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RA patients’ readmission rates after joint replacement are rising

Posted on: 17/10/2014 - 14:20

Rheumatoid arthritis patients who have undergone a hip or knee replacement are more likely to be readmitted to a hospital than are patients with osteoarthritis, according to findings from a large...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Laparoscopic splenectomy underutilized in the U.S.

Posted on: 16/10/2014 - 15:58

LAS VEGAS – Laparoscopic splenectomy has become the preferred surgical approach in the literature, but the number of such procedures performed in the United States remains relatively low, according...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

FDA approves budesonide rectal foam for distal UC

Posted on: 14/10/2014 - 21:14

A rectal foam formulation of 2% budesonide has been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for treating distal ulcerative colitis, the manufacturer, Salix Pharmaceuticals, has...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

‘Prehabilitation’ cut postoperative care costs for total hip and knee replacements

Posted on: 10/10/2014 - 22:30

Physical therapy before joint replacement surgery cut the predicted use of postoperative care by 29%, saving an estimated $1,215 in health care costs per patient, according to a Medicare claims...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Ovarian cancer often arises from precursor endometriosis

Posted on: 29/09/2014 - 18:12

LAS VEGAS – Gynecologists, general surgeons, and primary care physicians now share an unprecedented opportunity to put a major dent in the incidence of ovarian cancer, according to Dr. Farr R....

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Ovarian cancer often arises from precursor endometriosis

Posted on: 29/09/2014 - 18:12

LAS VEGAS – Gynecologists, general surgeons, and primary care physicians now share an unprecedented opportunity to put a major dent in the incidence of ovarian cancer, according to Dr. Farr R....

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Later transplant for renal failure in lupus nephritis may raise graft failure risk

Posted on: 25/09/2014 - 19:47

Delaying kidney transplantation to allow for quiescence of systemic lupus erythematosus–related immune activity in patients with lupus nephritis and end-stage renal disease does not appear to improve...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

Type: News Item

Closing large dermal defects much like a Victorian corset

Posted on: 23/09/2014 - 22:39

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

Posted on: 23/09/2014 - 22:39

Field of Interest: Dermatology

Type: News Item

Transanal extraction found effective in rectal cancer surgery

Posted on: 22/09/2014 - 17:45

Patients who underwent laparoscopic total mesorectal excision with coloanal anastomosis for rectal cancer had similar rates of mortality and morbidity, regardless of whether the extraction was...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

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