MedWorm.com provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest items from the 'Inside Surgery' source. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 22:46:40 +0100 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=274 Consider minocycline in strokes - prevents cells from dying through antiinflammation. Nitro gtt can cause hypoxia because it sets up V/Q mismatch Dobutamine is the pressor with the least tachycardia One way the micu people deal with cardiogenic shock is to give dobutamine (beta) and then an alpha like neo or vasopressin so they can dial up or down the alpha or beta independently Cardizem increase prograf levels No antibitoics automatically in aspiration - Kaulback and Cohen are wrong. trachlear is an endothelial inhibitor (I think) used for pulmonary hypertension. But it can give a transaminitis right sided MI's require lots of volume You do not want to diurese pulmonary hypertension diuril (chlorothiazide) is used to "prime the pump" before lasix must stop all caffeine before nuclear med... Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1939072 Fri, 07 Nov 2008 02:59:00 +0100 1939072 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=583 New Jersey Orthopedic Surgeon Tattoos Patient During Operation Patient Elizabeth Mateo has filed suit against Burlington County orthopedic surgeon Dr. Steven Kirshner for placing a temporary tattoo of rose in her pubic area during a procedure to repair a herniated disk. Copyright 2008 InsideSurgery.com (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1631043 Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:11:25 +0100 1631043 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=433 I did only the caverns. I drove down Interstate 81 and turned off the highway for the 15 mile drive to Luray. The signs are clearly marked and the entrance to the caverns is covered by a rather ugly spanish style pavilion. It was a Sunday and the parking lot was crowded - lots of Japanese tour buses. The admission fee is $19 for adults. You assemble in the waiting area and they let groups in every 5 minutes or so. There are no guided tours really. You walk along the pathways and every little bit there is a "guide" but they don't really give a spiel. The walking tour takes about an hour and the vertical descent is 165 feet so it is a fairly easy walk for caverns. There has been quite a bit of "development" in the cave so the walkways are wide and there are handrails. Unfortunately, to do ... Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1618053 Sun, 13 Jul 2008 14:13:00 +0100 1618053 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=582 Esophageal Diverticulum Esophagel diverticulum can be either a pulsion or traction type. The classic presentation is in an elderly male who develops dysphagia, regurgitation of undigested food, and a gurgling sound in the neck. Pulsion diverticula are usually acquired lesions and are commonly associated with motor dysfunction. They usually develop when the mucosa and submucosa protrudes through a defect in the musculature of the esophagus. Pulsion diverticula are also known as Zenker's diverticulum. The most common origin is in the posterior midline of the neck above the cricopharyngeus muscle and below the inferior pharyngeal constrictor muscle. Treatment of Zenker's diverticulum is resection and cricopharyngeal myotomy to relax the muscle. Traction diverticula result when the esopha... Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1593832 Mon, 07 Jul 2008 20:34:27 +0100 1593832 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=581 Surgeon For Donda West Arrested For DUI Dr. Jan Adams was arrested recently for allegedly driving while intoxicated in Solano County, California. Copyright 2008 InsideSurgery.com (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1556315 Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:01:47 +0100 1556315 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=579 San Francisco Surgeon Sentenced For Perjury Kaiser Permanente surgeon Dr. Bruce Barker was sentenced to six months in federal prison for lying to a jury in a trial of an associate convicted of a gun charge. Copyright 2008 InsideSurgery.com (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1436863 Mon, 12 May 2008 22:08:37 +0100 1436863 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=576 Researchers Seeking Eye Control Of Surgical Robot Researchers at the Imperial College in London are developing a way for surgeons to control the Da Vinci robot with their eyes and for the operator to "see through" tissues. Copyright 2008 InsideSurgery.com (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1322024 Sun, 23 Mar 2008 21:25:50 +0100 1322024 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=575 States Hire "Unsales Reps" To Lower Drug Costs Pennsylvania is one of a growing number of states that have hired medical professionals to pay calls on physicians to highlight the lower costs of some generic drugs. Copyright 2008 InsideSurgery.com®. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1274851 Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:50:26 +0100 1274851 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=574 Lech Walesa Receives Heart Pacemaker Polish Nobel laureate Lech Walesa had a coronary stent and biventricular pacemaker placed at Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center in Houston, Texas. The pacemaker procedure was led by Dr. Miguel Valderrabano. Copyright 2008 InsideSurgery.com®. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1270548 Sat, 01 Mar 2008 13:00:08 +0100 1270548 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=572 Justice Department Joins Whistleblower Surgeon In Suit Against South Carolina Hospital The Justice Department has taken over as lead plaintiff in a suit alleging Medicare fraud against Tuomey Regional Hospital in South Carolina. The suit was initiated by orthopedic surgeon Dr. Michael Drakeford. Copyright 2008 InsideSurgery.com®. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1268395 Fri, 29 Feb 2008 13:38:10 +0100 1268395 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=571 Primary Peritonitis Peritonitis is defined as the presence of microorganisms in the normally sterile peritoneal sac. It is classified as primary, secondary, or tertiary. In primary peritonitis, there is no identifiable source of infection. It is associated with peritoneal diaylysis, systemic lupus erythematosus, ascites, and cirrhosis. It is often monomicrobial with the most common pathogen being Escherichia coli. Other common Gram-negative species identified include Klebsiella. Gram-positive species isolated include Streptococcus and Enterococcus. These are considered serious infections and mortality can reach 50% in cases with cirrhosis. Copyright 2008 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1253225 Mon, 25 Feb 2008 00:05:50 +0100 1253225 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=570 Surgical coronay artery revascularization (aka CABG or ACB) is a commonly performed procedure in the United States. The development of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons database has provided a detailed analysis of the morbidity and mortality associated with this procedure and the risk stratification models. The STS database for 1997-2000 calculates the incidence of 30 day mortality at 2.61%. To decrease some of the complications listed below, many CABG procedures are now done "off pump" or without stopping the heart and cross-clamping the aorta. Complications Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation - The incidence of patients requiring mechanical ventilation for longer than 48 hours is 5.79%. Copyright 2008 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1250167 Fri, 22 Feb 2008 14:53:23 +0100 1250167 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=569 Patients Want Email Access To Their Surgeons Dr. Peter Stalberg and colleagues have published a study in the Archives of Surgery showing that patient-surgeon email may improve communication. Copyright 2008 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1247875 Thu, 21 Feb 2008 14:25:44 +0100 1247875 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=568 Top Transplant Surgeons Accused Of Helping In Stolen Organs Ring Transplant surgeons at the highest level of the profession are thought to be implicated in the organs for sale trade claims Nancy Scheper-Huges. She is the head of Organs Watch, a group at the University of California, Berkeley that monitors the world-wide illegal organs trade. Copyright 2008 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1234622 Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:18:01 +0100 1234622 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=567 Patient Receives Jawbone Grown From His Stemcells A 65 year old man in Finland has been implanted with a new upper jaw that was made from stem cells and grown in his abdomen. The work was led by Riitta Suuronen of the Regea Institute of Regenerative Medicine. Copyright 2007 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1195864 Fri, 01 Feb 2008 23:47:18 +0100 1195864 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=566 VA Hospital Cited For Poor Care Leading To Nineteen Deaths The Inspector General of the Veterans Administration Health Care System has released a report citing the Marion, Illinois VA hospital for substandard care contibuting to the death of nineteen patients. Copyright 2008 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1187136 Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:41:57 +0100 1187136 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=565 Researchers Develop Strategy That May Let Transplant Patients Avoid Drugs Dr. David Sachs and his team at Massachusetts General Hospital have tested a protocol on a small number of transplant patients that allowed them to stop anti-rejection medications. Copyright 2007 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1179098 Sat, 26 Jan 2008 02:14:43 +0100 1179098 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=564 Pennsylvania To Stop Paying For Hospital Errors Governor Edward G. Rendell announced today that Pennsylvania will no longer reimburse hospitals for care required after a serious, preventable medical error. Copyright 2008 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1169675 Wed, 23 Jan 2008 01:58:14 +0100 1169675 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=563 Pioneering Cancer Researcher Dies Pediatric surgeon Dr. Judah Folkman has died of an apparent heart attack. He was 74. Copyright 2007 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1153978 Wed, 16 Jan 2008 01:09:28 +0100 1153978 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=562 "Let food by thy medicine and medicine by thy food" Hippocrates Copyright 2008 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1147261 Sun, 13 Jan 2008 14:42:14 +0100 1147261 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=561 Saliva Test Being Developed To Detect Breast Cancers Dr. Charles Streckfus of the University of Texas has begun work on developing a test using saliva that may be able to differentiate normal proteins from the abnormal proteins produced by patients with breast cancer. It hoped that this method could be used as a screening test for women in developing countries that do not have access to mammography. Copyright 2007 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1146320 Sat, 12 Jan 2008 00:17:06 +0100 1146320 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=560 Hospitals To Test Copper Surfaces In Germ Fight Memorial Sloan-Kettering, the Medical University of South Carolina, and the Charleston Veterans Affairs Medical Center will be replacing some stainless surfaces in the intensive care units with copper surfaces to determine how long disease-causing bacteria can survive. The lead researcher is Dr. Kent Sepkowitz at Memorial Sloan-Kettering. Copyright 2008 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1124235 Tue, 01 Jan 2008 13:51:33 +0100 1124235 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=559 Women Neurosurgeron Files State and Federal Discrimination Lawsuits Against Neurosurgery Chair At Brigham and Women's Hospital Dr. Sagun Tuli has filed both a federal lawsuit and charges at the Massachusetts Commission Against Discrimination against Dr. Arthur Day, chair of the department of neurosurgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston Massachusetts. She is the third women neurosurgeon of Indian descent to have filed charges in the last three years against the staff of the neurosurgery department at the hospital. Drs. Soni Deepa and Malini Narayanan have also filed charges alleging discrimination and retaliation. Copyright 2007 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1122537 Mon, 31 Dec 2007 02:00:50 +0100 1122537 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=558 Senior Civilian Trauma Surgeons Take Tour of Duty At Landstuhl Air Force Base To Aid Wounded In a novel program, a team of surgeon civilian general surgery trauma specialists spent four weeks in Germany at the United States Military Hospital treating injured servicemen and women and sharing ideas and techniques with their military counterparts. The civilian surgeons included Drs. Kimball I. Maull and Frederick Moore. The military surgeons participating included Col W. Bryan Gamble, Col Warren c. Dorlac, and Col A. Tyler Putnam. Copyright 2007 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1117608 Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:46:33 +0100 1117608 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=557 Arizona Surgeon Who Snapped Photographs Of Patient's Genital No Longer At Mayo Clinic The CEO of the Mayo Clinic Arizona Denis Cortese posted a statement on the hospital's website today that Dr. Adam Hansen is no longer practicing medicine at the Mayo Clinic. The announcement did not say if the general surgery chief resident resigned or was fired. Copyright 2007 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1112660 Sat, 22 Dec 2007 03:08:11 +0100 1112660 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=556 On-Call Specialists increasingly Hard To Find For Some Emergency Room Patients Many hospitals and emergency room physicians across the country are finding it difficult to located orthopedic surgeons, neurosurgeons, and plastic surgeons who are willing to tolerate the risk of malpractice suits, the disruption of their personal lives and private practices, and the very real likelihood that they will not be paid for their their services by staffing ER on-call schedules. Copyright 2007 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1109805 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 11:37:22 +0100 1109805 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=555 In the last several days there has been much press coverage of an egregious privacy violation that occurred at the Mayo Clinic in Arizona. On December 11, 2007 Sean Dubowik was admitted to the hospital and put under general anesthesia in preparation for having his gallbladder removed. While the Foley catheter was being placed into his bladder, the chief general surgery resident Dr. Adam Hansen took a picture with his cellphone of Mr. Dubowik's penis that had the words Hot Rod tattooed on it. The operation then proceeded without incident and the patient was discharged to home. Sometime after the photograph was taken, Hansen began showing the picture around the hospital. An anonymous source contacted the local paper, who then contacted the hospital. Hansen was made to call the patient and... Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1108605 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 01:06:31 +0100 1108605 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=554 Surgeon Faces Possible Dismissal After Photographing Patient's Genitals The Mayo Clinic Arizona has reported that chief general surgery resident Dr. Adam Hansen photographed the tattoed genitals of patient Sean Dubowik under anesthesia with his cellphone and showed the photo to other staff members at the hospital. Copyright 2007 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1108606 Fri, 21 Dec 2007 00:29:37 +0100 1108606 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=553 California Nears Dropping Confidential Rehab Program For Physicians Although advocates for denying practicing physicians confidential rehab programs for the diseases of drug and alcohol addictions can not cite cases where physicians harmed patients while impaired, California is nonetheless closing in on the date where a diagnosed addiction will result in loss of licensure for physicians. Copyright 2007 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1103467 Wed, 19 Dec 2007 00:01:22 +0100 1103467 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=552 "...whenever in the course of my life I have come across ... truly saintly embodiments of practical charity, they have generally had the cheerful, practical, brusque and unemotioned air of a busy surgeon, the sort of face in which one can discern no commiseration, no tenderness at the sight of suffering humanity, no fear of hurting it, the impassive, unsympathetic, sublime face of true goodness." Marcel Proust - French author in Swann's Way Copyright 2007 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1097654 Sun, 16 Dec 2007 19:13:33 +0100 1097654 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=551 Indian Girl With Removal Of Four Limbs Discharged From Hospital Two year old Lakshmi is being sent home from the hospital with her parents after successfully recovering from an operation on November 7 to remove the two extra arms and legs she was born with. Dr. Sharan Pati lead a team of 30 surgeons who removed the partially developed parasitic twin from her torso that stopped developing in utero. Copyright 2007 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1097221 Sat, 15 Dec 2007 14:59:20 +0100 1097221 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=550 Florida Trauma Surgeon Returns Home From Iraq To Start Trauma Center Dr. Slobodan Jazarevic is organizing a trauma center at Lawnwood Regional Hospital in Fort Pierce, Florida and is attempting to bring home what he learned about providing trauma care on the battlefields of Iraq. Prior to starting your first entry for a new letter just paste Copyright 2007 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1081521 Sat, 08 Dec 2007 16:52:03 +0100 1081521 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=549 Contrary To Reports On Television Show Grey's Anatomy, Plastic Surgeon Is Still Alive University of Wisconsin and New York based plastic surgeon Dr. John Siebart is still alive and kickin' despite being reported as deceased on the television hit series Grey's Anatomy. During last weeks episode fictional plastic surgeon Dr. Mark Sloan (played by Eric Dane) mentioned how much his deceased mentor meant to him - New York based plastic surgeon Dr. John Siebart! The real Dr. Siebart says he has no idea of how the TV program got his name and profession. Copyright 2007 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1074951 Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:55:24 +0100 1074951 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=548 Plastic Surgeon Sentenced To Two Years In Prison Tennessee Plastic Surgeon Dr. Christ Koulis was sentenced to the maximum possible term of two years for his conviction of criminally negligent homicide. He was convicted of injecting his girlfriend Lesa Buchanan with a fatal overdose of a narcotic. Copyright 2007 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1072369 Thu, 06 Dec 2007 00:25:10 +0100 1072369 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=547 Suspended Australian Surgeon Claims He Was Denied Access To His Defense Materials Alfred Hospital trauma surgeon Professor Thomas Kossmann was suspended last week by a three surgeon review panel for poor care and claims he was denied access to his medical files and radiological studies that he needed in his defense. Copyright 2007 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1067739 Mon, 03 Dec 2007 23:36:06 +0100 1067739 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=546 Night Shift Linked To Increased Cancer Risk In a sobering analysis for healthcare workers, experts are now linking night shift work and the consequent disruption in the circadian rhythm as a likely "probable carcinogen." Copyright 2007 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1060010 Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:19:13 +0100 1060010 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=545 Five Tips For Picking a Plastic Surgeon Patient Michele Trobaugh talks about her poor experience with surgeon Dr. Jan Adams and what she would have done differently. Dr. Jim Stuzin, president-elect of the American Board of Plastic Surgery, gives some pointers on how to pick out a good plastic surgeon. Copyright 2007 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1046673 Fri, 23 Nov 2007 14:59:42 +0100 1046673 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=544 New Report Suggests Immediate Repair of Battlefield Facial Wounds Safe and Effective Dr. Manuel L. Lopez (who was previously stationed at an Air Force base in Balad, Iraq) has published a report in the Archives of Facial Plastic Surgery that suggests that soldiers suffering wounds to the face and neck can receive open reduction and internal fixation at Army hospitals in Iraq with good results. Previously, patients with those injuries where transported to medical facilities in Germany and the United States before receiving definitive care. Copyright 2007 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1041405 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 13:38:43 +0100 1041405 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=543 Surgeon For Kanye West's Mother Breaks His Silence Dr. Jan Adams has told the Los Angeles Times that there were no problems or complications with the breast reduction, liposuction and abdominoplasty ("tummy tuck") he performed on Donda West, mother of hip hop star Kanye West. Copyright 2007 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1041406 Wed, 21 Nov 2007 02:40:08 +0100 1041406 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=542 Leading British Surgeon Testifies That Lost Time Might Have Doomed Princess Diana Leading British cardiothoracic surgeon Thomas Treasure has testified that the French team resuscitating Princess Diana in the streets of Paris might have squandered an opportunity to save her life by "letting precious time slip away" when transporting her to the hospital. Copyright 2007 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1036907 Tue, 20 Nov 2007 00:02:38 +0100 1036907 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=541 Bankruptcy to Delay 120 Medical Malpractice Suits Filed Against Osteopathic Surgeon An attorney for Dr. John A. King, who last year legally changed his name to Christopher Wallace Martin, has notified judges in West Virginia that he will be filing personal bankruptcy papers for the ex-Putnam General surgeon. Because of federal regulations, this will automatically delay all suits. Copyright 2007 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1034193 Sat, 17 Nov 2007 18:13:51 +0100 1034193 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=540 Arrest Warrant Issued and Then Withdrawn For Donda West's Plastic Surgeon In a rather bizarre development, an arrest warrant was issued for Dr. Jan Adams and then later quashed in a case unrelated to the death of Kanye West's mother Donda, who died one day after Dr. Adams performed an abdominoplasty (tummy tuck) on her. Copyright 2007 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1032939 Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:06:32 +0100 1032939 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=539 Donor Infects Four Transplant Patients With HIV Dr. Michael Millis, chief of transplantation at University of Chicago Medical Center, has admitted that a donor patient has infected four transplant patients with the HIV virus. The initial tests on the donor came back positive allowing the contaminated organs to be transplanted into patients at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Rush University Medical Center, and the University of Chicago Medical Center. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1024265 Tue, 13 Nov 2007 23:03:17 +0100 1024265 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=538 Rural Pennsylvania Hospital Struggles Financially Due Lack of Surgeons Tyler Memorial Hospital is down to one full-time surgeon after Dr. Artour Asrian recently resigned, with a subsequent loss of income that is making it difficult for the hospital to break even. Copyright 2007 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1018816 Sun, 11 Nov 2007 01:24:57 +0100 1018816 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=528 "Civilization is... encumbered with those who should be dead: the weak, the diseased, and the fools." Dr. Alex Carrel, pioneering French surgeon of the early 1900s and winner of the Nobel Prize in Medicine (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1018817 Sat, 10 Nov 2007 15:22:00 +0100 1018817 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=537 Case Against Vermont Surgeon Proceeds South Burlington surgeon Dr. Joseph Abate is accused of sexually assaulting twelve female patients by doing unneeded pelvic exams. (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1014954 Fri, 09 Nov 2007 01:00:52 +0100 1014954 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=536 Top Army Surgeon Praised and Criticized For Being Aggressive Colonel John Holcomb, currently the director of the Institute for Surgical Research located at Brooke Army Medical Center, has pushed the use of controversial products such as NovoSeven (Factor 7) and PolyHeme in an attempt to save lives. While he has won my admirers for saving lives on the battlefields of Iraq, he also has developed critics who disagree with this methods. Copyright 2007 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1010414 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 11:32:02 +0100 1010414 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=535 Former Houston Heart Surgeon Wins Office Cardiac surgeon Dr. Rafael Espada has been elected as the new Vice-President of Guatemala. Formerly on staff at Methodist Hospital in Houston, Dr. Espada came to the United States to train under and become a protege of Dr. Michael DeBakey. Copyright 2007 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1009412 Wed, 07 Nov 2007 00:55:27 +0100 1009412 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=534 Surgeons Operating On Girl With Eight Limbs A team of thirty surgeons in Bangalore, India have started a mammoth 40 hour operation to sever 2 arms, 2 legs, and the torso of a partially developed twin for two-year old Laksmi Tatma. The surgery is being led by Dr. Sharan Patil. Copyright 2007 InsideSurgery.com® (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1009413 Tue, 06 Nov 2007 18:03:22 +0100 1009413 http://insidesurgery.com/index.php?itemid=269 Hyperbaric oxygen Rife (Source: Inside Surgery) Inside Surgery blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=1005177 Mon, 05 Nov 2007 15:29:00 +0100 1005177