Mayo Clinic recommends broadening treatment to battle recurrence of endometrial cancer
...cteristics of tissues that had been removed during surgery and were analyzed by microscope. Researchers also said risk factors included whether the tumors were confined to the uterus or if the disease had spread outside the uterus. In the United States, endometrial cancer is the most common malignancy of th...More efficient ways of managing patient flow may benefit Los Angeles County/USC hospital
...ts. So a patient could wait days before his or her surgery is scheduled, or hours for an x-ray." Discharging patients from the hospital is another time-consuming process, said Paula Packwood, chief of staff in the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. "We know that we have problems with some of...Northwestern Memorial chosen to be featured in first-ever mini-med school TV airing on PBS
...er stroke or "Brain Attacks." Through footage of surgery and animation, he takes Mini-Med students through the intricate brain surgery of his patient, Kathy a Chicago area resident who before being referred to Dr. Batjer had undergon...New guideline: Corticosteroids recommended for duchenne muscular dystrophy
...hopedic support devices, and corrective orthopedic surgery to improve the ability to function. Complete guidelines, a summary for physicians, and a version for patients and their families will be available on January 11 at www.aan.com/professionals/practice/guideline/index.cfm . ...More precise radiation therapy lets prostate cancer patients avoid erectile dysfunction
... Center. Treatment for prostate cancer can involve surgery to remove the prostate or radiation therapy. During surgery, the nerves that control erectile function may be severed which has led to new surgical techniques to avoid cutting those nerves. But doctors are less sure what causes erectile dysfunction...Women need less morphine after hysterectomies with new treatment
...or post-operative recovery from abdominal or chest surgery is that people tend to lie still and take shallow breaths to avoid pain. As a result, their lungs don't re-expand quickly enough after the partial lung collapse that occurs during the operation. While morphine works well at reducing pain when patient...Poor response to chemotherapy does not mean poor outcome for patients with rare breast cancer
... size of breast tumors so that breast conservation surgery might be an option. M. D. Anderson pioneered use of the neoadjuvant chemotherapy for breast cancer through a series of clinical trials conducted at the institution between 1985 and 2002. But patients were not divided by tumor histology within these s...Endoscopic sinus surgery is safe, effective in older patients
Minimally invasive surgery to alleviate the pain and pressure of sinusitis is... a way to improve symptoms either with medicine or surgery if necessary, and it's worth pursuing because patients feel better overall and have better quality o...Finding lymph node metastases in cancer
... the moment many staging techniques either require surgery or are not sufficiently accurate. The authors used extremely small magnetic particles (called nanoparticles) that homed to lymph nodes, and then tracked the nodes using MRI. In a study in 70 patients with a range of different cancers--36 that they...Study investigates value of 'center of excellence' designation
A new study says cancer surgery performed at a medical center designated by the Na..." is associated with less risk of death soon after surgery than if performed at a high-volume surgery center, but finds no difference in five-year survival rat...MDCT angiography can potentially help determine which patients are at greater risk of stroke
...nformation could help identify which patients need surgery and whichcan be treated with less invasive procedu...urrently the American Heart Association recommends surgery for patientswith carotid artery stenosis greater than 60%, provided that the surgery isassociated wi...Country's first 'simplified maze' using new ultrasound technology is done at Northwestern Memorial
...rdiovascular Institute and chief of cardiothoracic surgery at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, who performed t...ys Dr. McCarthy. "The perceived magnitude of this surgery and the possibility of some complications associated with the heart-lung machine are responsible for...Tracing the life cycle of a manmade disease
...implants could loosen starting about 5 years after surgery and eventually fail completely. There were many theories about the cause of that loosening, several which focused on the adhesive used or the possibility of infection. In 1976 Harris reported that implant failures appeared to be caused by a biolog...Acupuncture relieves pain and improves function in knee osteoarthritis
...ad never experienced acupuncture, had not had knee surgery in the previous 6 months, and had not used steroid or similar injections. Participants were randomly assigned to receive one of three treatments: acupuncture, sham acupuncture, or participation in a control group that followed the Arthritis Foundati...Medicare HMOs fail to control costs of colon surgery in elderly patients
...or elderly Florida patients hospitalized for colon surgery are not reduced by Medicare HMOs, report Universit...MO beneficiaries who underwent colon resections -- surgery to remove a diseased section of the large intestines -- incurred the same overall hospital charges a...Patients with abdominal trauma at risk for intra-abdominal infections following surgery
CHICAGO Patients who undergo surgery for abdominal trauma caused by firearm wounds or b...f 762 patients with abdominal trauma who underwent surgery and were admitted to a level I trauma center in Medellin between November 1, 2000 through August 31,...Size of myocardial infarct measured using MRI
...ressive drug therapy or, in the most severe cases, surgery to repair heart tissue or prevent further damage." The Hopkins team measured the size of an m.i. in 13 dogs using eight different methods for analyzing pictures taken by a standard MRI, ranging from visual cues to varying strengths of a computer mode...Moving admitted ER patients into inpatient beds faster could significantly increase hospital revenue
...nclude shift changes, beds being held for elective surgery patients (especially on weekdays), physicians making rounds late in the day, or inadequate turnover of beds by housekeeping. While the study found chest pain patients' length of stay in the emergency department had no association with their health ou...Fair decisions more important when hospitals face crisis like SARS
...stages of the outbreak, the hospital suspended all surgery and banned visitations, causing considerable hards...amily and staff, particularly as it related to the surgery queue; and Institutional leaders should maintain two-way contact with front-line staff impleme...Children's anxiety prior to surgery linked to behavioral changes
... Haven, Conn.--A child's level of anxiety prior to surgery is predictive of whether they will experience post...his colleagues found children whose anxiety before surgery increased 10 percent based on the Yale Operative Anxiety Scale were 10 percent more likely to experi...