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Study finds insufflated collection bag successfully used in power morcellation cases

Posted on: 05/08/2014 - 22:00

The use of an insufflated collection bag during minimally invasive hysterectomy or myomectomy that involved a power morcellator was successful in containing morcellation in a small series, according...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Hospital use of minimally invasive surgery shows disparity in surgical care nationwide

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 18:55

The use of minimally invasive surgery for appendectomy, colectomy, hysterectomy, and lung lobectomy varies widely in the United States, even though the complication rates were lower from each...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Hospital use of minimally invasive surgery shows disparity in surgical care nationwide

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 18:55

The use of minimally invasive surgery for appendectomy, colectomy, hysterectomy, and lung lobectomy varies widely in the United States, even though the complication rates were lower from each...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Hospital use of minimally invasive surgery shows disparity in surgical care nationwide

Posted on: 14/07/2014 - 18:55

The use of minimally invasive surgery for appendectomy, colectomy, hysterectomy, and lung lobectomy varies widely in the United States, even though the complication rates were lower from each...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Midurethral sling study: At 5 years satisfaction remained high, though continence declined

Posted on: 10/06/2014 - 17:20

ORLANDO – Success rates at 5 years were similar in women treated with a transobturator midurethral sling and women treated with a retropubic midurethral sling, but the transobturator patients were...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Vertical incision at C-section in morbidly obese women led to lower infection rates

Posted on: 12/05/2014 - 14:10

NEW ORLEANS – Vertical incisions in morbidly obese women undergoing a primary cesarean delivery are associated with fewer wound complications, compared with transverse incisions. The findings were...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

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

Simpler language improved patients’ recall of mesh-related risks

Posted on: 14/04/2014 - 18:55

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – Patients giving consent to undergo midurethral sling surgery are more likely to remember being advised of the risks of surgical mesh if their surgeon speaks at a lower grade...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Resident involvement does not compromise safety of laparoscopic hysterectomy

Posted on: 09/04/2014 - 18:35

SCOTTSDALE, ARIZ. – Laparoscopic hysterectomy takes longer when residents participate, but is generally as safe as when an attending physician performs the surgery alone, a study showed. A resident...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

Type: News Item

Neither perioperative aspirin nor clonidine prevents MI

Posted on: 31/03/2014 - 13:00

Neither perioperative aspirin therapy nor perioperative clonidine prevented death or MI in patients undergoing noncardiac surgery who were at risk for major vascular complications, according to data...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Study finds insufflated collection bag successfully used in power morcellation cases

Hospital use of minimally invasive surgery shows disparity in surgical care nationwide

Hospital use of minimally invasive surgery shows disparity in surgical care nationwide

Hospital use of minimally invasive surgery shows disparity in surgical care nationwide

Midurethral sling study: At 5 years satisfaction remained high, though continence declined

Vertical incision at C-section in morbidly obese women led to lower infection rates

FDA proposes stricter review of surgical mesh products for prolapse repair

Simpler language improved patients’ recall of mesh-related risks

Resident involvement does not compromise safety of laparoscopic hysterectomy

Neither perioperative aspirin nor clonidine prevents MI

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