Regurgitation controlled by transoral fundoplication

PHILADELPHIA – The first trial conducted in gastroesophageal reflux diseases that employed control of regurgitation as a primary endpoint found a significant advantage for transoral fundoplication...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...
Type: News Item

Closing large dermal defects much like a Victorian corset

EDINBURGH – Barbed absorbable sutures are a useful new tool to facilitate dermal closure of facial and nonfacial defects following tumor resection. “These are not the bad old sutures that you might...

Field of Interest: Oncology
Type: News Item

Closing large dermal defects much like a Victorian corset

EDINBURGH – Barbed absorbable sutures are a useful new tool to facilitate dermal closure of facial and nonfacial defects following tumor resection. “These are not the bad old sutures that you might...

Field of Interest: Dermatology
Type: News Item

Long-term benefits shown after gastric banding

SAN FRANCISCO – The greater benefits of laparoscopic gastric banding surgery compared with medical treatment for obese patients were maintained for up to 17 years in a study of data on 1,490...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...
Type: News Item

Tests may help before liver transplant, not after

CHICAGO – Two laboratory measurements that are commonly used to assess the cause of symptomatic ascites before liver transplant may be deceptive when used to assess posttransplant ascites, a...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...
Type: News Item

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