Surgery

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ADA 2009: Bariatric surgery for type 2 diabetes: Reaching too far?

Although bariatric surgery is becoming an increasingly accepted option to reverse type 2 diabetes, lifestyle interventions, including smoking cessation, improved nutrition, and increased physical activity, coupled with appropriate pharmacotherapy, remain the mainstays for the management of type 2 diabetes.

LATEST ARTICLES

Robotic revolution in gynecologic surgery?

Robotic technology has already revolutionized laparoscopic urologic surgery. Will gynecologic surgery be next?

Rivaroxaban: A direct factor Xa inhibitor for VTE prophylaxis in patients undergoing total knee or hip replacement surgery

Rivaroxaban is a highly potent direct factor Xa inhibitor that is pending FDA approval for the indication of venous thromboembolism (VTE) prophylaxis in patients undergoing total knee replacement or total hip replacement surgery.

Making faces: Latest transplant operations include one double hand replacement

Recipients of the world's fifth, sixth and seventh face transplants are doing well, their surgeons say.

Evaluating the Efficacy, Immunogenicity, and Safety of Topical Thrombins in Surgery

LEARNING OBJECTIVES At the completion of this activity, participants should be able to: (1) Differentiate the active components in currently available topical thrombin preparations. (2) Review recent data on the relative efficacy of topical thrombins used to control surgical bleeding. (3) Explain the accumulated data on antibody development with available topical thrombins and potential clinical implications. (4) Delineate the potential perioperative complications associated with available thrombins. (5) Describe the diagnosis and treatment of immune-mediated coagulopathy in surgical patients.

Pelvic phlebology: an underappreciated emerging specialty?

Venous reflux from pelvic sources is often overlooked when evaluating gynecologic patients, argues an advocate of the newer discipline of phlebology. Pay special attention, he urges to those patients having pelvic pain and chronic venous insufficiency in their legs.