Surgery

While it's already clinically understood that most patients with Crohn's disease suffer a recurrence following an intestinal resection, researchers have not evaluated the best strategy to prevent the disease from recurring.

Presenters at Digestive Disease Week 2013, held May 18-21, 2013, in Orlando, Fla., differed on the risks of surgical complications from the use of biologic agents.

Study supports the current practice of post-surgery H. pylori eradication in patients with perforated peptic ulcers.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) today approved Kcentra [prothrombin complex concentrate (human)] for the urgent reversal of anticoagulation induced by vitamin K antagonist (VKA) therapies such as warfarin in adult patients with acute major bleeding.

Recent study results show no benefit from percutaneous transluminal venous angioplasty in improving symptoms of patients with multiple sclerosis.

While digital medicine and neuromodulation have gathered enough clinical evidence to treat chronic pain, Timothy R. Deer, MD, president and CEO of St. Francis Hospital's Center for Pain Relief, in Charleston, WV, said regenerative therapies like platelet-rich plasma, stem cells and biologics are lagging years behind in the testing realm with a long road to go.

One orthopedic surgeon estimates University of Louisville sophomore guard Kevin Ware will return to the basketball court after six months of healing and rehabilitation following emergency surgery on the athlete's compound fracture in his right tibia.

Results from the CORONARY trial show no significant difference at one year between patients with CAD who underwent on-pump vs. off-pump CABG.

Results from the PARTNER II trial show improvements in 30-day mortality and stroke rates in patients with aortic stenosis who are not surgical candidates who were treated using a newer version of the Sapien transcatheter aortic valve replacement system.

Sentinel lymph node surgery may provide a less-invasive alternative to axillary lymph node dissection for nodal staging in node-positive breast cancer.

The powerful immunosuppressive drugs used to prevent allograft rejection are associated with severe side effects. A "mixed chimerism" strategy in which patients undergo simultaneous bone marrow and kidney transplant from the same donor may improve transplant survival and reduce the need for these drugs.

More effective management of rheumatoid arthritis with medication may be contributing to a decline in the need for joint surgery in patients with the condition, Mayo Clinic researchers have found.

Based on reports of a disturbingly high rate of significant intraoperative hyponatremia during major pediatric craniofacial surgery, researchers at Women's and Children's Hospital in Adelaide, Australia, embarked on a study to establish the incidence, severity, and associated risk factors of hyponatremia during and after major craniofacial surgery for craniosynostosis in their institution.

Most men who undergo robotic prostate surgery believe they will spend less time in the hospital and return to sexual functionality more quickly than if they had traditional surgery, despite a lack of conclusive evidence supporting these beliefs, researchers at Duke University Medical Center have found.

Researchers have mined a national database to create and validate a risk calculator for perioperative pulmonary complications.

Doctors may be halting use of anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) medications too early in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients who are set to undergo surgery, researchers at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York City have found.

Plastic surgery is undeniably a growth industry in the US, but along with its popularity has come a series of scandals that illuminate the potential dangers of the surgical pursuit of beauty.

Ultrasound elasticity imaging could allow doctors to make the distinction between inflammation and fibrosis noninvasively.

The endosopic procedure double balloon enteroscopy (DBE) has been shown to be safe and effective for detection of diseases of the small intestine.

Many complementary and alternative medical (CAM) treatments can have serious and potentially harmful side effects when combined with medications prescribed during and after surgery.

A gel that allows surgeons to temporarily stem blood flow during surgery has been approved by the US Food and Drug Administration.

The Microsoft Kinect and Nintendo Wii are quickly proving themselves in the medical world as effective tools in prevention of patient falls.

Dr. Stewart discusses advancements in cardiac surgery & transcatheter valve replacement therapy.

Patients in a happy marriage were three times more likely to be alive15 years following coronary bypass surgery than patients who were single.

Conivaptan can be safely used for the treatment of SIADH-induced hyponatremia in the neurosurgical arena.

David Branch, MD, brings his five-part video series on migraine surgery to a close.

David Branch, MD, discusses migraine surgery trials, nerves operated on in migraine surgery, and statistics on migraine surgery at his clinic in Bangor, Maine.

David Branch, MD, of Bangor Plastic and Hand Surgery, discusses issues including medication, Botox, and surgical treatment of migraines.

An update on the latest in clinical research in hyponatremia.