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ODAC meeting to discuss RCC imagingFDA's Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee (ODAC) will meet on July 25 to discuss the extent of useful clinical information provided by an imaging test for clear cell renal cell carcinoma (RCC) before surgery. FDA will also review the development strat...

Center for Ambulatory Surgery Selects ProVation® Medical Software for Gastroenterology Procedure Documentation and CodingWolters Kluwer Health, a leading global provider of information for healthcare professionals and students, announced today that the Center for Ambulatory Surgery has selected its ProVation® Medical Software for gastroenterology procedure documentation and coding. Located in West Seneca, NY, the Center for Ambulatory Surgery provides outpat...

'American Idol' Winner Undergoes Surgeries During ContestBy Celebrity Diagnosis We all know that "American Idol" can be a grueling experience for its contestants. But imagine undergoing eight surgical procedures over the course of it... We were aware that Season 11 winner Philip Phillips had bee...

Cancer Imaging In Clear Cell Renal Carcinoma Gets ODAC Attention As Pipeline FillsFDA’s Oncologic Drugs Advisory Committee will examine the extent (if any) to which the pre-surgical identification of clear cell carcinoma of the kidney using an imaging test provides useful clinical information. ASCO abstracts show considerable re...

Carl Zeiss Presents Fluorescence Technology for Intraoperative Analysis of Blood Flow in Skin and Muscle Tissue Graft SurgeryCarl Zeiss Meditec AG / Carl Zeiss Presents Fluorescence Technology for Intraoperative Analysis of Blood Flow in Skin and Muscle Tissue Graft Surgery . Processed and transmitted by Thomson Reuters ONE. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. INFRARED 800 and FLOW 800 Fluorescence Modules showcased at the upcoming EURAPS 2012 JENA/Germany, 25 May 2012The INFRARED 80...

UCLA Launches First Face Transplantation Program In Western U.S.LOS ANGELES, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --The UCLA Health System has launched the UCLA Face Transplantation Program, the first surgical program of its kind in the western United States and one of only a handful in the nation. "Facial transplantation offers the potential to restore humanity to persons who have suffered the devastating loss of their face," said Dr. Kodi Azari, chief of re...

UCLA Face Transplantation Program seeks candidates for clinical trialThe UCLA Health System has launched the UCLA Face Transplantation Program, the first surgical program of its kind in the western United States and one of only a handful in the nation.

StreamVenue Healthcare CEO Named People's Choice WinnerCHICAGO, May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Dallas entrepreneur Clayton Redmon has been named a People's Choice Winner 2012 by Black Enterprise. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120525/DA13928) Redmon, who is CEO and co-founder of StreamVenue Healthcare, was among three entrepreneurs nationwide who received votes online for the Small Business Awards, People's Choice Award presented at...

Southlake Dermatology Founder Angela Bowers-Plott, M.D. Named to “Top Docs” List in Fort Worth, Texas MagazineThe distinguished “Top Docs” list, published each April, is a highly sought-after designation which recognizes the best physicians in the Tarrant County area. Southlake, Texas (PRWEB) May 25, 2012 Angela Bowers-Plott, M.D., founder of Southlake Dermatology, has been named to this year’s “Top Docs” list published annually by Fort Worth, Texas magazine. Dr. Bowers-Plott, who has been reco...

Alpha-2 agonists decrease postoperative consumption of opioid drugsA study from researchers at Geneva University Hospital, Geneva, Switzerland, provides evidence that use of alpha-2 agonists alongside opioids in surgical patients decreased opioid use by 25-30 percent. Even though opioid use was less, these patients...

MAKO Surgical Corp. to Present at the Goldman Sachs 33rd Annual Global Healthcare ConferenceFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., May 25, 2012 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- MAKO Surgical Corp. (Nasdaq:MAKO) announced today that Maurice R. Ferré, M.D., President and Chief Executive Officer, and Fritz L. LaPorte, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of MAKO, will present at the Goldman Sachs 33rd Annual Global Healthcare Conference at the Terranea Resort at Ranchos Palos Verdes, CA on Thursday, June...

Chemotherapy's Effectiveness May Be Predicted By Breast MRIMagnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides an indication of a breast tumor's response to pre-surgical chemotherapy significantly earlier than possible through clinical examination, according to a new study published online in the journal Radiology. Wo...

Zurich Heart Center Presents Clinical Experience with eSVS® Mesh at International Society of Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgeons (ISMICS) Annual MeetingManny Villafaña, Chairman and CEO of Kips Bay Medical Inc. (NASDAQ:KIPS) announced that Prof. Michele Genoni, MD, Chief of Cardiovascular Surgery of the Triemli Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland will be presenting his center’s early clinical experience with the eSVS® Mesh device at the 14th Annual meeting of the ISMICS in Los Angeles, CA. He will be presen...

MEDNAX to Present at Jefferies 2012 Global Healthcare Conference in New York CityMEDNAX, Inc., (NYSE: MD) today announced that it is scheduled to make a presentation on Monday, June 4, 2012 at 1:00 p.m. EDT, to investors attending the Jefferies 2012 Global Healthcare Conference in New York City. The presentation by MEDNAX’s Chief Financial Officer, Vivian Lopez-Blanco, will be broadcast through a live audio Webcast and will...

Orthofix International Completes Divestiture of Sports Medicine Business UnitOrthofix International N.V. (NASDAQ:OFIX) (the Company) announced today that it completed the divestiture of its Sports Medicine Business Unit, Breg, Inc., to Water Street Healthcare Partners, a strategic private equity firm focused exclusively on the health care industry. The purchase price was $157.5 million less normal and customary working capital adju...

Experts call for greater transparency on safety of implantsThe public wants and should receive much more information on implants as part of published data on the outcomes of surgical procedures, MPs have been told.The desire for the NHS to offer more data on...

The Newest Approach for Treating Back Pain. Leading Surgeon Dr. Kaixuan Liu on Advances in Endoscopic Discectomy ProceduresAs many as 90% of Americans suffer back pain at some point in their lives. We spend approximately $50 billion a year in search of relief. Back pain is second only to the common cold as a cause of lost days at work and it is one of the most common reasons to visit a doctor's office or a hospital's emergency department. Edison, NJ (PRWEB) May 24, 2012 As many as 90% of Americans suffer back...

Surgical Residents Often Fatigued, Study ConfirmsTHURSDAY, May 24 -- Fatigue is a common problem among surgery residents, a small, new study finds. A growing body of evidence suggests that fatigue may play a major role in medical errors, said Dr. Frank McCormick, of the Harvard Orthopaedic...

Lifestyle Lift® Brings Affordable Facial Rejuvenating Procedures to KentuckyHOPKINSVILLE, Ky., May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Lifestyle Lift®, the largest practice of plastic, facial plastic and head and neck surgeons in the country, opened its second center in Kentucky earlier this month. "Rejuvenating facial procedures were once available only to the wealthy. Lifestyle Lift and its Hopkinsville center now make surgical and non-surgical ser...

Allegheny General Hospital Hearing Specialists Introduce First-of-its-kind Therapy for Single-Sided Deafness and Conductive Hearing LossNovel System Is Worn in the Mouth, Conducting Sound Via the Teeth PITTSBURGH, May 24, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- After experiencing sudden hearing loss in his right ear more than four years ago, Paul Getsy got used to craning his neck to hear better and driving with his window up so he was more likely to hear his passengers speaking. In December at Allegheny General Hospital (AGH),...

Domain Surgical's FMwandT Wins 2012 Gold Medical Design Excellence AwardDomain Surgical's FMwandT Wins 2012 Gold Medical Design Excellence Award SALT LAKE CITY--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 24, 2012-- Domain Surgical, a medical device company developing advanced thermal surgical technology for soft tissue cutting and coagulat...

Mazor adds C-OnSite application to Renaissance systemMazor Robotics, a provider of surgical robots, has added C-OnSite application to its Renaissance system.

Indiana Orthopaedic chooses SIS anesthesia information management systemIndiana Orthopaedic Hospital (IOH) has chosen Surgical Information Systems' (SIS) anesthesia information management system (AIMS).

Domain Surgical’s FMwand™ Wins 2012 Gold Medical Design Excellence AwardDomain Surgical, a medical device company developing advanced thermal surgical technology for soft tissue cutting and coagulation, today announced that its FMwand Ferromagnetic Surgical System received the Gold Award in the Surgical Equipment, Instruments and Supplies Category in the 2012 Medical Design Excellence Awards (MDEA) competition. Presented May 2...

Efficacy of vasectomy reversal according to patency for the surgical treatment of postvasectomy pain syndrome

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