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Murtha's gallbladder procedure rarely deadly
Published February 10, 2010, 8:00 am, CNN
Taking out a patient's gallbladder is routine. At least 500,000 such surgeries are done each year in the United States. It takes an hour or two, and the patient can go home that day or the next.
U.S. lawmaker's death a reminder of surgery risks
Published February 10, 2010, 7:58 am, CTV.ca
Gallbladder surgery is usually a very safe operation, but a powerful congressman's death is a reminder of the known risks.
Lawmaker's Death a Reminder of Surgery Risks
Published February 10, 2010, 6:26 am, InteliHealth
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Gallbladder surgery is usually a very safe operation, but a powerful congressman's death is a reminder of the known risks. Well over half a million people have their gallbladders removed annually, most of them minimally invasively just as the late Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa.
SafeStitch Medical, Inc. Receives CE Mark for the AMID Hernia Stapler
Published February 10, 2010, 3:30 am, Business Wire via Yahoo! Finance
MIAMI----SafeStitch Medical, Inc. announced today that it has received CE Mark authorization to commercialize its AMID StaplerTM in the European Economic Community. The new stapler is to be used for fixation of mesh in the repair of hernia defects and also for the approximation of tissues, including skin.
LRF's 2009 Mantle Cell Lymphoma Consortium report published
Published February 10, 2010, 1:11 am, News-Medical-Net
Highlights from the Lymphoma Research Foundation (LRF) 2009 Mantle Cell Lymphoma Consortium (MCLC) Scientific Workshop will be published in the March 2010 issue of Leukemia & Lymphoma. Traditionally accessible to subscribers for period of one year, Leukemia and Lymphoma has agreed to make this report available to the public for one month -- Mantle Cell Lymphoma: Report of the 2009 MCL Consortium ...
Biz Buzz: A daVinci joins sierra vista hospital
Published February 10, 2010, 12:44 am, The Cambrian
On Tuesday, Dr. Elaine Yin of Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center performed the hospital’s first procedure using the daVinci Surgical System — a $1.8 million robot that a physician remotely controls to perform minimally invasive surgical procedures.
THE DOCTOR IS IN: Robotic surgery offers more precision, less risk
Published February 9, 2010, 11:46 pm, Suburban Journals
I graduated from medical school more years ago than I care to admit, and looking at medical technology now, all I can think is, "We've come a long way, baby!" The phrase popped to mind again recently when I learned about the new SSM Robotic Surgery Institute at DePaul Health Center.
Minimally invasive neurosurgery comes to Southern Surgical
Published February 9, 2010, 10:42 pm, St. Tammany News
Southern Surgical Hospital announced the addition of minimally invasive neurosurgery to its clinical services provided to the residents of Slidell and surrounding communities.
Biz Buzz: A daVinci joins Sierra Vista hospital
Published February 9, 2010, 9:55 pm, The San Luis Obispo Tribune
On Tuesday, Dr. Elaine Yin of Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center performed the hospital’
Research: Marathoners and stents
Published February 9, 2010, 9:41 pm, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
The counseling psychology department at Chatham University is enlisting help in studying how training for and running in a marathon affects the self-esteem of the runner.
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