January 16, 2017
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Surgical Rounds
It's about time for new methods for organ procurement.
January 16, 2017
Article
Surgical Rounds
An awakening in the midst of surgery is a patient’s and an anesthesiologist’s nightmare. British scientists have developed a new way to prevent that.
January 16, 2017
Article
Surgical Rounds
Patients have often been told to avoid ibuprofen and other nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) before or after surgery due to an increased risk of bleeding.
January 16, 2017
Article
Surgical Rounds
Former cancer patient Thomas Manning from Halifax, Massachusetts, is the first man in the US to undergo a penis transplant.
January 16, 2017
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Surgical Rounds
Surgery causes high levels of stress in 50% to 75% of children, but humor and laughter can help children cope with pain and stress.
January 16, 2017
Article
Surgical Rounds
It has become increasingly common for patients having experienced as few as three episodes of diverticulitis to opt for colectomy. A study examines the efficacy of younger, less frequent sufferers receiving the surgery earlier than guidelines typically recommend.
January 16, 2017
Article
Surgical Rounds
Scott Sigman, MD, discusses recent study results that show more people become dependent on prescription drugs following surgery than previously thought – which is why his involvement in the Choices Matter program is so important.
January 16, 2017
Article
Surgical Rounds
After a review of existing studies, the FDA today sent out a warning that surgery lasting three hours or more poses a threat of brain or other neurological damage in babies, fetuses, and toddlers.
January 16, 2017
Article
Surgical Rounds
An analysis of thousands of patients in Germany taken from a national registry found interventional procedures more dangerous than surgery for severe symptomatic aortic valve stenosis. But there may have been confounding factors.
January 16, 2017
Article
Surgical Rounds
Deeming Xaracoll to be a drug/device combination, the Food and Drug Administration notified Innocoll yesterday that it would not be going forward with the New Drug Application they had filed for the product in October.