K2M tops estimates with prelims, plans $101m offering
K2M (NSDQ:KTWO) this week released preliminary Q2 results and priced a $101 million follow-on offering for its line of spinal implants.
Leesburg, Va.-based K2M said it expects to post losses of -$8.5 million to -$6.5 million on sales of $55.9 million to $56.4 million for the 3 months ended June 30, paring its losses from -$17.7 million on sales growth of 18% to 19% compared with Q2 2014.
“Our preliminary financial results for the second quarter of 2015 reflect revenue growth of approximately 20% year-over-year, driven by continued strength in our domestic business. We remain focused on increasing our share of th...
Source: Mass Device - July 8, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Authors: Fink Densford Tags: Business/Financial News MassDevice Earnings Roundup Orthopedics Spinal K2M Source Type: news
Minimally invasive surgery helps Rhode Island boy get back to being a kid
For Jonathan Reed, summer fun goes way beyond wave riding along New England beaches. During a recent weeklong family vacation to Universal Studios in Florida, the Rhode Island fourth-grader visited wave pools at a water park, rode gravity-defying roller coasters and sprinted from one fun-filled attraction to the next.
This dream vacation may not have been as magical if Jonathan had to continually battle ongoing stomach pain.
For nearly a year and a half, the young lacrosse goalie and avid soccer player battled sporadic and excruciating abdominal pain. These attacks were sharp, swift and appeared to be sparked when on vaca...
Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - June 25, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Maureen McCarthy Tags: All posts Our patients’ stories Tests & treatment kidney minimally invasive surgery Ureteropelvic Junction (UPJ) Obstruction Source Type: news
From Bermuda to Boston for surgery to protect the brain of a boy with sickle cell disease
Calvin Steede, who lives in Bermuda, will never forget the day in 2011 when he saw the movie “Winnie the Pooh” with his mother and sister. The film ended, and suddenly the boy who likes to draw and play soccer couldn’t put on his backpack. His arms had stopped working. He couldn’t stand, and soon he couldn’t talk.
Calvin, now 11, had suffered a minor stroke, a complication of sickle cell disease and the first step of a journey that would take him to Dana-Farber/Boston Children’s Cancer and Blood Disorders Center for minimally invasive surgery to protect his brain from future strokes.
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Source: Thrive, Children's Hospital Boston - June 19, 2015 Category: Pediatrics Authors: Irene Sege Tags: Diseases & conditions Dana-Farber/Boston Children's Cancer and Blood Disorders Center moyamoya sickle cell disease Source Type: news
McGill University to pilot engagement app for surgery patients
McGill University Health Center in Quebec, Canada has partnered with SeamlessMD, a company that has developed an engagement tool for surgery patients, to test the efficacy of a tablet app for enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS). ERAS is an evidence-based program designed to ensure better care coordination, reduce care time, and reduce complications. It covers best practices related to pain medications, bed […] (Source: mobihealthnews)
Source: mobihealthnews - June 11, 2015 Category: Information Technology Authors: Aditi Pai Tags: Provider Uncategorized enhanced recovery after surgery app ERAS ERAS app McGill University Health Center SeamlessMD Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic Surgeons Steinberg-Bernstein Centre for Minimally Invasive Surgery Source Type: news
Matters Of The Mind: Innovations In Mental Illness Treatment
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BOSTON (CBS) – A push by the military to find mental health treatment for men and women returning from war is leading to the biggest surge of research in decades.
Massachusetts General Hospital researchers received a $30 million grant from a defense agency to create an implantable brain device that deep stimulates parts of the brain not functioning properly, specifically in people suffering from Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Traumatic Brain Injury or major depression.
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Source: WBZ-TV - Breaking News, Weather and Sports for Boston, Worcester and New Hampshire - June 11, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: miketoole Tags: Health Local News Seen On WBZ-TV Syndicated Local Watch Listen BRAIN Initiative Bree Sison DARPA Dr. Darin Dougherty Dr. Emad Eskandar Dr. Ki Goosens Grhelin Matters Of The Mind Mental Illness PTSD Treatments WBZ TV Source Type: news
MRI-Powered Millirobots: The Future Of Minimally Invasive Surgery?
Researchers from Harvard Medical School and the University of Houston (UH) have unveiled a new technology that uses potential magnetic energy, generated by a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner, to navigate milli-sized robots through the body. (Source: Medical Design Online News)
Source: Medical Design Online News - June 1, 2015 Category: Medical Equipment Source Type: news
Young physicians take over controls to learn robotic surgery
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Closeup of a doctor operating a surgical robot
UCLA’s Center for Advanced Surgical and Interventional Technology and Surgical Science Laboratory are holding UCLA’s first-ever, grand scale robotic surgical training sessions. Nearly 60 residents, fellows and junior faculty from various surgical specialties and hospitals are attending the two-day event, which concludes today.
The young doctors from general surgery, gynecology, urology, head and neck, and thoracic surgery are taking part in simulation sessions using advanced trainers and Da Vinci surgical robots in order to learn and hone their skil...
Source: UCLA Newsroom: Health Sciences - April 10, 2015 Category: Universities & Medical Training Source Type: news
Minimally invasive surgery safe for rectal cancer
(Reuters Health) - People undergoing surgery for rectal cancer fare just as well whether they have conventional or minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery, suggests a new international comparison involving 1,044 patients. (Source: Reuters: Health)
Source: Reuters: Health - April 2, 2015 Category: Consumer Health News Tags: healthNews Source Type: news
Study shows short & long-term cost-savings associated with minimally invasive surgery
(University Hospitals Case Medical Center) JAMA study demonstrates that patients who underwent laparoscopic colectomy procedures required fewer days of health care utilization and the health care system spent less on their acute and follow-up care than those who underwent traditional open surgery. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 30, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Use of minimally invasive surgery could lower health care costs by hundreds of millions a year
A new analysis of surgical outcomes nationwide concludes that more use of minimally invasive surgery for certain common procedures can dramatically reduce post-operative complications and shave hundreds of millions of dollars off the nation’s health care bill. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - March 25, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Protecting nerve tissue during bowel surgery
After bowel surgery, more than half of the patients suffer from irreparable nerve damage. Now scientists have developed an assistance system that warns surgeons about the risk of inflicting possible injury during operations in the pelvic area. The experts are currently working on a solution for minimally invasive surgery. (Source: ScienceDaily Headlines)
Source: ScienceDaily Headlines - March 25, 2015 Category: Science Source Type: news
Use of Minimally Invasive Surgery Could Lower Health Care Costs by Hundreds of Millions a Year - 3/25/15
A new analysis of surgical outcomes nationwide concludes that more use of minimally invasive surgery for certain common procedures can dramatically reduce post-operative complications and shave hundreds of millions of dollars off the nation's health care bill. (Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News)
Source: Johns Hopkins Medicine News - March 25, 2015 Category: Research Source Type: news
Protecting nerve tissue during bowel surgery
(Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft) After bowel surgery, more than half of the patients suffer from irreparable nerve damage. Now scientists have developed an assistance system that warns surgeons about the risk of inflicting possible injury during operations in the pelvic area. The experts are currently working on a solution for minimally invasive surgery. (Source: EurekAlert! - Biology)
Source: EurekAlert! - Biology - March 25, 2015 Category: Biology Source Type: news
Elderly aortic stenosis patients live longer with minimally invasive valve replacement
(Cleveland Clinic) Elderly patients once considered too frail or tool sick for aortic valve replacement surgery are living longer, with better quality of life, following a minimally invasive surgery, compared to patients who did not undergo surgery, according a study published in The Lancet today. (Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health)
Source: EurekAlert! - Medicine and Health - March 15, 2015 Category: Global & Universal Source Type: news
Endometriosis awareness week
Sourced from The Hysterectomy Association: Hysterectomy Association - Hysterectomy Association - hysterectomy, menopause and hormone replacement therapy (hrt) information and support for women.
This year, endometriosis awareness week takes place between 3rd and 9th March and Endometriosis UK have adopted the slogan It’s OK to talk. Period! I think it’s something we should all be taking account of as, with the exception of Breast Cancer, we tend not to find women’s health issues – particularly gynae issues on any sort of a public agenda. Somehow the most important bits of our bodies are left to be di...
Source: The Hysterectomy Association - March 3, 2015 Category: OBGYN Authors: Linda Parkinson-Hardman Tags: Women's Health endometriosis Source Type: news
