leading global provider of medical devices for critical care and surgery, announced today its Rusch® EZ-Blocker™ Disposable Endobronchial Blocker has received 510(k) c...
Oct 03, 2012
The Particulars: Falls increase the likelihood of hospitalization and mortality in older adults. However, falls have not been studied as a stand-alone risk marker for predicting surgical outcomes in t...
Oct 03, 2012
The Particulars: Elderly patients with colorectal or bladder cancers are generally treated with chemotherapy and radiation rather than surgery because of risks associated with surgery. Advanced and mi...
Oct 03, 2012
New research was presented at the American College of Surgeons Annual Clinical Congress Sept. 30 to Oct. 4, 2012, in Chicago. The features below highlight just some of the studies that emerged from th...
Sep 28, 2012
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved a heart defibrillator that helps to restore regular heart rhythms with leads that can be implanted just under the skin (subcutaneously) instead of ...
Sep 27, 2012
In the December 6, 2011 Journal of the American College of Cardiology, the American College of Cardiology Foundation (ACCF) and the American Heart Association (AHA) published guidelines on the managem...
Sep 26, 2012
Bolton Medical announced today that they have received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the Relay Thoracic Stent-Graft with Plus Delivery System. Specifically designed for th...
Sep 20, 2012
A new vascular plug (Amplatzer Vascular Plug 4, St. Jude Medical, Inc.) for use in transcatheter embolization procedures within the peripheral vasculature has received 510(k) marketing clearance fro...
Sep 20, 2012
Results of a population-based analysis of women aged 18 to 64 who underwent one or more stress urinary incontinence (SUI) surgeries indicate that Burch procedures appear to have the lowest 9-year cumu...
Sep 20, 2012
For patients with benign intracranial meningiomas, single-fraction stereotactic radiosurgery appears to provide a high rate of tumor control. A retrospective review of 416 patients who underwent t...
Sep 20, 2012
Northwestern University investigators suggest that late mortality following cardiac surgery for congestive heart failure (CHF) appears to be predicted by readmission within 30 days. Independent risk f...
Sep 20, 2012
The FDA has granted 510(k) marketing clearance for an infusion catheter (Surefire High-Flow Microcatheter, Surefire Medical, Inc.). The device features a tip that expands in reverse flow and collaps...
Sep 20, 2012
An analysis of patients who had undergone esophagectomy found that postoperative delirium appears to affect about one-half of this population. More than one-third of study patients required psychoac...
Sep 20, 2012
Inpatient mortality and pulmonary complications appear to be lower with regional anesthesia than with general anesthesia in patients undergoing hip fracture surgery, according to University of Penns...
Sep 20, 2012
British research suggests that just a half day of safety skills training of surgeons can provide positive educational outcomes. Following a safety skills course, knowledge of safety, attitudes towar...
Sep 20, 2012
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Sep 18, 2012
Aptus Endosystems, Inc., a medical device company developing advanced technology for endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR), announced today that it received 510(k) clearance from the U.S. Food and Drug ...