Abdominal liposuction triggers a compensatory increase in visceral fat, which is correlated with cardiovascular disease, but this effect can be counteracted by physical activity, according to a recent study in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, a publication of The Endocrine Society.
Challenging a longstanding practice of casting both legs in children with hip and thigh fractures, a new Johns Hopkins Children’s Center study shows that such fractures heal just as well in single-leg casts, while giving children greater comfort and mobility.
New data on metabolic and bariatric surgery and its effects on Type 2 diabetes remission, heart attack prevention and kidney disease will be presented by researchers from institutions including Stanford University, Cleveland Clinic and Duke University, at the 29th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS), being held at the San Diego Convention Center from June 17 to June 22, 2012.
A study by a team of clinicians and researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston has shown for the first time that patients with diabetes who enrolled in a short-term intensive weight management program were able to lose weight and keep it off on their own for four years. The findings suggest an alternative course to bariatric surgery in the fight against type 2 diabetes.
Contralateral Carotid Occlusion Results on Carotid Interventions: Data of 2,394 patients provided by Society for Vascular Surgery Vascular Registry™
Juxtaluminal Black Area in Carotid Artery Plaques May Predict Strokes: Size of this ultrasonic feature in images of asymptomatic carotid artery plaques key in confirmed hypothesis
Survival of Asymptomatic Patients After Carotid Endarterectomy (CEA) Studied: Eighty-two percent survived five years; high risk factor patients may not live to see benefit of CEA
Risks of Carotid Artery Stenting Compared to Carotid Endarterectomy Studied: Risk greatest in patients treated within seven days of symptoms.
Results of Endovascular Training for Surgical Residents Presented: Surgical simulation emerges as an important adjunct to resident training and can improve skills.
Catheter was efficacious at two year without the need of tumescent anesthesia.
Covered stents compared to bare metal stents treat chronic atherosclerotic mesenteric arterial disease: Restenosis, recurrence, re-intervention and primary/secondary patency rates examined
Long-Term Branch Durability After Complex Aortic Aneurysm Repair Reviewed: Death resulted from branch stent complications in only two patients.
For patients undergoing surgery for spinal stenosis, the risk of complications is higher when the surgeon performs very few such procedures—less than four per year, suggests a study in the June issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.
Impact of Pedal Arch Quality in Distal Bypass Grafts Explored: Study examines amputation-free survival, patency rates and healing in critical limb ischemia patients
Impact of Transfusion and Postoperative Nadir Hemoglobin Reported: Authors believe restrictive transfusion strategy justified in peripheral artery disease patients
The VISION trial demonstrated that a simple blood test strongly identifies which non-cardiac surgery patients are at high risk of dying in the next 30 days.
A study in the journal Anesthesiology showing roughly 3 percent of patients who undergo total hip and knee replacement surgery require critical care services demonstrates that these elective surgeries are placing an increasing burden on critical care services and hospitals should respond proactively.
An simple technique using local anesthetic mixed with magnetized "ferrofluids" may provide a new approach to preventing a rare but serious complication of spinal anesthesia, reports the June issue of Anesthesia & Analgesia, official journal of the International Anesthesia Research Society (IARS).
Jersey Shore University Medical Center proudly announces the completion of its first procedure with the Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR), the latest minimally-invasive, life-saving innovation for non-operative patients with critical aortic stenosis. On May 21st, 2012, Bayville resident Ed Bechold, 67, was the first patient at Jersey Shore to receive the TAVR. Jersey Shore is one of the select academic medical centers in the US chosen to perform the groundbreaking non-surgical procedure, confirming its position as one of the leading cardiovascular hospitals in the tri-state area.
People with a past history of just a single skin infection may be three times more likely to develop a painful, costly — and potentially deadly — surgical site infection (SSI) when they have an operation, according to new Johns Hopkins research.
Biomaterials called "acellular dermal matrices" (ADMs) provide good outcomes, with low complication rates, when used for breast reconstruction after mastectomy for breast cancer, according to a study in the June issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS).
Head and neck surgeons at the University of Michigan Health System used waste-reduction techniques from the auto industry to boost morale and teamwork in the operating room. Patient turnover time and surgical team culture improved during the study that also showed an opportunity for hospitals to earn more revenue.
Johns Hopkins researchers say a program they developed that uses personal advocates and community networks to find organ donors for friends and loved ones who need kidney transplants resulted in success for nearly half of the participants in its trial run.
• Obese patients have an increased risk of developing kidney damage, or acute kidney injury, after heart surgery. • Oxidative stress associated with obesity seems to play a role in this increased risk.
A team of urological surgeons from NYU Langone Medical Center performed a robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy in New York and beamed the procedure from New York via high definition satellite to more than 400 participants attending the American Urological Association’s (AUA) 2012 Annual Meeting in Atlanta earlier this week. The surgery showcased the advanced robotic technology available to patients at the Robotic Surgery Center at NYU Langone.
Outcomes, Practice Patterns in Lower Extremity Bypass Patients Studied: Proportionally, more bypasses for critical limb ischemia rather than intermittent claudication
For the first time, scientists at the Toronto General Hospital Research Institute have shown that an experimental bariatric surgery can lower blood sugar levels in rats with type 1 diabetes.
One type of open heart surgery is safer than the other—in terms of both health and survival—for chronic kidney disease patients. Heart disease is the leading cause of death in individuals with chronic kidney disease.
Patients with morbid obesity are at nearly twice the risk of developing complications after spinal fusion surgery, reports a study in the May 15 issue of Spine. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.
One of the first long-term studies of stem cell treatment for spinal cord injury shows significant functional and other improvements in three out of ten patients, reports a study in the May issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.
A plastic surgeon and neurosurgeon have successfully utilized peripheral nerve transfer to bypass a cervical spinal cord injury and restore partial function in both hands to a quadriplegic patient.
A new study suggests that men undergoing robotic-assisted surgery for prostate cancer should look for a doctor who has performed at least 1,000 surgeries and who actively seeks to improve and enhance his surgical skills to help ensure a successful post-surgery recovery of erectile function.
For older adults with "C2" fractures of the upper (cervical) spine, surgery and nonsurgical treatment provide similar short- and long-term outcomes, reports a study in the May issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.
Robot-assisted surgery has replaced another minimally invasive operation as the main procedure to treat kidney cancer while sparing part of the diseased organ, and with comparable results, according to a new research study by Henry Ford Hospital urologists.
Black prostate cancer patients may not be getting the same quality of care as white patients, according to a first-of-its-kind study by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital who found racial disparities in the results of surgery to remove diseased prostates.
Women do better than men after surgical removal of part or all of a cancerous kidney, with fewer post-operative complications, including dying in the hospital, although they are more likely to receive blood transfusions related to their surgery. But Henry Ford Hospital researchers who documented these gender differences can’t say why they exist.
An increasingly common and safer type of surgery for kidney cancer is not as likely to be used for older, sicker and poorer patients who are uninsured or rely on Medicare or Medicaid for their health care, according to a new study by researchers at Henry Ford Hospital.
Older, sicker, high-risk patients who undergo one of the most common treatments for prostate cancer get better results in larger, busier hospitals, according to new research by Henry Ford Hospital. In such cases, the same research showed the experience level of the surgeon doing the procedure mattered somewhat less than the hospital setting.
Surgeons at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have restored some hand function in a quadriplegic patient with a spinal cord injury at the C7 vertebra, the lowest bone in the neck. Instead of operating on the spine itself, the surgeons rerouted working nerves in the upper arms. These nerves still “talk” to the brain because they attach to the spine above the injury.
After 20 years of debate and controversy over fat grafting to the breast finally it has gotten the seal of approval from the prestigious American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). A new study shows that "pre-expansion" provides the optimal conditions for successful fat transfer to the breast allowing greater augmentation than fat transfer alone and augmentation volume comparable to implants.
Alabama man has minimally invasive, robot-assisted heart bypass and a week later is able to drive his new motorhome to Talladega infield.
5-month-old received this milestone transplant at Children’s.
Humberto Irigoyen’s jiu-jitsu partner had him in a choke hold when a jolt like electricity flashed through his body. “I’d never felt anything like that before,” says the former Marine . The next time the shock came – when he turned his head to breathe while swimming – it was so strong his whole body “just kind of stopped.” “That was one of my biggest scares,” recalls Irigoyen, a Los Angeles Police Department detective. . .
A routine, but expensive, test for women who undergo stress incontinence surgery may not always be necessary, according to a study published in the latest issue of The New England Journal of Medicine. This test, known as urodynamics, determines how the bladder stores and releases urine. The study found that women who underwent a doctor’s evaluation and urodynamics versus a doctor’s evaluation alone did not have better outcomes after stress incontinence surgery.
Invasive and costly tests commonly performed on women before surgery for stress urinary incontinence (SUI) may not be necessary, according to researchers at the University of California San Diego, School of Medicine and the Urinary Incontinence Treatment Network.
A new balloon catheter system could advance the endovascular approach to treating obstructed arteries in the leg, offering an alternative to surgical revascularization. Peripheral artery disease affects about 12 to 14 percent of the general population, and revascularization can be achieved through bypass surgery or a number of minimally invasive endovascular techniques that seek to reduce or eliminate symptoms of reduced blood flow by improving tissue perfusion. Chronic total occlusions of the superficial femoral artery and popliteal artery, some of the most difficult lesions to recanalize with conventional guidewire techniques, were treated with this new system.
Cedars-Sinai Medical Center has become the first West Coast site -- and one of only three nationwide -- to implant a device that stimulates the respiratory muscle in the chest and draws air into the lungs of patients suffering from amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS, Lou Gehrig’s disease) under recently approved Food and Drug Administration guidelines.
Accelerated partial breast irradiation (APBI) brachytherapy, the localized form of radiation therapy growing increasingly popular as a treatment choice for women with early-stage breast cancer, is associated with higher rate of later mastectomy, increased radiation-related toxicities and post-operative complications, compared to traditional whole breast irradiation (WBI), according to researchers from The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Wrist, hand and finger trauma are the most common injuries presenting to emergency departments nationwide, yet only 7 percent of Tennessee hospitals have a hand specialist on call 24/7 to treat these patients, according to a Vanderbilt study published online today in the Annals of Plastic Surgery.
When Harvard University friends Sheryl Sandberg and Andrew M. Cameron, M.D., Ph.D., met up at their 20th college reunion last spring, they got to talking. Sandberg knew that Cameron, a transplant surgeon at Johns Hopkins, was passionate about solving the perennial problem of transplantation: the critical shortage of donated organs in the United States. And he knew that Sandberg, as chief operating officer of Facebook, had a way of easily reaching hundreds of millions of people.
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