Feb 19, 2013

Catheter-associated blood stream infections (CABSI) can have a significant impact on patient morbidity while increasing healthcare utilization costs. CABSIs are preventable, and several strategies are...

Feb 14, 2013

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration today approved the Argus II Retinal Prosthesis System, the first implanted device to treat adult patients with advanced retinitis pigmentosa (RP). The device, whi...

Feb 14, 2013

Robotic-assisted surgical removal of the bladder is becoming increasingly popular for treating bladder cancer, despite being more expensive than traditional surgery. Benefits of the robotic approach i...

Feb 13, 2013

Ruptures of cerebral aneurysms lead to subarachnoid hemorrhage (SAH) and are associated with substantial mortality and morbidity. Previous research has indicated that the rupture rates of aneurysms va...

Feb 12, 2013

Research has shown that drug-eluting stents (DES) effectively help reduce restenosis, with a 50% to 70% relative risk reduction in target vessel revascularization (TVR) rates. “Drug-eluting stents h...

Feb 08, 2013

The Particulars: Currently, there is no specific, evidence-based targeted treatment that has been recommended by professional societies for intracerebral hemorrhagic stroke. There is also no long-term...

Feb 06, 2013

Private practice anesthesiology training appears to be preferred over academic rotations by emergency medicine residents, according to a University of Utah analysis. For those trained in private pract...

Feb 04, 2013

Percutaneous therapy for treating patients with bony malignancy and vertebral fractures appears to significantly reduce costs and lengths of stay when compared with surgery. A retrospective review dem...

Feb 04, 2013

Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have found that partial nephrectomy appears to have a statistically significant survival benefit when compared with radical nephrectomy for patients older than 6...

Jan 31, 2013

Rates of surgical site infection (SSI) appear to be similar between cesarean deliveries using chlorhexidine-alcohol and those using povidone-iodine. A retrospective cohort review found that the durati...

Jan 29, 2013

The Particulars: Optimal treatment approaches vary in the treatment of stable, multivessel coronary artery disease. Evolving technology, variable study designs, and differing interpretations of result...

Jan 29, 2013

The Particulars: The general consensus among experts is that lung transplantation using donor organs from those who smoked heavily may worsen prognosis. However, a shortage of donors has sparked effor...

Jan 29, 2013

Purpose: Pleural suction is used after lung resection in order to promote lung expansion and minimize air leak duration. Published randomized trials failed to prove this advantage but they are limited...

Jan 28, 2013

Purpose: Trimodality therapy incorporating preoperative chemotherapy (cisplatin-etoposide, CisP/Etop), radiation, and surgery is generally considered the standard of care for Superior Sulcus (SS) canc...

Jan 28, 2013

Purpose: Vein graft failure has been attributed to increased pressure in the venous conduit. Previous animal studies have demonstrated that external support for these grafts have resulted in a reducti...

Jan 28, 2013

Purpose: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common postoperative complication following coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). Since postoperative hemodynamics involve constriction of pericardium, we ...

Jan 28, 2013

Purpose: Injury incurred during saphenous vein harvesting results in poor graft patency and impairs the results of coronary artery bypass grafting surgery. A novel harvest method, the No-touch techniq...

Jan 28, 2013

Purpose: The pneumatic pulsatile Total Artificial Heart (TAH) has emerged as an effective, life-saving means of bridging-to-transplantation (BTT) patients at imminent risk of death from biventricular ...

Jan 28, 2013

Purpose: The adoption of Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement (MIAVR) through a right mini-thoracotomy is still limited by the small operating field, the longer cardiopulmonary bypass time comp...

Jan 28, 2013

Purpose: Low-dose warfarin throughout pregnancy (≤5 mg/day) was suggested to be safe in patients with mechanical heart valve prosthesis (MHVP). Being only shown in selected small low-risk groups, we...