Twenty percent of adults who have tonsillectomies will have a complication, which is significantly higher than previously shown, according to a team of researchers. The team also found… read more.
Twenty percent of adults who have tonsillectomies will have a complication, which is significantly higher than previously shown, according to a team of researchers. The team also found… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – Post non-cardiac surgery treatment with low-dose clonidine increased rates of clinically important hypotension and non-fatal cardiac arrest, researchers from the POISE-2 trial have reported.
by Bruce Sylvester – Severe aortic stenosis patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with a self-expanding bioprosthesis have achieved a significantly higher rate of survival at one… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester – For managing uncontrolled type 2 diabetes in obese patients, gastric bypass and sleeve gastrectomy are each more effective than intensive medical therapy alone.
Among patients undergoing aortic valve replacement using a catheter tube, a comparison of two types of heart valve technologies, balloon-expandable or self-expandable valve systems, found a greater rate… read more.
Study helps put new TAVR technology in perspective for high-risk patients. The first one-year outcomes data of transcatheter heart valve replacement (TAVR) in nearly all U.S. patients undergoing… read more.
The most frequently used mechanical circulatory assist device in the world may have untapped potential, physicians say. One of many uses for the intra-aortic balloon pump is helping… read more.
Obese people who have stomach surgery to help them lose weight will halve their risk of heart attack according to new research from a team of doctors at… read more.
Maria Dalby reporting on the presentation by Dorry Segev, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA – Every transplant surgeon has had his/her share of cases that turned out less… read more.
by Bruce Sylvester: Electronic stimulation therapy to the upper airway during sleep is effective in reducing obstructive sleep apnea (OSA), researchers reported in the Jan. 9, 2014 issue… read more.
A new drug treatment has been found to be effective against chronic pain caused by nerve damage, also known as neuropathic pain, in patients who have had shingles.
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