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Uncategorized Published - 16 July, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Minimally Invasive Procedure to Treat Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Safe and Effective Over Two Years

By Erik MacLaren, PhD Patients who underwent the minimally invasive lumbar decompression (MILD) procedure for lumbar spinal stenosis (LSS) found significant improvement in function and pain, with no serious procedure-related adverse events (AEs) after 2 years, according to results of the prospective MiDAS ENCORE study presented at the 35th Annual Meeting of the American Academy […]

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Uncategorized Published - 16 July, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Calculated Percentage Pain-Reduction Scores Correlate Modestly With Those Reported by Patients Themselves in Chronic-Pain Treatment

By Erik MacLaren, PhD Pain-intensity reductions calculated from pre- and post-treatment assessments are only modestly correlated with patient-reported pain reductions, according to results of a retrospective analysis presented here at the 35th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Pain Medicine (AAPM). The analgaesic effectiveness of a treatment can be determined by 2 methods. First, […]

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Uncategorized Published - 16 July, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Indwelling devices like catheters cause roughly 25 percent of hospital infections, but ongoing efforts to reduce catheter use and misuse haven’t succeeded as much as health care workers would like.

American Journal of Critical Care July 2019 Indwelling devices like catheters cause roughly 25 percent of hospital infections, but ongoing efforts to reduce catheter use and misuse haven’t succeeded as much as health care workers would like. But most problems with catheter use stem from poor physician-nurse communication, according to a new University of Michigan […]

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Uncategorized Published - 16 July, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
When Surgeons Are Abrasive To Co-Workers, Patients’ Health May Suffer

Author: SUSIE NEILSON Patients operated on by surgeons who display rude or unprofessional behavior toward colleagues tend to have higher rates of post-surgical complications. As a group, surgeons are not well known for their bedside manner. “The stereotype of the abrasive, technically gifted … surgeon is ubiquitous among members of the public and the medical […]

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Uncategorized Published - 16 July, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
‘Daddy-do-overs’: Men increasingly getting plastic surgery

UPT June 2019 A face-lift for Father’s Day, anyone? It could happen: A new report finds many more men are taking advantage of the same plastic surgeries that have long been associated with women. The midlife decision by men to try a face-lift or other procedure has been nicknamed the “Daddy-Do-Over” — referencing the “Mommy […]

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