News tagged with surgical interventions
Optometrists make custom contact lenses for long-underserved patients
May 13, 2009 |
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While the majority of patients with common vision problems can find glasses or contact lenses fairly easily, others who suffer from diseases of the eye that affect the focus of light have more limited options ...
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Successful neurosurgery with transcranial MR-guided high-intensity focused ultrasound
Jun 22, 2009 |
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The Magnetic Resonance Center of the University Children's Hospital Zurich has achieved a world first break through in MR-guided, non-invasive neurosurgery. Ten patients have been successfully treated by means ...
Surgical errors remain a challenge in and out of the operating room
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Despite a national focus on reducing surgical errors, surgery-related adverse events continue to occur both inside and outside the operating room, according to an analysis of events at Veterans Health Administration Medical ...
Weight loss is good for the kidneys
Sep 17, 2009 |
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Losing weight may preserve kidney function in obese people with kidney disease, according to a study appearing in an upcoming issue of the Clinical Journal of the American Society Nephrology (CJASN). The findings indicate that t ...
Keeping the weight off: Which obesity treatment is most successful?
Dec 08, 2008 |
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Severely obese patients who have lost significant amounts of weight by changing their diet and exercise habits may be as successful in keeping the weight off long-term as those individuals who lost weight after bariatric ...
Study investigates the cost effectiveness of spinal surgery
Dec 29, 2008 |
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Back pain affects more than 80 percent of people and costs more than $100 billion annually in the U.S. But is the surgery cost effective? A study by researchers at Rush University Medical Center suggests that for patients ...
New guidelines for treating complicated skin and soft tissue infections
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New evidence-based recommendations developed by the Surgical Infection Society to guide physicians in the diagnosis and management of complicated skin and soft tissue infections have been published in Surgical Infections.
Study examines association of race, insurance status with diverticulitis presentation and treatment
Dec 15, 2008 |
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Among patients undergoing surgery for diverticulitis, race was associated with a complicated presentation and in-hospital mortality, but not with receiving a colostomy, whereas insurance status was associated with complicated ...
Timing of surgery for knee injuries may not affect outcomes
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Multiple-ligament knee injuries resulting from traumatic knee dislocations - such as high impact car accidents or certain sports are uncommon, and the optimal timing of surgical repair or reconstruction has not been definitively ...
Extra STICH not necessary in surgical treatment of heart failure
Mar 30, 2009 |
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Results from the first comparative effectiveness study of two surgical treatments for heart failure will likely change practice for surgeons and cardiologists evaluating treatment options for some of their sickest patients, ...
Study finds mixed results comparing 2 surgical strategies for infant heart defect
Nov 16, 2009 |
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Infants born with a severely underdeveloped heart are more likely to survive to their first birthday when treated with a new shunt procedure — yet it may not be the safest surgery long term, according to research presented ...
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