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Tactile Systems Technology was named the second fastest growing private company in the Twin Cities on the Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal's "Fast 50" list. The "Fast 50" designation is based on a company's rate of revenue growth from 2005 to 2007. Tactile Systems Technology's revenue grew 340 percent during that time. Today, the company employs 80 people. Tactile Systems Technology develops, manufactures and markets products to treat vascular disorders such as lymphedema. Lymphedema...
By Towers, Anna Carnevale, Franco A; Baker, Mary Ellen Abstract / Life-long lymphedema is a common complication of cancer therapy. In this Canadian study, we adopted a phenomenological methodology to explore the experience of patients with cancer-related lymphedema, and their spouses. We conducted audio taped semistructured interviews with 11 patients and eight spouses, who were recruited through a university hospital-based lymphedema clinic and through local lymphedema therapists. We...
SAN DIEGO, Oct. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The first-ever "Know Your L-Dex" (Lymphedema Index) awareness campaign is set for kick-off this week as part of National Breast Cancer Awareness Month activities. At Susan G. Komen for the Cure and Breast Cancer Network of Strength events throughout the United States, breast surgeons will provide female breast cancer survivors with complimentary L-Dex readings using an L-Dex XCA medical device -- the first FDA cleared device of its type -- developed by...
U.S. researchers suggest standard radiation therapy for some breast cancer patients may not be medically required and cause unnecessary side effects. "When a woman has a tumor greater than 5 centimeters and negative lymph nodes, a mastectomy followed by radiation is recommended," Dr. Penny Anderson of the Fox Chase Cancer Center in Philadelphia. "We typically irradiate the chest wall because it's been shown to improve survival. Out of an abundance of caution, many radiation oncologists also...
By Obermayer, A Gostl, K; Partsch, H; Benesch, T Aim. The aim of this study was to demonstrate that venous surgery promotes ulcer healing, even in the presence of peripheral arterial disease. Methods. In this retrospective study, 33 patients (49 legs) with venous leg ulcers and reduced arterial ankle brachial pressure index (0.5 s was considered abnormal.21, 22 Surgical procedures Varicose vein surgery was combined with local ulcer surgery as described below.7 ABOLISHMENT OF VENOUS REFLUX...
Derma Sciences, Inc. (OTCBB: DSCI), a manufacturer and marketer of advanced wound care products, today that the Statistical Analysis Durable Medical Equipment Regional Carrier (SADMERC) -- a contracted intermediary and carrier for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) -- has notified the company of its decision regarding Healthcare Common Procedure Coding System (HCPCS) codes for billing purposes for the MOBILITY1TM Intermittent Pneumatic Compression Therapy System. The...
(Philadelphia, PA) "“ In a novel research study to begin this week at the Abramson Cancer Center of the University of Pennsylvania, Kathryn Schmitz, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor in Epidemiology, will help to determine the extent to which a slowly progressive program of strength-training exercises is safe for breast cancer survivors with and without symptoms of lymphedema. Lymphedema, which is characterized by a painful swelling of an affected arm and resulting loss of arm function, is one...
Leuven, Belgium "“ Lymph circulates in our bodies through a complex network of lymphatic vessels, of which little is known. This network is, however, of major importance for the support of the immune system and the fluid in our body. Researchers from the Flanders Interuniversity Institute for Biotechnology (VIB) connected with the Catholic University of Leuven, are the first to indicate that this network can be studied with the help of tadpoles. This accelerates research of the lymphatic...
