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Averting postsurgical infections in kids: Give antibiotics within hour before first incision
Giving children preventive antibiotics within one hour before they undergo spinal surgery greatly reduces the risk for serious infections after the surgery.   view more (2008-07-21)

Collagen injections can help some incontinence patients when surgery fails, researcher finds
Collagen injections can benefit women who still suffer from stress urinary incontinence (SUI) even after urethral or periurethral surgery, a UT Southwestern Medical Center researcher has found.   view more (2009-03-17)

Surgeon warns that hospitals need to face the resource implications of breast reconstruction surgery
Roughly three mastectomies can be carried out in the time it takes to do a mastectomy immediately followed by breast reconstruction surgery, a surgeon reported to the 3rd European Breast Cancer Conference in Barcelona today (Thursday 21 March). Stephen Dace (who was a Senior Registrar at the Royal Liverpool University Hospital in Liverpool, UK, at... view more... (2002-03-19)

Girls fare better than boys following heart surgery
A recent study published in Critical Care examined the role of molecules, known as cytokines, in the recovery of children following heart surgery. The study found that girls had higher levels of cytokine IL-10, which meant that they recovered more easily from their operations than boys. In order to repair heart defects surgeons need a bloodless... view more... (2002-01-16)

Bariatric surgery appears to be safe for carefully selected older, Medicare patients
Complications after bariatric surgery appear similar between patients younger and older than age 60 and also between Medicare recipients and non-recipients.   view more (2007-06-19)

Less common procedures less common than thought
The American Academy of Cosmetic Surgery announces the results of its 2009 Less Common Cosmetic Procedures consumer survey.   view more (2009-07-30)

OHSU eye doctor says laser surgery safer than contacts
Traditional assumptions have held that contact lenses are safer than laser surgery to correct vision problems.   view more (2006-10-10)

Urgent Surgery Is Not Always Necessary To Treat Stroke Caused By Brain Haemorrhage
The results of a major international Medical Research Council (MRC) trial, undertaken in collaboration with the Stroke Association, show that early surgery is not always the best treatment for one of the commonest and most lethal forms of stroke. The results of the trial, published in this week's edition of The Lancet, will help doctors decide the... view more... (2005-01-27)

Gene for immune deficiency syndromes found
A newly discovered gene mutation may account for many cases of immune deficiency, in particular two syndromes known as immunoglobulin A (IgA) deficiency and Common Variable Immunodeficiency (CVID), report researchers in the July issue of Nature Genetics. The discovery may lead to a new diagnostic test for these conditions, which make people highly... view more... (2005-07-11)

Freezing kidney tumors is a safe alternative to surgery
Percutaneous cryoablation, a relatively non-invasive technique that destroys tumors by freezing them, is a safe method for treating kidney tumors in selected patients who are not considered candidates for surgery, according to a new study by researchers from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN.   view more (2006-05-01)

New study compares after-hours and daytime surgery success rates
Patients who have after-hour orthopaedic surgeries risk a slightly higher rate of necessary follow-up surgeries, according to a study published in the September 2009 issue of The Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS).   view more (2009-09-02)

Stent Or Bypass Surgery For Coronary Artery Disease?
An international study in this week`s issue of THE LANCET highlights how patients given bypass surgery for blocked or narrowed coronary arteries are less likely to require further intervention than patients given stent-assisted balloon angioplasty. The study also reported an apparent survival benefit for patients given bypass surgery over those... view more... (2002-09-25)

UI Study Reveals Value of Schizophrenia-Related Gene Variation
University of Iowa researchers have learned more about a genetic variation that is a small risk factor for a mild form of schizophrenia, yet also is associated with improved overall survival.   view more (2007-02-14)

Nasal surgery creates feminine profiles in male-to-female transsexuals
Nasal surgery appears to effectively create feminine facial profiles in patients undergoing male-to-female gender reassignment, according to a report in the September/October issue of Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives journals.   view more (2007-09-18)

ELDERLY PEOPLE BENEFIT FROM CAROTID SURGERY (pp1142, 1154)
Surgery has long been contraindicated in elderly people, who are often thought of as too frail to survive the invasive procedures involved. Research published in this week’s issue of THE LANCET, however, indicates that surgery aimed at preventing stroke is actually more beneficial in older people than in younger individuals. Henry J M... view more... (2001-04-11)

Early results indicate radiofreqency ablation useful in treating ovarian cancer metastasis
Percutaneous radiofrequency ablation, a procedure that uses a high frequency electric current to kill tumor cells, is effective in achieving local control in selected patients with metastasis from ovarian cancer.   view more (2006-09-29)

Bare-metal stents are better for some heart patients
While drug-eluting stents are effective in keeping open diseased heart arteries, they should not be used for patients who need to have non-cardiac surgery a short time after an interventional heart procedure.   view more (2007-05-14)

Risk of surgery for lung cancer lower at teaching hospitals
Patients cared for by hospitals with residents in training have a 17 percent less chance of dying after lung cancer surgery compared with patients undergoing surgery at non-teaching hospitals, according to results of a Johns Hopkins study published in the March issue of the Annals of Thoracic Surgery.   view more (2008-03-05)

Guideline: Surgery may be considered for extreme face pain
A new guideline developed by the American Academy of Neurology finds surgery may be considered for people who suffer from extreme, electric shock-like pain in their face and do not respond well to drugs.   view more (2008-08-21)

Bayer launches Phase III clinical study of Trasylol in elective spinal fusion surgery
Bayer Pharmaceuticals Corporation (NYSE: BAY) today announced the initiation of a Phase III clinical trial to evaluate the safety and efficacy of Trasylol¬Æ (aprotinin injection) in reducing blood loss and the need for transfusion in adult patients undergoing elective spinal fusion surgery.   view more (2005-12-09)
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