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Surgical treatment provides new option for some colorectal cancer patients

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Sep 30, 2008 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Research out of Wake Forest University School of Medicine suggests that a surgical technique not traditionally used in advanced abdominal cancer may be a viable treatment option for some patients previously thought to be ...





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Single-port laparoscopic surgery performed

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created Nov 29, 2007 | popularity 4 / 5 (3) | comments 0

A U.S. surgeon has performed the world's first single-port laparoscopic surgeries, including kidney removal and four other procedures.


Study links arm/hand swelling to number of lymph nodes removed during breast cancer surgery

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

In older breast cancer survivors, the number of lymph nodes removed during surgery and the presence of cancer in the lymph nodes were the two factors most directly linked to the development of lymphedema, swelling of the ...


Microcoils help locate small lung nodules

Medicine & Health / Research

created Feb 02, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new technique combining computed tomography (CT) with fiber-coated surgical microcoils allows physicians to successfully locate and remove small lung nodules without the need for a more invasive procedure, according to ...


New test can predict return of cancer

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created Apr 28, 2006 | popularity 4 / 5 (6) | comments 0

U.S. regulators have approved a test that reportedly can predict who are at high risk for a return of cancer after surgical removal of the prostate gland.


Ulcerative colitis treatment reduces need for surgery by almost half

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Oct 01, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new study led by Mayo Clinic researchers has found that ulcerative colitis patients had a 41 percent reduction in colectomy after a year when treated with infliximab, according to a study published in the October 2009 issue ...


Surgical removal of small colon polyps is costly and unnecessary

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created Nov 03, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (9) | comments 0

Polypectomy (the surgical removal of polyps by colonoscopy) of small polyps found during CT colonography is costly and unnecessary according to a study performed at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public ...


Implementation of acute care surgery service provides more timely patient care

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created Oct 09, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A new study published in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that the establishment of an acute care surgery service can help surgeons at academic medical centers provide more timely ...


Robotic device appears useful for surgical removal of cancer involving the tonsils

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created Dec 17, 2007 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

A new robotic surgery technique appears promising for the removal of cancer involving the tonsil region, according to a report in the December issue of Archives of Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, one of the JAMA/Archives ...


Study finds patients with complex fibroadenomas can avoid surgery

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created Feb 11, 2008 | popularity 4.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Complex fibroadenomas have a low incidence of malignancy, so women with this condition can be more conservatively treated and avoid surgical biopsy, according to a new study by a team of researchers from the Hadassah-Hebrew ...


Morbidly obese patients face high risk for complications after colectomy

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created Jan 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New research published in the January issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that morbidly obese patients are at higher risk than normal weight patients for complications after colectomy - surgical remova ...



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