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Toddler twins set for marathon surgery
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AT 8.30am on Monday, a Melbourne medical team will begin the most complex operation ever undertaken in Australia. Comment?
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Visit to dentist can prove a life-saver
... I didn't need skin grafts. It all sounded so simple and straightforward that I was totally reassured about the surgery. "I also had four teeth removed and had to receive food, liquid and medicines via a tube 22 hours a day for eight days following ... Comment?
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More Men Get Plastic Surgery To Compete For Jobs
... a job in this economy is extra tough. That's why more job-seekers are doing work on themselves. They're having surgery to keep up with the younger competition. Graphic designer Bob Kiernan is looking for a job, and one has caught his eye. "I'm being ... Comment?
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Z Gorres in critical condition after winning Las Vegas fight
Filipino boxer Z "The Dream" Gorres is reportedly in critical condition after undergoing an emergency surgery at a hospital in Las Vegas, where he was rushed after winning his fight against Colombian foe Luis Melendez at the Mandalay Bay Hotel on Saturday. Comment?
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PRK eye surgery is relatively quick and painless, but recovery from the procedure can vary between patients, depending on the extent of vision correction and condition of your eyes. Comment?
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Conjoined twins set for split surgery
... twins in the past few years have resulted in the deaths of all but two children. "> Conjoined twins set for split surgery AFP/Melbourne A pair of Bangladeshi twins who are joined at the head will undergo a risky and highly complex operation to ... Comment?
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Canadian doctor uses glue to aid open-heart recovery
A new surgical technique using glue to repair breastbones intentionally broken during open-heart surgery speeds up recovery time and is "substantially less painful" for patients, a Canadian doctor has found. Comment?
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Fertility procedures do not delay cancer treatment, study finds
... to chemotherapy compared with 67 days in the women who did not have egg retrieval. The time elapsed between surgery and chemotherapy was also similar in the two groups. The average age of the women who had underwent egg retrieval was 37, and most of ... Comment?
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ACS Building Slowly Inches...
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The American College of Surgeons has picked up its first unaffiliated tenant for its owner-occupied building still under construction at 20 F St. Comment?
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Fertility procedures do not delay breast cancer treatment
... childbearing ability after surgical treatments or chemotherapy. Irene Wapnir, MD, associate professor, department of surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine , said: "The burden of facing premature menopause adds to the stress experienced by ... Comment?
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Hospital for Special Surgery Establishes a Comprehensive Spine Care Institute
Hospital for Special Surgery today announced the establishment of one of the most comprehensive centers of excellence in the country for the treatment of all nonoperative and operative spine disorders. Comment?
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Sick of secret doctors' business
... that patient outcomes markedly improve after the release of hospital performance outcomes in areas such as heart surgery. The Australian mortality rate figures are contained in a Flinders Medical Centre study of anonymous patient data provided by ... Comment?
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First, do no harm to your reputation
... show patient outcomes markedly improve after the release of hospital performance outcomes in areas such as heart surgery. In Britain, the death rate from open-heart procedures performed in children under 12 months old plunged from as high as 30 per ... Comment?
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African-Americans With Colorectal Cancer Have Poorer Outcomes, Lower Survival Rates
... lower survival rate than Caucasians," said Timothy L. Fitzgerald, MD, FACS, associate professor, department of surgery, division of surgical oncology, East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. "Our analysis suggests that these disparities may be ... Comment?
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Fertility Preservation Found To Be Safe Option For Breast Cancer Patients
... the stress experienced by young cancer survivors," said Irene Wapnir, MD, FACS, associate professor, department of surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine. "Fertility preservation through cryopreservation of eggs or fertilized oocytes may be ... Comment?
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Glue after breastbone surgery quickens healing
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Canadian researchers have pioneered a new way to mend a patient's breastbone after open-heart surgery, using a Superman-strength glue that cuts healing time and reduces pain. Comment?
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IntraMed Health & the World Craniofacial Foundation Host High Profile Reconstructive Surgery Summit
Leading surgeons from across the country and around the world are gathering in Dallas this week to share new technologies in areas of reconstructive surgery, regenerative medicine, microsurgery and peripheral nerve surgery at a summit hosted by IntraMed Health and the World Craniofacial Foundation. Comment?
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Surgeons dona t receive enough training when resident work-hours are capped
... week isn't enough. The maximum 80-work week imposed in the U.S. for residents is too little to provide mastery in surgery, Gretchen Purcell Jackson, MD, PhD, and John L. Tarpley, MD, both of Vanderbilt Children's Hospital, wrote in online in the ... Comment?
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... brought a child that was really sick," she said. "They told us he had a horrible heart and he had his first heart surgery when he was 5 days old, [then at] 3 and a half months and a year old, and received a heart transplant two weeks before his ... Comment?
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Robot surgeon is way forward at Torbay
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... said the robot has benefits for someone of Mrs Moore's age because it allows people to recover more quickly from surgery. Recovery time from operations using the machine are equal to or better than for keyhole surgery. The robot is the first of its ... Comment?
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