Surgery

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Researchers conducted a randomized lifestyle intervention study in 165 patients who had undergone RYGB surgery to determine the magnitude of health and comorbidity improvements, change in psychopharmacologic drug use and change in employment over 2 years.

A lot has changed in the field of plastic surgery which was was also greatly impacted by the economy in recent years. Looking to the future there remain many questions about what the field will look like in years to come.

While there are new ways for patients to lose excess body fat work has also been done to repurpose some of that fat and use it to shape other parts of the body.

The field of plastic surgery has come a long way in just a few years with new developments in how to help patients lose weight, and get the body they want. One of the latest tools used in this area is a procedure known as fat melting.

A new laser surgery could eventually prove to be the most effective way to treat cataracts. While questions still remain about the technology answers are coming every day as it becomes more widely used.

From learning more about the causes of cataracts to other conditions seen by ophthalmologists on a regular basis technology is providing new treatment options to allow patients better vision.

It's been nearly 3 years since Eduardo Rodriguez, MD, performed the most comprehensive face transplant ever done, a procedure that gave a Virginia man a new face, jaws, teeth, and tongue. Now NYU Langone Medical Center's chair of the Department of Plastic Surgery and Director of the Institute of Plastic Surgery and Helen L. Kimmel professor of reconstructive plastic surgery, Rodriguez is poised to do New York's first face transplant. He's just waiting for the phone to ring with news that a donor has been found.

While Colonoscopy may be the most common form of colorectal cancer screening there have bee new developments in the field which could provide reliable results without patients undergoing a procedure which many fined uncomfortable.

Now that extensive facial transplant surgery has been proven effective doctors are looking for ways to improve the procedure and similar

In March of 2012 Eduardo Rodriguez, MD, DDS, was the leader of a surgical team in Maryland that completed a 36 hour full facial transplant surgery. Lessons from that operation will be used in future procedures of the face and other body parts.

Treating acute pulmonary embolism patients with surgery to remove the clot fell out of favor in the 1950s because of high mortality rates. But safety seems to have improved dramatically-at least at one health care system. In a study published in the Texas Heart Institute Journal Alan Hartman, MD chair of cardiovascular and thoracic surgery at the North Shore-LIJ health system report on a retrospective review of 96 patients at the NY system.

When it comes to Craniosynostosis there really is no such thing as an easy case but doctors can measure how successful their work has been and how difficult the case is based on a variety of factors.

Genetics may hold the key to a disfiguring and disabling --but surgically treatable-set of birth anomalies, a condition known as craniosynostosis. The chief of pediatric plastic surgery at NYU Langone Medical Center in Manhattan, David Staffenberg, MD said craniosynostosis, a problem in which the bones of a newborn's skull fuse prematurely, appears to usually be related to a spontaneous mutation. The condition occurs in 1 of every 2,000 births, he sai

When working with such young patients with still developing skulls, the operations performed on patients with craniosynostosis can be very involved and intricate. Having the operation hold as the patient grows older is a key part of the process.

Once a diagnosis of Craniosynostosis is made there is still much more work to be done including determining what kind of the condition exists. The form of the defect then determines what kind of operation is needed to remedy the condition.

Crainosynostosis is a rare condition in which the bones of the newborn's skull fuse prematurely. How and when those children are treated can have a lasting impact on their overall outcomes.

Morphine was shown to cause respiratory problems in children with post-operative pain, though ibuprofen was a safe alternative.

The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday warned physicians and medical personnel that the design of duodenoscopes makes the devices difficult to clean and thus poses a risk of transmitting infectious agents.

A study in The American Surgeon looked at workforce shortage predictions with respect to surgeon-intensivists, and weighed the effect that increased workload and expected increase in critical care demand could have on patient safety.

Many patients with chronic subdural hematomas are referred to neurosurgeons who generally agree that surgical drainage is warranted. Controversy surrounds the decision as to which drainage method is best because evidence is lacking. Surgeons often therefore select the procedure based on other factors.

Approximately 20% of women develop leiomyomas during their childbearing years. When these uterine fibroids cause excessive bleeding, pelvic pain, cramping, or painful intercourse, surgery is indicated. Hysterectomy is an appropriate choice for women who are done with childbearing, but for women with childbearing plans for the future, myomectomy is an option. However, hemorrhage is a common complication during myomectomy.

Some studies have suggested that advanced age may be associated with poor post-revision outcomes in cochlear reimplantation. Investigators from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill have completed a study that asks whether advanced age should be a contraindication for revision cochlear implantation.

Endoscopically guided removal of bridging tissue between ostia can alleviate sinusitis, congestion, and other symptoms caused by mucous recirculation.

Surgeons have traditionally repaired cleft palate using relaxing incision to close the palate, but this surgery has been linked to palatal fistulas and other complications. A recent study in JAMA Facial Plastic Surgery described predictive associations of persistent palatal fistulas in patients with a previously repaired cleft palate.

Endovascular surgery was one of the focal points of the International Stroke Conference in Nashville and the results of several studies, including the ESCAPE trials showed the benefits it can hold for stroke patients.

According to research published online in theJournal of the American College of Surgeons, a new multidisciplinary approach to managing patients' post-colorectal surgery recovery results in shorter hospital stays, fewer complications, and lower medical costs.

As electronic health records become more prevalent in the healthcare community, the number of software options doctors can choose from seems to range as widely as the practices themselves.

For patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation, preventing stroke using anti-coagulation medication is the standard of care. This study looked at using a device that closes off the left atrial appendage of the heart to determine if it too would lower the risk of stroke.

This observational cohort study from New Zealand found that "gossipy" magazines are often subtly taken from your waiting room, while the "non-gossipy" magazines remain.