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In-hospital mortality no different at critical access hospitals

(HealthDay)—For eight inpatient surgical procedures, mortality is similar at critical access hospitals (CAHs) and non-CAHs, but costs are higher at CAHs, according to a study published online May 1 in JAMA Su ...

Surgery created May 05, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Laparoscopic hysterectomy rates on rise over past decade

(HealthDay)—The rate of laparoscopic hysterectomy has greatly increased over the past decade and is now higher than that of abdominal hysterectomy, according to a study in the April issue of the American Jo ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Apr 16, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study suggests dexmedetomidine before surgery reduced remifentanil-induced hyperalgesia

Surgical patients who demonstrated heightened pain sensitivity, or hyperalgesia, induced by high doses of a synthetic opioid had their symptoms alleviated by co-treatment with dexmedetomidine, according to new research. Study ...

Medications created Apr 12, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Endometriosis treatments lower ovarian cancer risk

A novel study shows women who undergo surgical treatment for endometriosis have a lower risk of developing ovarian cancer. According to results published in Acta Obstetricia et Gynecologica Scandinavica, a journal of the ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Apr 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Approach to hysterectomy varies despite advances

(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 ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Apr 01, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Hospital infections in cancer patients climbed, deaths declined, study finds

In a nationwide study of patients undergoing surgery for cancer, Henry Ford Hospital researchers have found that while infections during hospital stays increased during a 10-year period, the death rate from those infections ...

Cancer created Mar 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

No overall survival benefit tied to bilateral oophorectomy

(HealthDay)—At no age is there an overall survival benefit associated with bilateral oophorectomy compared with ovarian conservation at the time of hysterectomy for benign disease, according to a study ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Mar 25, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Estrogen helps keep joint pain at bay after hysterectomy

Estrogen therapy can help keep joint pain at bay after menopause for women who have had a hysterectomy. Joint pain was modestly, but significantly, lower in women who took estrogen alone than in women who took placebo in ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Mar 20, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study points to risk factors of mesh-related complications in prolapse surgery patients

Younger age, less prominent prolapse and concomitant hysterectomies are associated with a higher risk of peri-operative and mesh-related complications after prolapse repair with trocar-guided transvaginal mesh, according ...

Surgery created Mar 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

OB/GYNs told robot hysterectomy not best option

Pricey robotic surgery should not be the first or even second choice for most women who need a hysterectomy, says advice issued Thursday to doctors who help those women decide.

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Mar 14, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

AAFP issues top five 'choosing wisely' recommendations

(HealthDay)—The top five primary care issues that patients and physicians should question have been released by the American Academy of Family Physicians (AAFP) as part of the Choosing Wisely Campaign.

Health created Feb 26, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Increase seen in use of robotically-assisted hysterectomy for benign gynecologic disorders

Between 2007 and 2010, the use of robotically-assisted hysterectomy for benign gynecologic disorders increased substantially, although, when compared with laparoscopic hysterectomy, the robotic procedure appears to offer ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Feb 19, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Comprehensive maternal hemorrhage protocols improve patient safety

In a study to be presented on February 16 at the Society for Maternal-Fetal Medicine's annual meeting, The Pregnancy Meeting, in San Francisco, researchers will report findings that suggest comprehensive maternal hemorrhage ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Long-term consequences of vaginal delivery

Women are more likely to experience urinary incontinence, prolapse and faecal incontinence 20 years after one vaginal delivery rather than one caesarean section, finds new research published in a thesis from Sahlgrenska Academy, ...

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Jan 30, 2013 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Younger women start to follow pap test guidelines: CDC

(HealthDay)—More young women are following recently revised U.S. guidelines for getting Pap tests—the standard screening for cervical cancer—but many women who have had a total hysterectomy still get ...

Cancer created Jan 03, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0