http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. A small, easily implantable device called the Lung Volume Reduction Coil (LVRC) may play a key role in the treatment of two types of emphysema, according to a study conducted in Europe. Results of the study indicate the beneficial effects of the device persist more than a year after initial treatment. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-tiny-implantable-emphysema-patients.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 20 May 2013 14:00:03 EST news288274143 (HealthDay)—The majority of patients undergoing endoscopic brow-lift are happy with the outcome and would recommend the procedure, according to research published online May 9 in JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-05-endoscopic-brow-lift-patients-result.html Surgery Fri, 10 May 2013 13:36:58 EST news287411761 Researchers from North Carolina State University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) have developed a new tool to help surgeons use X-rays to track devices used in "minimally invasive" surgical procedures while also limiting the patient's exposure to radiation from the X-rays. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-x-ray-approach-track-surgical-devices.html Surgery Tue, 16 Apr 2013 10:19:00 EST news285326331 (Medical Xpress)—By age 65, one-third of women in the United States will have a hysterectomy, an operation to remove the uterus. Most women will undergo a traditional abdominal hysterectomy, despite advances in minimally invasive techniques that can improve patient outcomes, according to a new study published in the Journal of Gynecologic Surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-04-approach-hysterectomy-varies-advances.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Mon, 01 Apr 2013 07:48:03 EST news284021222 While the number of people – especially women – who have a minimally invasive procedure to remove kidney stones has risen in recent years, so has the rate of complications related to the surgery, according to a published study by Henry Ford Hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-03-kidney-stone-surgery-women-complications.html Surgery Wed, 27 Mar 2013 05:08:31 EST news283579704 (Medical Xpress)—University of California, San Diego Health System is one of only a few hospitals in the nation to offer computer-assisted navigation technology with the direct anterior hip replacement technique, potentially resulting in less pain, faster recovery and fewer dislocations for patients with osteoarthritis and other forms of degenerative joint disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-02-alternative-hip-technique-results-faster.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 05 Feb 2013 07:00:02 EST news279267663 (Medical Xpress)—Dr. Mike Nguyen, a urologist and UA associate professor of surgery, and Hong Hua, a UA professor of optical sciences, have teamed up with the goal of creating a camera that will allow surgeons to view both wide angle and high-resolution, close-up images simultaneously using a single, integrated probe. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-surgeon-optical-scientist-collaborate-surgery.html Surgery Thu, 17 Jan 2013 07:00:19 EST news277628410 Geraldine Vitullo lay anesthetized on an operating table in a Central Valley hospital. Her surgery had come to an unexpected stop. "I don't think I can proceed," the surgeon told Vitullo's husband. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2013-01-snorkel-technique-vascular-surgeons-advance.html Cardiology Mon, 14 Jan 2013 07:50:02 EST news277370318 Osteopathy may help reduce chronic pain and stiffness after thoracic surgery. However, electrotherapy is not effective pain treatment in the aftermath of pancreatic surgery. These are the findings of a thesis from Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Sweden, that studied complementary and alternative therapies. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-complementary-alternative-medicine-swedish-surgical.html Other Thu, 06 Dec 2012 10:57:08 EST news274013622 A team of researchers at the University Department of Orthopaedics at the MedUni Vienna / Vienna General Hospital has for the first time investigated the durability of Zweymüller hip prostheses, which were developed at the end of the 1970s, over a period of 20 years. The result: the stem of the endoprosthesis, which was named after the Professor of Orthopaedics at the Vienna General Hospital and developed over 30 years ago, lasts for at least 20 years. "This shows that the fear over hip prostheses is unfounded. It is better to live with a prosthesis and without pain than to live without one and be in pain," says Reinhard Windhager, Head of Orthopaedics at the MedUni Vienna / Vienna General Hospital. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-12-news-hip-surgeries-prosthesis-years.html Surgery Mon, 03 Dec 2012 09:00:10 EST news273746046 (HealthDay)—No conclusions can be drawn with regard to the comparative efficacy of open, microscopic, and tubular discectomy surgical techniques to treat sciatica due to a herniated disc, according to the results of a systematic literature review published in the November issue of the European Spine Journal. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-11-surgeries-sciatica-due-herniated-disc.html Surgery Sat, 10 Nov 2012 07:00:02 EST news271749246 Chicago: Women suspected of having breast cancer now have more reasons to be diagnosed with a needle biopsy instead of a traditional open surgical biopsy. Besides avoiding the risks and discomfort of an open surgical procedure, needle biopsies can also lead to improved treatment outcomes according to findings from a new study published in the October issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-10-preoperative-needle-breast-biopsies-treatment.html Cancer Mon, 01 Oct 2012 09:40:41 EST news268303214 (Medical Xpress)—Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC is the first and only hospital in western Pennsylvania to offer radioactive seed localization, an innovation allowing breast tumors that cannot be felt to be precisely located before surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-radioactive-seeds-outcomes-breast-cancer.html Cancer Tue, 25 Sep 2012 08:04:16 EST news267778569 (HealthDay)—Intentionally leaving the pressure-regulating balloon in place during a non-infected artificial urinary sphincter (AUS) revision procedure is safe and is not associated with infection or complications, according to research published online Sept. 13 in The Journal of Sexual Medicine. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-09-balloon-safe-urinary-sphincter.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Fri, 21 Sep 2012 13:40:01 EST news267451987 A surgical team closes an abdominal incision, successfully completing a difficult operation. Weeks later, the patient comes into the ER complaining of abdominal pain and an X-ray reveals that one of the forceps used in the operation was left inside the patient. Why would highly skilled professionals forget to perform a simple task they have executed without difficulty thousands of times before? http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-07-failures-prospective-memory-range.html Psychology & Psychiatry Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:57:40 EST news262965433 A study by researchers at Stanford University Medical Center has found that a popular weight-loss operation is safer and reduces hospital bills when done with minimally invasive techniques rather than open surgery, which requires a large abdominal incision. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-06-minimally-invasive-approach-weight-loss-surgery.html Surgery Mon, 18 Jun 2012 16:00:06 EST news259249184 Until relatively recently, most colon and rectal surgeries, whether elective or unplanned, required a large abdominal incision to achieve. This would typically result in a moderate degree of postoperative discomfort, and would routinely result in an average of five to seven days in the hospital after surgery, with several additional weeks required after hospital discharge for complete recovery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-medical-minute-advances-laparoscopic-colorectal.html Surgery Mon, 26 Mar 2012 07:56:07 EST news251967356 (HealthDay) -- Narrow-angled episiotomies increase the risk of obstetric anal sphincter injuries (OASIS), while other factors, including point of incision and episiotomy length and depth, reduce the risk of OASIS, according to a study published online March 6 in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics & Gynaecology. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-03-characteristics-episiotomy-incision-injury.html Obstetrics & gynaecology Tue, 20 Mar 2012 13:10:02 EST news251465745 A two-year effort to prevent infections in children healing from cardiac surgery reduced sternum infections by 61 percent, a San Antonio researcher announced at the Cardiology 2012 conference Feb. 23 in Orlando, Fla. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-protocol-sternal-wound-infections-children.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Mon, 27 Feb 2012 18:12:16 EST news249588699 Contrary to earlier findings, surgical breast biopsies may not be as overused as previously thought, according to a study in the February issue of the Journal of the American College of Radiology. Surgical breast biopsies are more invasive than needle biopsies, requiring an incision and the use of general anesthesia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-surgical-breast-biopsy-overused.html Other Wed, 01 Feb 2012 03:28:09 EST news247289280 At a time when most new moms are bonding with their babies, Cheri Stout-Robinson was hospitalized for treatment of flesh-eating bacteria. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-war-hospital-infections.html Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:50:01 EST news242383028 The cost effectiveness of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVR) compared to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) depends on whether TAVR is performed via the femoral artery or transapically, through a small incision in the chest, according to a new study. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-results-partner-trial-cohort-effectiveness.html Cardiology Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:00:48 EST news240166835 Results of the PARTNER Cohort A QOL study demonstrate that transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) results in improved quality of life compared with surgical valve replacement, but only when performed via the transfemoral approach. The results of the study were presented today at the 23rd annual Transcatheter Cardiovascular Therapeutics (TCT) scientific symposium, sponsored by the Cardiovascular Research Foundation. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-quality-life-benefits-transcatheter-aortic.html Cardiology Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:00:14 EST news240166803 Thomas Jefferson University Hospital surgeons found that a carefully-selected surgical care check list of 12 measures reduced Whipple procedure wound infections by nearly 50 percent. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-whipple-procedure-wound-infections.html Other Wed, 26 Oct 2011 13:17:40 EST news238853849 This spring, Nimbic Systems, based near Houston, Texas, received Food and Drug Administration (FDA) clearance for the company's Air Barrier System, a unique medical device for reducing surgical-incision site contamination by infection-causing microorganisms. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-air-shield-bacteria-wounds.html Medical research Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:18:31 EST news237457096 (Medical Xpress) -- A new robotic procedure performed by a Michigan State University physician at Lansing's Sparrow Hospital could vastly improve the quality of life and recovery time for patients who suffer from throat and mouth cancers. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-breakthrough-procedure-patients-throat-mouth.html Cancer Thu, 01 Sep 2011 09:13:52 EST news234087212 The addition of a simple stent can help prevent potentially lethal blood vessel bulges in the brain from recurring after they are repaired in a minimally invasive "coiling" procedure, according to new research by Johns Hopkins physicians. A report on the research, published in the July Journal of Neurointerventional Surgery, could make coiling a more viable option for the 30,000 people diagnosed with brain aneurysms each year in the United States, the investigators say. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-07-adding-stent-minimally-invasive-surgery.html Neuroscience Tue, 26 Jul 2011 13:37:30 EST news230906016 A facelift incision and robotics can help surgeons safely remove a portion of a diseased thyroid from some patients without the characteristic neck scar. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-facelift-incision-safe-option-thyroid.html Other Tue, 31 May 2011 14:50:40 EST news226072089 Researchers at Stanford University have developed a special wound dressing that they report was able to significantly reduce scar tissue caused by incisions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-device-surgical-scarring.html Other Mon, 23 May 2011 03:53:36 EST news225341591