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Lawrence LeBlond for redOrbit.com - Your Universe Online Plastic Surgery, a procedure that has grown in popularity over the past two-to-three decades, is performed for various reasons. Tumor removal, scar repair and breast reduction are among the most popular reasons for men and women to get reconstructive surgery, according to previous data from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS). But new data from the group has shown another form of the surgery has exploded over the last...
Though not a new idea, it's one that bears repeating, says Dr. Madan. Though the LAP-BAND® system is a good tool for long-term weight loss, true success comes with lifestyle change. Los Angeles, California (PRWEB) April 28, 2013 Weight loss and how to achieve it is a huge topic in America today. ABC News ran an article on May 8, 2012 whose title said it all: “100 Million Dieters, $20 Billion: The Weight Loss Industry By the Numbers”. In 2009 alone, there were 220,000 people...
Event Honors Hero Who Changed Six Lives through Organ Donation -- and the Medical Teams Who Helped Make it Possible BALTIMORE, April 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- In a celebration of the "Gift of Life," nearly 1,900 people gathered tonight at the annual R Adams Cowley Shock Trauma Center Gala to recognize the heroic legacy of one young man whose gift of organ donation dramatically changed the lives of six strangers. The event also paid tribute to the team of EMS personnel and Shock...
A federal court jury awards $6.25 million in punitive damages to the family of a 6-year-old girl who suffered electrical shocks due to alleged moisture seeping into her ear implant device. Fort Wright, KY (PRWEB) April 27, 2013 The nationally known product liability law firm of Schachter, Hendy & Johnson has won a $7.24 million verdict in federal district court on behalf of a now 11-year-old Kentucky girl and her family who claimed they were knowingly sold a defective Advanced Bionics...
Dr. DeGenova performs successful procedure using SpineFrontier's LES Technology: Inspan. Beverly, Ma (PRWEB) April 26, 2013 SportsMedicine Grant & Orthopaedic Associates announced today that Dr. DeGenova performed a Less Exposure Surgery technique using Inspan, SpineFrontier’s spinous process plate system. Inspan is the next generation design in interspinous fixation systems. The operation took place on January 3, 2013 at Fairfield Medical Center in Lancaster, OH. The surgery...
Spectrum Surgical is pleased to offer a large inventory of commonly used surgical instruments available in three different grades for budgeting. Stow, Ohio (PRWEB) April 26, 2013 Spectrum Surgical Instruments Corp. is pleased to offer three grades of surgical instruments to fit budgets. First, Spectrum’s highest-quality, German-made, German-crafted Operating Room Instruments are backed by the company’s lifetime warranty against cracking, pitting, rusting and breaking. Spectrum...
Jeffrey Alpern, D.O., Cardiovascular Surgeon, Vein Treatment Specialist and the Founder/Owner of Vein Specialists of Arizona in Phoenix Provides Area Doctors an Opportunity for Free Exposure on VSA’s Website. Phoenix, AZ (PRWEB) April 26, 2013 When patients arrive on VeinSpecialistsofArizona.com, they will not only get access to information about state-of-the-art vein treatment and a free vein screening exam at VSA, they also can search for other types of physicians in their local...
The US Drug Watchdog is urging any woman, who has had the transvaginal mesh surgical procedure done, and now has developed severe medical complications such as erosion to call them anytime at 866-714-6466. As part of their initiative the US Drug Watchdog is offering to send all US women, who are victims of a severe transvaginal mesh failure to national caliber attorneys-who are all women. http://USDrugWatchdog.Com (PRWEB) April 26, 2013 The US Drug Watchdog is receiving daily complaints...
Connecticut Surgical Quality Collaborative Announces Addition of Six Hospitals, Increasing Information-Sharing Footprint Across State CHICAGO, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The American College of Surgeons (ACS) today hosted the ACS Surgical Health Care Quality Forum Connecticut, in partnership with the ACS Connecticut Chapter and the Connecticut State Medical Society. The forum was the 13th in a series of events that bring together surgeons, hospitals, health plans,...
HELLPP Act to ensure podiatric physicians will continue to save lives, limbs, and health-care dollars WASHINGTON, April 26, 2013 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Yesterday, Reps. Lee Terry (R-NE) and Diana DeGette (D-CO) introduced HR 1761, the Helping Ensure Life- and Limb-Saving Access to Podiatric Physicians (HELLPP) Act, to the 113th Congress. If enacted as written, the HELLPP Act will accomplish three important goals: Define doctors of podiatric medicine as physicians under...
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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...
Endoluminal capsule monitoring is categorized as a non-invasive medical procedure used in diagnosing and monitoring the progression of abnormalities in the gastrointestinal system. Procedure Once the need is identified to monitor the gastrointestinal system and the patient has a working system, they will ingest a water-tight capsule that contains a miniaturized wireless radio transmitter. Once it is ingested, it sends signals to a radio receiver. The data is then processed and presented...
The esophagogastroduodenoscopy is a medical diagnostic procedure used in internal medicine to view the upper part of the gastrointestinal tract. This non-invasive procedure is used for many complaints and requires little to no time for recovery from the procedure. Reasons for the Procedure Patients present to their physician with physical complaints. For example, a patient may come into the office and say they have been feeling tired and forgetful. Through many tests and evaluations,...
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....
