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Volume matters: Whipple success hinges on surgeon experience

Posted on: 03/03/2014 - 18:55

MIAMI BEACH – Studies continue to confirm it: When it comes to complex surgical procedures, higher volume equals better outcomes. But like the chicken-or-egg conundrum, researchers are asking which...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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Outcomes similar for two reconstruction techniques, except for risk of severe complications

Posted on: 03/03/2014 - 16:50

MIAMI – There appears to be no difference in the rate of anastomotic leak in pancreaticogastrostomy compared with pancreaticojejunostomy reconstruction after a Whipple procedure, but...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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Chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps more severe in women

Posted on: 03/03/2014 - 16:15

SAN DIEGO – Women with chronic rhinosinusitis and co-occurring nasal polyps appear to harbor more severe disease, compared with men, results from a large retrospective study demonstrate. "For...

Field of Interest: Pulmonology

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Foods can still trigger eosinophilic esophagitis after allergy outgrown

Posted on: 03/03/2014 - 15:45

SAN DIEGO – Seventeen of 425 children who had eosinophilic esophagitis caused by a specific food developed the condition after outgrowing the allergy to that food, a retrospective study...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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Phytoestrogens may prevent, treat asthma and allergy

Posted on: 03/03/2014 - 15:40

SAN DIEGO – Could increased consumption of phytoestrogens help prevent or treat asthma and allergy? Dr. Jessica Savage, an allergist and immunologist at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, and her...

Field of Interest: Rheumatology

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Minimalist transfemoral TAVR winning surgical converts

Posted on: 03/03/2014 - 15:00

SNOWMASS, COLO. – Familiarity with the option of minimalist transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement is causing some top surgeons to broaden their use of nonsurgical valve replacement....

Field of Interest: Cardiology

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Intramuscular flu vaccine is safest for atopic dermatitis patients

Posted on: 01/03/2014 - 22:00

SAN DIEGO – Patients with atopic dermatitis should routinely receive the intramuscular form of the influenza vaccine Fluzone unless the affected area of skin has been swabbed and found to have normal...

Field of Interest: Dermatology

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Endoscopic mucosal resection new gold standard for esophageal adenocarcinoma

Posted on: 01/03/2014 - 05:01

Endoscopic resection for mucosal esophageal adenocarcinoma is safe and highly effective, and should be the new standard of care. That’s according to Dr. Oliver Pech, whose study in the March issue...

Field of Interest: Oncology

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Aim for deep remission, high troughs in Crohn’s

Posted on: 01/03/2014 - 05:01

"Deep remission" of Crohn’s disease is associated with better quality of life, physical function, and cost savings. Moreover, this composite clinical and endoscopic endpoint may be best...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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NASH liver transplant mortality differs from non-NASH

Posted on: 01/03/2014 - 05:01

Cardiovascular complications and sepsis are two major concerns after liver transplant for nonalcoholic steatohepatitis, more so than after liver transplant for other indications. The finding comes...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

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