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Device Blocking Stomach Nerve Signals Shows Promise in Obesity
Rochester, Minn. — A new implantable medical device, developed in collaboration with Mayo Clinic researchers, shows promise as a reversible and less extreme alternative to existing bariatric surgeries, according to findings published in the current issue of the journal Surgery.In a six-month open label trial involving three medical centers in Australia, Mexico and Norway, the 31 obese participants who received ...(More)
6/26/2008
Improving University Recruitment Process May Increase Female Surgical Faculty, Study Finds
Chicago — New research published in the June issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons shows that improving the university recruitment strategy and process could raise the number of women faculty in medicine. The study also suggests that specific procedural steps could assist in identifying and actively recruiting qualified women for faculty positions in surgery departments.Despite equaling ...(More)
6/26/2008
Haymarket Health Center Opens in western Prince William County
Milwaukee and Haymarket, Va. — Residents of fast-growing western Prince William County will soon have expanded access to healthcare services, thanks to Prince William Health System and national healthcare facilities developer, Milwaukee-based Hammes Co.The newly constructed 78,000-square-foot Haymarket Health Center is located on a 38-acre site in the Market Center campus. The facility is centrally located at the intersection of ...(More)
6/26/2008
Novation Awards Agreements for Reusable Hand-Held Surgical Instruments
Irving, Texas — Novation, the leading healthcare contracting services company of VHA Inc., University HealthSystem Consortium (UHC) and Provista, LLC, announced that it has awarded agreements for reusable hand-held surgical instruments to Aesculap, Cardinal/V. Mueller, Jarit and Teleflex. The agreements are effective Aug. 1. The three-year agreements have two optional one-year extensions.Source: Novation
6/26/2008
Total Ankle Replacement with No Metal
San Diego — Patients suffering from severe arthritis now have an option for total ankle replacement that offers increased mobility and pain relief without permanent metal implants. Pioneered by Daniel K. Lee, D.P.M., F.A.C.F.A.S., at UC San Diego Medical Center, this technique is the first in the U.S. to offer arthritis sufferers a non-metal, biological ankle replacement.“Up until now, patients ...(More)
6/26/2008
Rivaroxaban RECORD4 Data Presented at EFORT
Results from a pivotal Phase III clinical trial demonstrate that rivaroxaban, an oral, once-daily, investigational anticoagulant medication, was superior in preventing venous blood clots in patients who underwent total knee replacement (TKR) surgery. The head-to-head study compared rivaroxaban with the U.S.-approved dosing regimen for enoxaparin, the current standard of care.Data from the RECORD4 clinical trial were presented at the annual ...(More)
6/26/2008
WHO Creates New Surgical Tool to Make Operations Safer
GENEVA and WASHINGTON -- With major surgery now occurring at a rate of 234 million procedures per year -- one for every 25 people -- and studies indicating that a significant percentage result unpreventable complications and deaths, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a new safety checklist for surgical teams to use in operating theatres, as part of a major ...(More)
6/25/2008
Worldwide Surgery Rates Tied to Economic Status
About 234 million major surgeries are performed worldwide each year, and surgery rates are much higher in high-income countries than in low-income countries, U.S. researchers report.Thomas Weiser, of the Harvard School of Public Health, and his colleagues defined major surgeries as any incision, excision, manipulation or suturing of tissue occurring in an operating room and requiring local or general anesthesia ...(More)
6/25/2008
Radiofrequency ID Devices May Pose Hazards to Medical Equipment
The use of radiofrequency identification devices appears to have the potential to cause anesthesia equipment, dialysis equipment and ventilator equipment to malfunction, as well as other medical devices, according to a study in the June 25 issue of JAMA."Applications of autoidentification technologies such as radiofrequency identification (RFID) in everyday life include security access cards, electronic toll collection, and antitheft clips in retail ...(More)
6/24/2008
Study Shows High Level of Safe Surgeries Performed in Accredited Facilities
The American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (AAAASF) has developed a new study which analyzes data submitted by accredited ambulatory surgery facilities from January 2001 through June 2006. The article derived from the study has been published in the July issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery and demonstrates that surgery in accredited ambulatory facilities can be as safe ...(More)
6/24/2008
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