Bellwether Surgical Procedures Indicate Access to Surgical Care in GhanaBellwether Surgical Procedures Indicate Access to Surgical Care in Ghana
Data on three common surgical procedures -- open fracture repair, emergency laparotomy, and cesarean sections -- provide an estimate of overall availability of essential surgical care in Ghana, according to a new report. Reuters Health Information (Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines)
Source: Medscape Medical News Headlines - July 1, 2016 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: General Surgery News Source Type: news
Emergency Laparotomy Risk Assessment ToolsEmergency Laparotomy Risk Assessment Tools
Which is the most practical and reliable risk assessment tool for patients undergoing emergency laparotomy? British Journal of Anaesthesia (Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines)
Source: Medscape Critical Care Headlines - January 11, 2016 Category: Intensive Care Tags: Anesthesiology Journal Article Source Type: news
MassDevice.com +3 | The top 3 medtech stories for December 15, 2015
Say hello to MassDevice +3, a bite-sized view of the top three medtech stories of the day. This feature of MassDevice.com’s coverage highlights our 3 biggest and most influential stories from the day’s news to make sure you’re up to date on the headlines that continue to shape the medical device industry.
3. Study: Boston Scientific’s Watchman cheaper than drugs in reducing afib stroke risk
A study comparing the stroke risk for atrial fibrillation patients treated with Boston Scientific‘s Watchman device with the anticoagulant drug warfarin and non-warfarin oral anticoagulants found Watchman t...
Source: Mass Device - December 15, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: MassDevice Tags: News Well Plus 3 Source Type: news
Jury adds $70m in damages to $9.8m Ethicon stapler loss
A California state jury added $70 million in damages to the $9.8 million it awarded the plaintiff last week in a product liability lawsuit over Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon‘s PPH 03 hemorrhoid stapler, the plaintiff’s attorney’s said.
Plaintiff Florence Kuhlmann alleged that during hemorrhoidoplexy surgery in January 2012, the defective stapler misfired, sealing her anal canal and leading to 21 days of emergency hospitalization, infection and abdominal surgeries including a full laparotomy and colostomy, according to Alexander Law Group, her counsel in the case.
The jury in th...
Source: Mass Device - December 15, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Brad Perriello Tags: Legal News Product Liability Ethicon Inc. Johnson & Johnson Source Type: news
J&J’s Ethicon loses $9.8m stapler suit
Johnson & Johnson (NYSE:JNJ) subsidiary Ethicon lost a $9.8 million suit over injuries caused to a patient by a defective Ethicon PPH 03 hemorrhoid stapler.
The case was decided in the Alameda County Superior Court, according to the plaintiff’s counsel, the Alexander Law Group, LLP.
The plaintiff alleged that during surgery in January 2012, the defective staple misfired, sealing the patient’s anal canal shut and leading to 21 days of emergency hospitalization, massive infection and resulting abdominal surgeries including a full laparotomy and colostomy.
“This is a victory for all those who have been harmed by...
Source: Mass Device - December 11, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Legal News Business/Financial News Ethicon Endo-Surgery Johnson & Johnson Source Type: news
Perioperative evaluation of patient outcomes after severe acid corrosive injury - Wu MH, Wu HY.
We reviewed 64 patients with perforation or full-thickness injury of the alimentary tract after acid ingestion. Based on our classification of laparotomy findings, there were class I (n = 15); class II (n = 13); class III (n = 16); and class IV (n = 20). S... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - November 28, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news
Foreign bodies in the abdomen: self-harm and personality disorders - Dunphy L, Syed F, Raja M.
A 52-year-old woman presented to the accident and emergency department 5 h after deliberately stabbing herself with two pens through her midline laparotomy scar. Her medical history included an emotionally unstable (borderline) personality disorder and s... (Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated))
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - October 21, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Tags: Suicide and Self-Harm Source Type: news
The dermoid cyst alien inside me!! – Jo’s story
The post The dermoid cyst alien inside me!! – Jo’s story appeared first on Hysterectomy Association.
After being diagnosed with endometriosis in my mid 30’s I went on Ovranette which seemed to help, but when I reached 50 oh my…. I had to come off it due to age and boy did everything come back with a vengeance. After several months of heavy flooding and indescribable pain I got referred to gynae.
After several scans told small dermoid cyst, no other issues but would need to come out, was told it would be several months wait, but after bloods were tested I was called in to be told I had 50/50 chance o...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - September 9, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Your Stories dermoid cyst endometriosis Source Type: news
The dermoid cyst alien inside me!! – Jo ’ s story
After being diagnosed with endometriosis in my mid 30’s I went on Ovranette which seemed to help, but when I reached 50 oh my…. I had to come off it due to age and boy did everything come back with a vengeance. After several months of heavy flooding and indescribable pain I got referred to gynae.
After several scans told small dermoid cyst, no other issues but would need to come out, was told it would be several months wait, but after bloods were tested I was called in to be told I had 50/50 chance of cancer…… Scared, frightened doesn’t describe how I felt at that moment and having to face yet ano...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - September 9, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health dermoid cyst endometriosis hysterectomy stories Source Type: news
The dermoid cyst alien inside me!! – Jo ’ s story
After being diagnosed with endometriosis in my mid 30’s I went on Ovranette which seemed to help, but when I reached 50 oh my…. I had to come off it due to age and boy did everything come back with a vengeance. After several months of heavy flooding and indescribable pain I got referred to gynae.
After several scans told small dermoid cyst, no other issues but would need to come out, was told it would be several months wait, but after bloods were tested I was called in to be told I had 50/50 chance of cancer…… Scared, frightened doesn’t describe how I felt at that moment and having to face yet ano...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - September 9, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health dermoid cyst endometriosis hysterectomy stories Source Type: news
The dermoid cyst alien inside me!! – Jo ’ s story
After being diagnosed with endometriosis in my mid 30’s I went on Ovranette which seemed to help, but when I reached 50 oh my…. I had to come off it due to age and boy did everything come back with a vengeance. After several months of heavy flooding and indescribable pain I got referred to gynae.
After several scans told small dermoid cyst, no other issues but would need to come out, was told it would be several months wait, but after bloods were tested I was called in to be told I had 50/50 chance of cancer…… Scared, frightened doesn’t describe how I felt at that moment and having to face yet ano...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - September 9, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health dermoid cyst endometriosis hysterectomy stories Source Type: news
Ovarian Remnant Syndrome – Sue ’ s story
After suffering with endometriosis I decided at the age of 35 that I wanted a hysterectomy (despite having no children). Since the age of 13 I had suffered with severe period pain. When I was 26 I saw a gynaecologist (Mr W), who decided to do a D&C, this did not help with the pain so Mr W then did a laparoscopy. I was diagnosed with extensive endometriosis.
I then began a course of Zoladex injections. At the end of the course I had another laparoscopy and the endometriosis was no more. Was I cured? NO! Three months later I began to have severe period pain again. Another laparoscopy and endometriosis was diagnosed again...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - August 9, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health endometriosis hysterectomy stories Source Type: news
Ovarian Remnant Syndrome – Sue ’ s story
After suffering with endometriosis I decided at the age of 35 that I wanted a hysterectomy (despite having no children). Since the age of 13 I had suffered with severe period pain. When I was 26 I saw a gynaecologist (Mr W), who decided to do a D&C, this did not help with the pain so Mr W then did a laparoscopy. I was diagnosed with extensive endometriosis.
I then began a course of Zoladex injections. At the end of the course I had another laparoscopy and the endometriosis was no more. Was I cured? NO! Three months later I began to have severe period pain again. Another laparoscopy and endometriosis was diagnosed again...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - August 9, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Health endometriosis hysterectomy stories Source Type: news
