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| The new "Procedural Standards," as our "Regular Standards", feature a user-friendly checklist format, board certification, hospital privileges, peer review/quality improvement, anesthesia requirements and core principal adherence. They are intended for ambulatory facilities performing procedures under sedation which would include gastroenterologists, urologists, gynecologists, pain management physicians, and others. |
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| While political candidates argue about health care reform, Americans are taking matters into their own hands. Jerry Mead of southern Indiana and Robert Lupo of northern California ended up next door neighbors at Wockhardt Hospital in Bangalore, India for hip replacements--Lupo had one hip replaced, Mead had surgery on both hips. During their recuperation, the two became friends, and plan to stay in touch since their recent returns to the U.S. Together, they saved $130,000. |
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| The nationally recognized law firm of Janet, Jenner & Suggs, LLC is seeking to consolidate all federal product liability actions concerning the use of intra-articular pain pumps following arthroscopic shoulder surgery. |
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| Advisory Produced to Identify and Minimize Risk for Patient Exposure |
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| Global Video Networx in cooperation with Memorial Hospital has successfully broadcast live video of surgeries using video conferencing software for medical education. Medical schools can broadcast live or recorded surgeries to their students or other medical schools globally. |
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| The Harley Medical Group report record numbers of mums are turning to post-pregnancy cosmetic surgery to get their figures back. |
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| Continuous medical technological innovations, growing inclination towards minimally invasive surgeries, and a sharp rise in aging worldwide population continue to support the arthroscopy equipment and accessories market. Global market for arthroscopes is projected to reach $2.4 billion by 2010. |
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| Driven by increasing number of interventional procedures due to continuous rise in the incidence of cardiovascular diseases, global market for Cardiovascular Catheters and Systems is projected to reach $3.4 billion by 2010. |
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| New incisionless, endoluminal surgical technique gives failed gastric bypass patients a second chance at success with shorter recovery period. |
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| Esteemed eye surgeon Emil William Chynn, MD, MBA will be the first eye surgeon in New York City to perform the recently FDA-approved laser procedure called CustomVue WaveFront MonoVision. This revolutionary new eye laser surgery eliminates the need for reading glasses--which occurs in everyone after the age of 40--and provides vision correction that is 25x more precise than non-custom Monovision. |
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