NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The US Food and Drug Administration has issued an alert about complications related to transvaginal placement of surgical mesh devices used to repair…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Surgery appears to be safe option in treatment of certain elderly patients with renal tumors, German researchers report in the September issue of…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – The use of cardioselective beta-blockers can improve survival in “carefully selected” COPD patients undergoing vascular surgery, according to a report in the first…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – More than half of a cohort of over 180 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) required orthopedic surgery, and one quarter underwent at least…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Patients aged 75 years and older with brain metastases respond about as well as younger patients to stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS), according to a…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Kidneys transplanted from living donors over the age of 55 are associated with “excellent outcomes” in older transplant recipients, according to data from…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – In patients with severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS) improves arterial blood oxygenation and decreases the need for…
Joseph Romagnuolo, MD, MSc, FRCPC with the Medical University of South Carolina talks about the latest research in endoscopic surgery and ultrasound. References and Resources Dietric, C., et…
Jacob Robison, MD with the vascular surgery department at the Medical University of South Carolina covers two options for treating carotid artery stenosis and prevention of stroke. References…
Dr. Christine Lau at the University of Virginia Health System goes over treatment options for early and late stage esophageal cancer. References and Resources Daly, J., et al.…