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UI Hospital offers robotic surgery for head and neck cancer

Sharon Parmet - Two experts in the use of robot-assisted surgery to treat head and neck cancers have joined the University ...

Johns Hopkins Rewrites Obsolete Blood-Ordering Rules

Move designed to reflect “revolution” in surgical techniques and save money ...

Significant variation in early gallbladder surgery across Ontario’s hospitals

Toronto - The timing of surgery for acute gallbladder inflammation varies widely across hospitals in Ontario, according to a new study published in CMAJ Open today by researchers from Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) and St. Michael’s Hospital. ... Full story

Surgery for Common Condition May Not Be Effective for Women over Long Term

JAMA study evaluates durability of surgery for pelvic-organ prolapse ... Full story

Tissue Damage from Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants Appears Before Pain Symptoms Appear

MRI Useful for Predicting Failure of Metal-on-Metal Hip Implants ... Full story

Pitt Transplant Experts Challenge Assumption, Describe Biological Pathway That Leads To Organ Rejection

PITTSBURGH – Transplant researchers at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine challenge a long-held assumption about how biologic pathways trigger immune system rejection of donor organs in a report published online today in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. ... Full story

Georgetown Gynecologist Says Expectations of Organ Prolapse Surgery Should be Tempered

WASHINGTON — Mixed results of a new study examining long-term outcomes following pelvic organ prolapse surgery should prompt doctors and patients to temper their expectations of the procedure, which has become the standard treatment for the condition, says Cheryl B. Iglesia, MD, associate professor of gynecology and urology at Georgetown University School of Medicine. ... Full story

NEW BLOOD TEST FINDS ALLERGIES BEFORE IMPLANT SURGERY

A growing number of patients learn of allergies to new hips & knees only after surgery is done ... Full story

New license agreement means surgeons may soon ‘see around corners’

A first-of-its-kind endoscope that allows surgeons to see around obstructions and generate real-time 3D images while performing surgery, may soon be a reality thanks to a recent license agreement made between The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) and EndoPodium, a minimally invasive surgical technology company based in San Diego, California. ... Full story

New Research Shows Pelvic Organ Prolapse Surgery Less Effective Than Expected

Study of long-term outcomes for sacrocolpopexy reveals that many women develop recurrence or urinary incontinence ... Full story

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