Surgery News

CHICAGO A- New research published in the December issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons finds that the American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program is a powerful tool for assessing outcomes of uncommon, high-risk surgical procedures, including pancreatic necrosectomy.

In men undergoing prostate surgery, excessive fluid absorption can lead to dangerously low sodium levels.

American Academy of Implant Dentistry Recognizes Outstanding Dentists CHICAGO a 1 The American Academy of Implant Dentistry recognized two dentists with the highest awards available from the Academy at its recently concluded 58th Annual Meeting.

Dr. Joel Rosenberg, of St. Joseph's Hospital Health Center in Syracuse, recently did a heart bypass operation on an 86-year-old Central New York woman without assistance from the heart-lung machine.

THE Royal Surrey County Hospital has completed its first operation using a pioneering new robot for the entire procedure, potentially shaving weeks off the recovery time.

While breast enlargement is always popular with his Orange County plastic surgery patients, Dr.

Surgery has to be invasive, right? Not according to Cleveland Clinic, where new techniques allow for faster recoveries and fewer scars.

Pioneering British technology could save thousands of breast cancer patients from further surgery.

Dr. Malcolm Oliver Perry II, who attended to President John F. Kennedy at Parkland Memorial Hospital after he was shot in Dallas on Nov.

If you're considering an eyelift or tummy tuck, you might want to have it done before next year.

A tax on breast enhancements and other cosmetic care, similar to one proposed in the U.S. Senatea s health-overhaul legislation, doesna t generate even a third of the $30 million a year originally projected for it in New Jersey, the only state with such a levy.

Destin plastic surgeon Dr. Scott Ennis said the new tax on elective cosmetic procedures being debated on the floor of the Senate unfairly targets middle-class women.

Stafford Hospital has banned all but one of its surgeons from doing gall bladder operations because of safety concerns after two patients died there.

PHILADELPHIA, PA, December 04, 2009 /24-7PressRelease/ -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania cosmetic breast surgeon Ted Eisenberg, DO, FACOS, FAACS, has created the innovative Staple-First Technique, which simplifies augmentation/mastopexy for moderately to severely ptotic, or droopy, breasts.

The risk of a blood clot after surgery is higher and lasts longer than previously thought, say researchers at the University of Oxford.

Minimally invasive techniques have become standard for many procedures, from the removal of the gallbladder to angioplasty, but the approach is now only beginning to be available to patients with spinal conditions.

The state agency that licenses doctors has accused a Moses Lake cosmetic surgeon of unprofessional conduct for performing breast reduction and liposuction on a 15-year-old girl.

A St Helier Hospital patient has become the first person to receive a new pioneering kidney transplant.

Featured Article Main Category: Colorectal Cancer Also Included In: GastroIntestinal / Gastroenterology ; Medical Devices / Diagnostics Article Date: 03 Dec 2009 - 2:00 PST The world's first patient to have a malignant rectal tumor removed through the anus, thus avoiding painful abdominal incisions, was a 76-year old woman who was able to leave the ...

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