Surgery
Weight-loss surgery may greatly improve incontinence
For severely obese people, bariatric surgery may have a benefit besides dramatic weight loss: it can also substantially reduce urinary incontinence.
Jun 22, 2015
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News tagged with gynecologic surgery
Oncology & Cancer
Percutaneous image guided thermal ablation safe, effective therapy for metastatic gynecologic cancers
A new study by researchers at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center found using percutaneous image guided needle based thermal ablation—the precise application of extreme heat or cold to a tumor using sophisticated ...
Mar 29, 2021
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Surgery
Preventing cancer: Study finds dramatic benefits of weight-loss surgery
A study evaluating the effects of bariatric surgery on obese women most at risk for cancer has found that the weight-loss surgery slashed participants' weight by a third and eliminated precancerous uterine growths in those ...
Oct 1, 2015
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Surgery
Johns Hopkins surgeons among the first in the country to perform a robotic single-site hysterectomy
Two Johns Hopkins gynecologic surgeons are among the first in the nation to perform a robotic hysterectomy using a single, small incision.
May 30, 2013
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Oncology & Cancer
Cancer registry improves understanding of rare ovarian tumor
Ovarian granulosa cell tumors are a rare type of ovarian cancer that affect the ovaries and fallopian tubes, and can extend further into the pelvis and lymph nodes. Treatment typically follows the same guidelines as other ...
Dec 3, 2021
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Obstetrics & gynaecology
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 ...
Apr 1, 2013
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Surgery
Young gamers offer insight to teaching new physicians robotic surgery (w/ Video)
What can high school and college-age video game enthusiasts teach young surgeons-in-training?
Nov 15, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
One ovarian cancer fix: Removing the fallopian tubes
The most effective step to battling ovarian cancer may have little to do with ovaries and more to do with surgical removal of the fallopian tubes.
Nov 20, 2023
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Surgery
Study examines risk factors for small-bowel obstruction following surgery
Surgical technique is a factor related to small-bowel obstruction (SBO) and compared with laparoscopic surgery, open surgery appears to be associated with an increased risk of SBO, according to a study published in the April ...
Apr 16, 2012
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Oncology & Cancer
Bariatric surgery decreases risk of uterine cancer
Researchers at the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and Moores Cancer Center report that bariatric surgery resulting in dramatic weight loss in formerly severely obese women reduces the risk of endometrial ...
Mar 23, 2014
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