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Expanded cytoreduction criteria improved survival of carcinoid liver metastases

Posted on: 07/05/2014 - 18:20

BOSTON – Relaxing eligibility criteria for cytoreductive surgery may improve overall survival among patients with carcinoid metastases to the liver, investigators report. Lowering the debulking...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Bariatric surgery improved liver histopathology in NAFLD

Posted on: 05/05/2014 - 14:15

CHICAGO – Grade 2 or 3 hepatic fibrosis in the setting of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease resolved or improved in 56% of affected patients following their bariatric surgery for severe obesity,...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Laparoscopic-assisted colonoscopic polypectomy means shorter hospital stays

Posted on: 05/05/2014 - 14:00

Laparoscopic-assisted colonoscopic polypectomy works as well as standard laparoscopic hemicolectomy to remove difficult to reach polyps in the right colon, with fewer complications and shorter...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Liver transplant exceptions deserve fresh look

Posted on: 01/05/2014 - 05:01

Room air hypoxemia was associated with greater post–liver transplant mortality in hepatopulmonary syndrome patients, according to Dr. David S. Goldberg and his colleagues. On the other hand, HPS...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

FDA proposes stricter review of surgical mesh products for prolapse repair

Posted on: 29/04/2014 - 20:20

Surgical mesh products used for transvaginal repair of pelvic organ prolapse would be reclassified as high-risk devices, and manufacturers would have to submit approval applications, under a proposed...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Intraoperative wound anesthetic cut chronic pain after hip replacement

Posted on: 28/04/2014 - 19:05

PARIS – Adding local anesthetic to the wound during total hip replacement surgery for osteoarthritis reduced chronic pain, according to a double-blind, randomized controlled trial. At 12 months...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

PCPs waffle in referrals for total joint replacement

Posted on: 28/04/2014 - 18:15

PARIS – Primary care physicians are only moderately confident about which patients to refer for total hip or knee replacement, according to cross-sectional survey of 218 physicians. One-quarter...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Men have more major complications after hip, knee replacement

Posted on: 25/04/2014 - 22:05

PARIS – After total hip or knee replacement, men are at higher risk than women for heart attack, infection, and revision surgery, according to a large database analysis. The elevated risk was...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

VIDEO: Laser's novel effect improves restrictive burn scars

Posted on: 24/04/2014 - 14:50

PHOENIX – New techniques using very-low-density, very-high-energy ablative fractional carbon dioxide laser are helping thousands of patients – mostly soldiers – with restrictive scars from bombs or...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Study backs bariatric surgery center accreditation

Posted on: 22/04/2014 - 20:55

BOSTON – The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services may have dropped its accreditation requirement for bariatric surgery centers, but that hasn’t stopped the flow of data calling into question...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

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