In this episode of “Newsworthy Stories,” Jacqueline Jimenez speaks with Bohdan Pomahac, MD, a leading plastic surgeon at Yale New Haven Hospital, and Robert Chelsea, the first African-American…
A consultant surgical gastroenterologist at Manipal Hospital, Sarjapur Road, provides an overview of the surgical gastroenterology department. He discusses advanced laparoscopic procedures for liver, pancreas, gallbladder, and GI…
Jorge D Reyes, MD, Director of Transplant Program Seattle Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, discusses trends in immunosuppression and novel techniques in pediatric transplantation. References and Resources…
Jorge D. Reyes, MD, Director of Transplant Program Seattle Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, discusses the innovations of the children’s transplant program that aim to improve patient…
Daniel J. Salchow, MD, Director, Assistant Professor, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Section, Yale Eye Center, describes surgery and its complications for pediatric cataracts, which is best performed at…
Jack Stern, MD, PhD, Neurosurgeon, Spine Specialist, discusses whether surgeons are accurately diagnosing lumbar disc pathology before proceeding to spinal fusion or artificial disc insertion. There has been…
Maria Siemionow, MD, PhD, Director, Plastic Surgery Research, Head, Microsurgery Training, Cleveland Clinic, talks about her book “Face to Face”, her quest to perform the first full face…
Maria Siemionow, MD, PhD, Director, Plastic Surgery Research, Head, Microsurgery Training, Cleveland Clinic, discusses the techinical challenges of face transplants versus hand transplants, citing the difficulty of the…
Kathleen Berchelmann, MD, CPHIMS, Pediatric Hospitalist, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, MO, discusses a new web-based program she developed which electronically manages the pediatric sign-out…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Based on postoperative levels of parathyroid hormone and serum calcium, more than half of patients undergoing thyroidectomy do not need routine calcium and/or vitamin…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Clinicians report in The American Journal of Surgery that a high white blood cell count or low serum sodium level can help diagnose…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) ? Laparoscopic antireflux surgery (LARS) and the proton pump inhibitor (PPI) esomeprazole are similarly effective, safe, and well tolerated strategies for the management of…
