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Released: 20-Jun-2012 10:00 AM EDT
Surgery 'Reanimates' Smile in Patients with Facial Paralysis, Reports Paper in Neurosurgery
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

A surgical technique using a muscle flap from the thigh restores facial motion—and the ability to smile—in patients with facial nerve paralysis resulting from neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), reports a study in this month's special "Operative Neurosurgery" supplement to Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons. The journal is published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, a part of Wolters Kluwer Health.

Released: 20-Jun-2012 8:00 AM EDT
Anesthesia Type Affects Complications and Mortality after Hip Fracture Surgery
American Society of Anesthesiologists (ASA)

Anesthesia type may affect complications and mortality after hip fracture surgery, according to a new study in the July issue of Anesthesiology.

19-Jun-2012 12:00 PM EDT
Regional Anesthesia Reduces Complications and Death for Hip Fracture Patients
Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania

In a study of more than 18,000 patients having surgery for hip fracture, researchers at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania found that the use of regional anesthesia versus general anesthesia, was associated with a significant reduction in major pulmonary complications and death. The new study will be published in the July issue of the journal Anesthesiology.

15-Jun-2012 12:05 AM EDT
New Study Suggests Race and Gender May Affect Weight Loss After Bariatric Surgery
American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)

African-Americans and males lost significant weight after gastric bypass surgery, but not as much as their white and female counterparts, according to a new study*

15-Jun-2012 12:05 AM EDT
Race Plays Factor in Weight Loss After Gastric Bypass, but Not if Type 2 Diabetes Is Present, New Duke Study Reports
American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)

African-American women lost about 10 percent less of their excess weight after gastric bypass than their Caucasian counterparts, but if Type 2 diabetes was present, weight loss and the rate of diabetes remission was about the same, according to a new study*

14-Jun-2012 12:05 AM EDT
New Study Identifies Patients Most Likely to Achieve Remission of Type 2 Diabetes After Bariatric Surgery
American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)

Some bariatric surgery patients are more likely to achieve complete remission of their Type 2 diabetes than others, according to a new study*

14-Jun-2012 12:05 AM EDT
New Study Shows Bariatric Surgery Turns Back Kidney Disease in Severely Obese Patients
American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)

Severely obese patients with chronic kidney disease (CKD) saw significant improvements in kidney function within one year of bariatric surgery, according to a new study*

14-Jun-2012 12:05 AM EDT
Sleeve Gastrectomy Improves Candidacy for Organ Transplants in Morbidly Obese Patients, New Study Shows
American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)

Morbidly obese patients with end-stage organ failure may improve their chances for successful organ transplantation after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, according to a new study*.

13-Jun-2012 5:30 PM EDT
New Stanford University Study Shows Risk Factors for Heart Attack Remain Low Seven Years After Gastric Bypass
American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)

Total cholesterol, triglycerides and C-reactive protein levels are among 11 risk factors for heart attack that remained greatly reduced up to seven years after gastric bypass surgery, according to a new Stanford University study.

13-Jun-2012 5:30 PM EDT
New Studies Weigh in on Safety and Effectiveness of Newer Bariatric and Metabolic Procedure
American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)

Studies from Stanford University, Cleveland Clinic Florida and the Naval Medical Center in San Diego show laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy, an increasingly popular surgical procedure where the stomach is reduced by 85 percent, is as safe as or safer than laparoscopic gastric bypass or gastric banding

Released: 19-Jun-2012 10:00 AM EDT
UNC Is First in U.S. To Use New Device to Treat Complex Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
University of North Carolina Health Care System

On Monday, June 18, 2012, the UNC Center for Heart & Vascular Care’s Aortic Disease Management team became the first in the U.S. to successfully treat a complex abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) with the Zenith® Fenestrated AAA Endovascular Graft.

Released: 18-Jun-2012 4:45 PM EDT
Chicago Woman Cured of Sickle Cell Disease
University of Illinois Chicago

A Chicago woman treated at the University of Illinois Hospital is the first Midwest patient to receive a successful stem cell transplant to cure her sickle cell disease without chemotherapy in preparation for the transplant.

Released: 18-Jun-2012 4:00 PM EDT
Survival Rates Lower for Heart Transplant Patients Whose Arteries Reclose After Stenting
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

New research by UCLA researchers and colleagues has found that heart transplant patients who develop restenosis after receiving a stent have poor long-term survival.

Released: 18-Jun-2012 1:55 PM EDT
New Protocols Reduce Post-Operative Pain and Side Effects
Greenwich Hospital

Greenwich Hospital patients experience faster healing after joint replacement surgery, along with reduced pain and fewer side effects of medications thanks to a new protocol developed by anesthesiologist Mark Chrostowski, MD.

14-Jun-2012 4:00 PM EDT
Risk of Alcohol Abuse May Increase After Bariatric Surgery
JAMA - Journal of the American Medical Association

Among patients who underwent bariatric surgery, there was a higher prevalence of alcohol use disorders in the second year after surgery, and specifically after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass, compared with the years immediately before and following surgery, according to a study in the June 20 issue of JAMA.

Released: 15-Jun-2012 1:20 PM EDT
New Surgery May Reverse Hand Paralysis
UC San Diego Health

Justin M. Brown, MD, reconstructive neurosurgeon at UC San Diego Health System, is one of only a few specialists in the world who have pioneered a novel technique to restore hand function in patients with spinal cord injury. In a delicate four-hour procedure, Brown splices together tiny nerve endings, only one millimeter in width, to help restore hand mobility.

Released: 14-Jun-2012 3:00 PM EDT
Kidney Transplant Age: Older Patients Now Have a Better Chance for Life-Saving Transplant
Houston Methodist

Doctors are looking at more than age when it comes to giving someone a new kidney.

12-Jun-2012 10:45 AM EDT
Physical Activity Reduces Compensatory Weight Gain After Liposuction
Endocrine Society

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.

11-Jun-2012 8:00 AM EDT
Youngest Hip and Thigh Fracture Patients Heal Just Fine with Single-Leg Casts
Johns Hopkins Medicine

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.

12-Jun-2012 2:20 PM EDT
New Data on Diabetes, Kidney Disease and Heart Attack Presented at American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS) Annual Meeting
American Society for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)

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.



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