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Dr. Constantine Frantzides, a Skokie, IL physician who is Board Certified in Surgery, has been selected by Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. for inclusion in its prestigious guide of the nation's top 1% of medical specialists, America's Top Doctors. SKOKIE, Ill., Dec. 19, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Castle Connolly Medical Ltd. America's trusted source for identifying Top Doctors has published its newest edition of America's Top Doctors and has selected Constantine Frantzides, MD for...
Patients with muscle invasive bladder cancer may experience less loss of blood and shorter hospital stays as a result of robotic-assisted surgery, new randomized study in the Journal of Urology About 30 percent of the more than 70,000 bladder cancer cases expected in 2012 are muscle invasive. In such cases, radical cystectomy is the preferred treatment. In a pilot trial, a team of investigators assessed the efficacy of open radical cystectomy (ORC) vs. robotic-assisted laparoscopic radical...
The Firm is offering free Da Vinci Robot lawsuit evaluations to victims of surgical burns, organ damage and other serious injuries, allegedly caused by the Da Vinci Surgical System. New York, NY (PRWEB) December 15, 2012 Da Vinci Surgery Robot lawsuits are now being investigated by Bernstein Liebhard LLP. Victims of serious injuries that occurred during robotic surgery procedures that utilized the Da Vinci Surgical System may be entitled to compensation. “The Da Vinci Surgical System...
Dr. Donald Balder, member of the Surgical Specialists of Mississippi in a recent interview shows the incontestable benefits that gastric bypass surgery offers to those who fight morbid obesity. Gulfport, MS (PRWEB) November 30, 2012 Gastric Bypass or you may know it as the Roux-en-Y procedure is one of the most common surgical weight loss options available today. The procedure performed for over 30 years now, became more effective and safer with the evolution of technology itself. Dr....
Oregon State University A study has found that young, less-experienced surgeons made major surgical mistakes almost half the time during a “simulated” gall bladder removal when they were distracted by noises, questions, conversation or other commotion in the operating room. In this analysis, eight out of 18, or 44 percent of surgical residents made serious errors, particularly when they were being tested in the afternoon. By comparison, only one surgeon made a mistake when there...
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Nov. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Tenaxis Medical, Inc. (www.tenaxismedical.com) a medical device company focused on the development of functionally designed surgical sealants announced today that Dr. William E. Cohn has been added to its board of directors. Dr. Cohn is a cardiovascular surgeon and the Director of Minimally Invasive Surgical Technology at the Texas Heart Institute in Houston, Texas. In addition, he is co-director of the Cullen Cardiovascular...
BOSTON, Nov. 15, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Solos Endoscopy, Inc. (OTCPK: SNDY) is pleased to announce that the Company has posted its financial results for the period ended September 30, 2012. Solos Endoscopy posted total assets of $2,490,394 compared to total liabilities of just $96,872 for the same period. As a result the Company has net assets or a book value of $2,393,522. The financials are posted on OTC Markets.com http://www.otcmarkets.com/stock/SNDY/filings. Solos...
The precision and three-dimensional view provided by robots can enable essentially scar-free surgery for some women needing hysterectomies, physicians report. The case report in the Journal of Minimal Access Surgery is of a 46-year-old physically fit female with a history of excessive bleeding and benign growths on her uterus. Her surgery was performed through a two inch-long incision in the belly button, the thinnest part of the abdomen, using the robotic arms in a "chopstick" fashion,...
REDWOOD CITY, Calif., Nov. 8, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Cardica, Inc. (Nasdaq: CRDC) today announced that Bernard A. Hausen, M.D., Ph.D., the company's president and chief executive officer, is scheduled to present a corporate overview and update at the Lazard Capital Markets 9(th) Annual Healthcare Conference on Wednesday, November 14 at 11:30 a.m. Eastern Standard Time. To access the live and subsequently archived webcast of the presentation, go to the Investor Relations section of the...
NEW HYDE PARK, N.Y., Oct. 29, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Among the select few physicians honored with the prestigious Patients' Choice Award this year is Dr. Shawn Garber of The New York Bariatric Group. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121029/DC01871) In fact, of the nation's 870,000 active physicians and dentists, just five percent consistently received top scores from their patients on sites like Vitals (http://www.vitals.com), qualifying them for this honor in...
Latest Laparoscopic surgery Reference Libraries
General surgery is a specialty that concentrates on the esophagus, stomach, small bowel, colon, liver, pancreas, gallbladder, bile ducts and the thyroid gland. This specialty also deals with skin, breast, soft tissue and hernia related diseases. General Surgeons have the opportunity to subspecialize in one or more of the following: Trauma Surgery: Trauma surgery is the specialty that performs invasive procedures for physical injuries in an emergency. This subspecialty holds the...
A laparoscopy is an invasive surgical procedure used in abdominal area but is much less invasive than the preceding methods. Small incisions are made in the abdomen or pelvic area in which the camera and tools are introduced to perform the surgery or inspect the area. The method before the laparoscopy involved cutting open the area completely with longer healing time and more complications. Although in the pediatric populations, abscesses have a tendency to form around the incision sites....
