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Image: The V-Loc polybutester (PBT) suture (Photo courtesy of Covidien).

Unidirectional Barbed Suture Cuts Stitching Time

A new wound closure device based on a nonabsorbable knotless barbed suture enables surgeons to close incisions securely without tying knots. More...
15 Nov 2011
Image: The Sapien transcatheter aortic heart valve (Photo courtesy of Edwards Lifesciences).

Novel Replacement Valve Offers Nonsurgical Aortic Valve Repair

An innovative transcatheter heart valve offers a treatment option for patients too ill to undergo open-heart surgery for the repair of their calcified aortic valves. More...
14 Nov 2011

Prompt Surgery Recommended After Onset of Disc Herniation Symptoms

For patients with herniated lumbar disc, outcomes were substantially worse if patients experienced symptoms for over six months before treatment. More...
10 Nov 2011

New Imaging Agent Designed to Improve Detection of Bladder Cancer

One of a select number of medical centers in the United States is offering a newly approved optical imaging agent for the detection of papillary cancer of the bladder in patients with known or suspected bladder cancer. More...
10 Nov 2011

Novel Technique Helps Surgeons Identify Bacteria

A faster, less expensive method has been developed for identifying bacterial infections and determining their antibiotic resistance. More...
09 Nov 2011

Less Invasive Anesthetic Methods Favor Endovascular Aneurysm Repair

A new study suggests that using less invasive spinal, epidural, and local monitored anesthesia care is better than general anesthesia for elective endovascular aneurysm repair of infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysms. More...
09 Nov 2011

Scarless Brain Surgery Removes Tumors via Natural Skull Opening

A novel endoscopic transvestibular paramandibular approach uses the infratemporal fossa and parapharyngeal space to gain access to the middle cranial base. More...
08 Nov 2011
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