http://medicalxpress.com/ en-us Medical Xpress internet news portal provides the latest news on Health and Medicine. Patients who have their anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstructed by surgeons who have performed less than 60 surgeries are roughly four to five times more likely to undergo a subsequent ACL reconstruction, according to a study by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery. The study also showed that participating in a subspecialty orthopedic fellowship-training program did not improve the learning curve of young surgeons performing ACL reconstructions. The research was presented at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons, held Feb 7-11. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-steep-surgeons-acl-reconstructions.html Other Tue, 07 Feb 2012 04:50:06 EST news247810995 When William Murphy works with some of the most powerful tools in biology, he thinks about making tools that can fit together. These constructions sound a bit like socket wrenches, which can be assembled to turn a half-inch nut in tight quarters, or to loosen a rusted-tight one-inch bolt using a very persuasive lever. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-smallest-tools-biggest-results-bone.html Medical research Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:23:56 EST news247767829 Henry Ford Hospital researchers have identified for the first time two molecules that hold promise as a biomarker for measuring cartilage damage associated with osteoarthritis. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-02-identity-potential-biomarker-osteoarthritis.html Arthritis & Rheumatism Sun, 05 Feb 2012 05:36:53 EST news247642591 (AP) -- Consumer safety advocates are questioning the Food and Drug Administration about seemingly incomplete and erroneous data used to affirm the safety of silicone breast implants last year. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2012-01-consumer-group-breast-implants.html Other Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:05:49 EST news245005541 Chilean doctors successfully separated conjoined twin girls early Wednesday after a marathon 18-hour surgery widely followed in the South American country on television and the Internet. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-chilean-surgeons-conjoined-twins.html Other Wed, 14 Dec 2011 10:06:44 EST news243079581 Despite the benefits, only a small minority of women, regardless of age, are opting for immediate reconstructive breast surgery after undergoing mastectomy for treatment of breast cancer, according to data presented at the 2011 CTRC-AACR San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium, held Dec. 6-10, 2011. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-women-breast-reconstruction-mastectomy.html Cancer Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:56:01 EST news242574944 Researchers from the lab of Nobel laureate Bert Sakmann, MD, PhD at the Max Planck Florida Institute (MPFI) are reporting that, using a conceptually new approach and state-of-the-art research tools, they have created the first realistic three-dimensional diagram of a thalamocortical column in the rodent brain. A vertically organized series of connected neurons that form a brain circuit, the cortical column is considered the elementary building block of the cortex, the part of the brain that is responsible for many of its higher functions. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-scientists-realistic-3d-reconstruction-brain.html Neuroscience Wed, 07 Dec 2011 12:30:22 EST news242483415 Breast cancer is on the rise and 48 percent of all breast cancers occur in women older than 65, but very few of them choose to have breast reconstruction. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-advanced-age-deter-women-breast.html Cancer Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:22:50 EST news242396563 Breast reconstruction surgery will become both safer and more realistic thanks to research led by Queensland University of Technology (QUT) in Brisbane, Australia. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-12-advances-breast-reconstruction.html Other Tue, 06 Dec 2011 09:38:46 EST news242386716 Few patients in Canada undergo breast reconstruction after mastectomy, despite its safety as a procedure and the positive psychological benefits, states a review article in CMAJ (Canadian Medical Association Journal). http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-11-breast-reconstruction-mastectomy-canada.html Cancer Mon, 07 Nov 2011 12:46:18 EST news239892367 After a mastectomy, women who undergo breast reconstruction with tissue from their own abdomen experience significant gains in psychological, social, and sexual wellbeing as soon as three weeks after surgery. That is one of the conclusions of a new study published early online in Cancer, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Cancer Society. The study's results provide new information to breast cancer survivors who are contemplating these types of breast reconstruction procedures. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-advanced-post-mastectomy-breast-reconstruction-women.html Cancer Mon, 24 Oct 2011 04:18:34 EST news238648700 Only seven per cent of female breast cancer patients opt for breast reconstruction surgery. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-10-breast-cancer-patients-reconstruction-surgery.html Cancer Thu, 20 Oct 2011 02:20:54 EST news238296044 It had taken some years for Nicole McLean to embrace her God-given breasts, ample at size H cups. So when, at 39, she was diagnosed with stage 3 breast cancer and told, despite her adamant protests, that mastectomy was the best option, McLean never hesitated to pursue reconstruction. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-women-reconstruction-mastectomy-options.html Other Mon, 26 Sep 2011 05:20:01 EST news236230896 Neurons in the brain play a role as an electric wire conveying an electrical signal. Because this electric wire is connected with various joints (synapse), various brain functions can occur. A neuron which has dendritic trees on it, receives the signals with many synapses located on those dendritic trees, and carries out functions by combining the received signals. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-d-reconstructed-image-neural-dendritic.html Medical research Tue, 13 Sep 2011 09:22:23 EST news235124523 A technology usually reserved for designing buildings, bridges and aircraft has now been used to aid breast tissue reconstruction in cancer patients. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-09-computer-aided-breast-tissue-reconstruction.html Medical research Thu, 08 Sep 2011 05:16:28 EST news234677766 Physicians at Rush University Medical Center are offering a new and effective treatment to patients suffering from complex brain aneurysms. The recently FDA-approved technology called the Pipeline Embolization Device (PED gives doctors the ability for the very first time to treat some of the most complex and dangerous brain aneurysms using minimally invasive techniques. The treatment is focused on reconstruction or remodeling of the weak blood vessel harboring the brain aneurysm. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-device-revolutionary-treatment-difficult-to-treat-brain.html Other Wed, 08 Jun 2011 09:22:02 EST news226743619 A study introduced at SNM's 58th Annual Meeting is advancing a positron emission tomography (PET) imaging method that uses new 4D image reconstruction to achieve the highest diagnostic capability for the detection of cancer. Mounting evidence shows that PET imaging, which provides visual representations of bodily functions, is significantly more sensitive when used with cutting-edge 4D image reconstruction technology that accounts for patient respiration and produces clearer, more easily interpreted images. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-06-greater-cancer-d-pet-image.html Cancer Mon, 06 Jun 2011 19:10:01 EST news226584559 A new study has gone some way to answering the question about whether or not a technique called lipofilling is safe for women who are having their breasts reconstructed after surgery for breast cancer. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-lipofilling-safe-treatment-breast-cancer.html Cancer Wed, 25 May 2011 04:11:24 EST news225515006 Stem cells extracted from body fat may pave the way for the development of new regenerative therapies including soft tissue reconstruction following tumor removal or breast mastectomy surgery, the development of tissue-engineered cartilage or bone, and the treatment of cardiovascular disease. http://medicalxpress.com/news/2011-05-stem-cells-fat-tissue-regeneration.html Medical research Tue, 03 May 2011 10:35:56 EST news223637735