The full impact of knee replacement surgery on both patients' lives and on society includes significant overall cost savings, according to a new study published in the Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery (JBJS). Researchers found that for the average patient undergoing knee replacement surgery...
Breast reduction surgery produces measurable improvements in several important areas of health and quality of life, reports a study in the August issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery®, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). The study used the...
I've been thinking about this for years, I've saved several thousand up, while researching and thinking about this. So, I do know what I'm going into. I know the recovery times, the risks, the issues and complications; I also have spoken to a few people who have had the same surgery.
Two new studies by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery have shed light on joint replacement outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). One study overturns the common belief that RA patients have worse outcomes after a total knee replacement (TKR) than patients who undergo the...
There is not enough evidence to justify widely recommending bariatric surgery such as gastric bypass for patients with moderate obesity and diabetes, according to a systematic review from the RAND Corporation published in JAMA this week...
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Any breast cancer surgeon who regularly performs lumpectomies confronts the question "Did I get it all?" Thirty to 60 percent of the time in the U.S., the answer is "no," requiring the patient to undergo a second surgery to remove the remaining tumor. Surgeons at UC Irvine Medical Center are the...
In the new season of Arrested Development, it's hard not to notice how different Portia de Rossi's character, Lindsay Bluth, looks. More »
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"Stitch-Free" Surgical 'Laser Welding' Of Tissue In Intestinal Surgery Improved
A new "solder" for laser welding of tissue during surgical operations has the potential to produce stronger seals and expand use of this alternative to conventional sutures and stapling in intestinal surgery...
Robot-assisted surgery to remove kidney cancers has seen a rapid increase in use, and has both replaced and proven safer than laparoscopic procedures for the same purpose, according to a study by the Vattikuti Urology Institute at Henry Ford Hospital in Detroit. However, the study also shows...
An experimental procedure successfully tested in obese laboratory rats may provide a less-invasive alternative to bariatric weight-loss surgery, researchers report online in Endocrinology. Scientists at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center used a catheter to re-direct the flow of bile...
If you really, really, really don’t feel like working out, you can just hop on board for the upper arm-lift. It might seem silly, but in 2012, 15,457 patients (98 percent being women) had liposuction (or brachioplasty) on their arms. … More »
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A plastic surgery procedure that was documented to be on the rise between the years of 2000 and 2012 was the upper arm lift, a new report suggests. In 2012, over 15,000 upper arm lights were performed across the U.S., an increase from just 300 in 2000, according to the report released by the...
Patients at elevated cardiac risk who were treated with beta-blockers on the day of or following noncardiac, nonvascular surgery had significantly lower rates of 30-day mortality and cardiac illness, according to a study in the April 24 issue of JAMA. "The effectiveness and safety of...
With the Edmonton Oilers all but eliminated from the postseason, it's time to start looking to next year. Priority number one: rebuild the stars.
On Sunday, the Oilers announced that surgery was likely in the offing for Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. His season appears to be over.
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Imagine you found out that you had a large mass on your brain and therefore needed surgery, one of the most frightening and risky types of operations, and thus requiring you to shave your head. Now imagine your work doesn't care about the medical aspect of that, and only wants you to maintain...
A new study has found evidence that changing your diet a few weeks before surgery could actually help you during your recovery. Hooray, more of the very necessary evidence that nutrition has a powerful effect on overall health! (Hear that, cancer websites?) More »
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A routine step in preparing for cleft palate surgery in a child led to an unusual - but not unprecedented - case of lung inflammation (pneumonitis), according to a report in the The Journal of Craniofacial Surgery. The journal, edited by Mutaz B. Habal, MD, FRCSC, is published by Lippincott...