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Mayo Clinic Proceedings January Tip Sheet

ROCHESTER, Minn., Jan. 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Featured articles from the January issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings include the effects of antioxidant supplements on cancer, guidelines for workplace drug screening and the safety and effectiveness of nasal spray flu vaccine. Mayo Resea...

2,500 Cases Completed With the Magnetic Irrigated Catheter

...ac event rate for magnetic procedures remains at 0.1% "The irrigated tip is a great asset for creating deep lesions in patients with ventricular tac...d, externally applied magnetic fields that govern the motion of the working tip of the catheter or guidewire, resulting in improved navigation, shorter pro...

July 2009 Mayo Clinic Health Letter Highlights a Positive Outlook, Bell's Palsy and Heart Valve Repair

...is malfunction was invented at Mayo Clinic and helps patients avoid open heart surgery. Instead, a slender device is inserted through the chest to the tip of the heart while it's beating. The device grabs the edge of the floppy leaflet, attaches a string and is then removed, along with the string end. Th...

Single Port Surgeries Now Performed at University Medical Center at Princeton

...nstrument access port made by the company Advanced Surgical Concepts. The second is a special laparoscope -- the camera instrument -- with a bendable tip that lets doctors see around corners. Aside from these tools, the surgical technique for the single port approach is much the same as for tradit...

Pivotal Data Show Bronchial Thermoplasty Can Improve Quality of Life and Reduce Asthma Attacks and Emergency Room Visits for Adults with Severe Asthma

...formed through the working channel of a standard flexible bronchoscope that is introduced through a patient's nose or mouth, and into their lungs. The tip of the small diameter Alair(R) catheter is expanded to contact the walls of targeted airways. Controlled thermal energy is then delivered to the airwa...

Video: ev3 Inc. Announces First Patient Enrollments in DEFINITIVE LE Post-Market Study

...the treatment of PAD. The device uses a small rotating blade to shave away plaque from inside the artery. As it is excised, the plaque collects in the tip of the device and then is removed from the patient, thereby restoring blood flow with minimal barotrauma and no permanent implant. Over 200,000 cases ...

PEAK Surgical Announces Completion of First PRECISE Clinical Study, Receipt of Medical Design Excellence Award for PEAK(R) Surgery System and Achievement of Over 1,000 Surgeries Using PEAK PlasmaBlade(TM)

...h is designed to be used to cut through all types of soft tissue, including skin, fat and muscle; the PlasmaBlade Needle, which has a fine needlepoint tip and is specifically designed for ultra-precise surgical procedures; and the PlasmaBlade EXT, which is designed for use in surgical procedures requirin...

Staying One Step Ahead of Osteoporosis

...otic Patients Study 477 ( http://www3.aaos.org/education/anmeet/anmt2009/podium/podium.cfm?Pevent=477 ) Fractures, especially in adults, maybe a tip off or early warning sign, that osteoporosis could be an issue. Many of these are painful fractures of the hip, spine, wrist, arm and leg, which ofte...

PEAK Surgical Announces Positive Results From Preclinical Study of PEAK PlasmaBlade(TM) Needle

...s designed to cut through all types of soft tissue, including skin, fat and muscle. The PlasmaBlade Needle is designed for use when a fine needlepoint tip is desired. Study Design and Results In the study presented at the AAFPRS conference, a series of surgical incisions were made on freshly excised ...

Most Cancer Treatment Studies Aren't Published, Study Finds

...s that fail to meet positive endpoints: 'negative' in a sense, but valuable nonetheless," Dr. Curt comments. The article entitled "Practicing on the tip of an Information Iceberg? Evidence of Underpublication of Registered Clinical Trials in Oncology," and the accompanying editorials, to be published i...

Novare Announces Successful Series of Single Port Lap Band Procedures With RealHand(R) High Dexterity Instruments

...irror the surgeon's hand direction with the added benefit of tactile feedback. As such, when the surgeon's hand moves in one direction, the instrument tip exactly follows. Unlike standard laparoscopic instrumentation, RealHand offers complete 7 degrees of freedom of movement in a hand-held instrument a...

Novare Announces Completion of First Pediatric Single Port Spleen Removal Using RealHand(R) HD Instruments

...irror the surgeon's hand direction with the added benefit of tactile feedback. As such, when the surgeon's hand moves in one direction, the instrument tip exactly follows. Unlike standard laparoscopic instrumentation, RealHand offers complete 7 degrees of freedom of movement in a hand-held instrument a...

Treatment Gives Lung Cancer Patients With Inoperable Tumors Two Years or More

...guides a small needle through the skin into the tumor, generally by computed tomography (CT). Radiofrequency (electrical) energy is transmitted to the tip of the needle where it produces heat in the tissues. The dead tumor tissue shrinks and slowly forms a scar. At the same time, heat from radiofrequency...

UM Maryland Industrial Partnerships Program Approves 18 Collaborative Research Projects, Worth $4.4 Million, Between University Faculty, State Technology Companies

...s such as Martek Biosciences' infant formula additives, Hughes Network Systems' HughesNet, MedImmune Inc.'s Synagis, and Black & Decker's Bullet Speed tip Masonry Drill Bit have benefited from MIPS-supported research. These products have collectively generated more than $14.4 billion in revenue and led t...

The Oral Cancer Foundation Urges HPV Vaccination for Males

...differently at the cellular level in males than in females," says Hill. He further stated, "What we know about HPV-16 as a cancer-causer is just the tip of the iceberg." Hill says, "These vaccines are the first major breakthrough against a cause of cancer in decades. We must act now." The Oral Cancer...

New Study Proves That Minimally Invasive Aneurysm Treatment Yields Successful Long-Term Results

...ing over an 11-year period (January 1995 - August 2006) on aneurysms on the tip of the basilar artery, located in front of the brain stem. Comprising appro...ately 8.4 percent of all brain aneurysms in the general population, basilar tip aneurysms pose particular difficulties as their position deep in the brain ...

Baraclude (entecavir) Therapy Resulted in Undetectable Levels of Hepatitis B Virus in Cohort of Patients Who Re-Started Treatment

...ior to treatment interruption, with safety results consistent with previously reported experience," said Hakan Senturk, MD, of the Ist.Univ.Cerrahpasa tip Fak, Istanbul, Turkey. No deaths or treatment discontinuations due to adverse events were reported in this cohort. The most common adverse events oc...

Newly Published Study Reveals Femara Improves Chances for Harder to Treat Early Breast Cancer Relapse in Postmenopausal Women

...higher risk of recurrence, maintained this lower risk of relapse when treated with upfront Femara than with tamoxifen(1). "These results provide the tip of the iceberg and for the bigger picture, physicians will be eagerly awaiting the results of the BIG 1-98 sequencing arms, which hope to indicate the...

New Advances in Gastric Diagnostics: Smaller is Better

...ized gastric diagnostics is not encapsulated. Instead, Endoscopic Ultrasound (EUS) consists of miniaturized ultrasound probes that can be fit into the tip of endoscopic equipment. EUS allows highly accurate ultrasound imaging of the esophagus and colon for visualizing tumors and determining the depth of ...