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Similar outcomes for robot-aided, conventional nephrectomy

(HealthDay) -- Robot-assisted and conventional laparoscopic partial nephrectomies have similar outcomes and complication rates, according to a study published in the July issue of The Journal of Urology.

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Enter the 'Brotox' era

(HealthDay) -- The public's common image of a Botox patient is a middle-aged woman hoping to look more youthful through the minimally invasive procedure.

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Procedure to freeze fat cells helps woman avoid more surgery

Breast cancer, a double mastectomy and kidney cancer - in all, nine surgeries in three years - left Kathleen Bindyke feeling like a battered warrior. But she decided to put herself into better shape than when the ordeal began.

Cancer created Jun 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Surgeon experience affects complication rate of spinal stenosis surgery

For patients undergoing surgery for spinal stenosis, the risk of complications is higher when the surgeon performs very few such procedures—less than four per year, suggests a study in the June issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeon ...

Surgery created Jun 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New Firefly technology lights up more precise kidney sparing surgery

A surgical technology called Firefly is shedding new light on kidney cancers and helping doctors at MedStar Georgetown University Hospital remove tumors more safely and more efficiently while sparing the rest ...

Surgery created Jun 05, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Pioneering touchless surgical technology

Researchers and surgeons from King’s College London and Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust are piloting ‘touchless’ technology in the operating theatre.

Surgery created Jun 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds significantly higher hospital costs for surgical patients who smoke

Cigarette smoking contributes to significantly higher hospital costs for smokers undergoing elective general surgery, according to a study published in the June 2012 issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. When r ...

Surgery created May 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Researchers find no disparities in imaging before breast cancer surgery

If racial and ethnic disparities in breast cancer exist, they are not due to differences in the use of imaging to assess the extent of tumors before surgery, according to new findings that will be presented by Fox Chase Cancer ...

Cancer created May 17, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Higher hospital volume more important than surgeon experience in outcome of prostate cancer surgery

Older, sicker, high-risk patients who undergo one of the most common treatments for prostate cancer get better results in larger, busier hospitals, according to new research by Henry Ford Hospital.

Surgery created May 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Is combining hysterectomy and a tummy tuck safe?

(HealthDay) -- New research suggests that combining two very different surgeries -- a hysterectomy and a tummy tuck -- is relatively safe, with no major complications seen in 65 women who had both procedures ...

Surgery created May 11, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

ASBS: mammography beats infrared screening for breast CA

(HealthDay) -- The No Touch Breast Scan (NTBS), an infrared thermography modality, is not as reliable as mammography for detecting breast cancer, according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the ...

Cancer created May 07, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Breast cancer is rare in men, but they fare worse

(AP) -- Men rarely get breast cancer, but those who do often don't survive as long as women, largely because they don't even realize they can get it and are slow to recognize the warning signs, researchers ...

Cancer created May 04, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

New surgical technique for removing inoperable tumors of the abdomen

Abdominal tumors involving both roots of the celiac and superior mesenteric artery (SMA) are deemed unresectable by conventional surgical methods, as removal would cause necrosis of the organs that are supplied by those blood ...

Surgery created May 01, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Early menopause linked to higher risk of osteoporosis, fracture and mortality

Women who go through the menopause early are nearly twice as likely to suffer from osteoporosis in later life, suggests new research published today (25 April) in BJOG: An International Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology.

Obstetrics & gynaecology created Apr 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Unhappy work a pain in the back

(Medical Xpress) -- An international researcher based in Perth has found that workers who resign themselves to work in unsatisfactory jobs are more likely to suffer from serious, persistent lower back pain than others with ...

Health created Apr 23, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 0