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Pasireotide decreases incidence of postoperative fistula

Posted on: 21/05/2014 - 22:55

The somatostatin analogue pasireotide reduced postoperative pancreatic fistula leak or abscess by 56%, compared with placebo, a randomized study has determined. Pasireotide (Signifor) was effective...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Laparoscopic surgery cut length of hospital stay in colorectal cancer

Posted on: 21/05/2014 - 20:35

In patients with colorectal cancer, laparoscopic resection reduced total hospital stay by a median of 2 days, compared with open surgery, researchers reported online May 5 in the Journal of Clinical...

Field of Interest: Oncology

Type: News Item

Shorter antibiotic course treats periotoneal infections

Posted on: 19/05/2014 - 14:55

BALTIMORE – A study of patients with intraabdominal infection indicates that a shorter course of antibiotics is as effective as the standard, longer course, leading researchers to recommend a new...

Field of Interest: Gastroentero...

Type: News Item

Defibrillation testing at ICD placement did not reduce failed shocks or arrhythmic deaths

Posted on: 16/05/2014 - 16:40

SAN FRANCISCO – Defibrillation testing at the time of implantable cardioverter defibrillator implantation is safe, but it does not improve clinical shock efficacy or prevent death, results from a...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

Type: News Item

Remote monitoring of devices boosted survival

Posted on: 16/05/2014 - 16:35

SAN FRANCISCO – Patients with implantable pacemakers and defibrillators who engage in remote monitoring at more than 75% adherence rates have a 2.4-fold higher rate of survival than those who do not...

Field of Interest: Cardiology

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

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: Oncology

Type: News Item

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

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