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Uncategorized Published - 28 March, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
FDA warns against using surgical robots for breast cancer surgery

By Emily R. Siegel and Andrew W. Lehren NBC News The FDA said there is limited preliminary evidence that using the devices for cancers that affect women may be linked to diminished long-term survival. The FDA warned patients and health care providers Thursday about using robotically assisted surgical devices for mastectomies and other cancer surgeries because […]

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Uncategorized Published - 28 March, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Major medical journals don’t follow their own rules for reporting results from clinical trials

By Jocelyn Kaiser Science It’s a well-known problem with clinical trials: Researchers start out saying they will look for a particular outcome—heart attacks, for example—but then report something else when they publish their results. That practice can make a drug or treatment look like it’s safer or more effective than it actually is. Now, a systematic […]

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Uncategorized Published - 28 March, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Reports of Breast Implant Illnesses Prompt Federal Review

The Food and Drug Administration is taking another look at breast implants because of renewed safety concerns. By Denise Grady and Roni Caryn Rabin New York Times Reports from thousands of women that breast implants are causing problems like debilitating joint pain and fatigue, claims long dismissed by the medical profession, are receiving new attention from the […]

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Uncategorized Published - 28 March, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Vanderbilt hit with $25.5M suit over wrong-site surgery

A Tennessee woman filed a lawsuit against Nashville-based Vanderbilt University Medical Center March 19, claiming surgeons operated on her wrong kidney, reports The Tennessean. Carla Miller sought care at the hospital in November 2017. The suit claims surgeons implanted a 22-centimeter stent in her right kidney instead of the left and ran it up the wrong […]

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Uncategorized Published - 27 March, 2019    By - Dr Clemens
Reversal of Deep Pipecuronium-Induced Neuromuscular Block With Moderate Versus Standard Dose of Sugammadex: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Noninferiority Trial.

AUTHORS: Tassonyi E et al Anesth Analg. 2018 Dec;127(6):1344-1350. BACKGROUND: Certain surgical interventions may require a deep neuromuscular block (NMB). Reversal of such a block before tracheal extubation is challenging. Because anticholinesterases are ineffective in deepblock, sugammadex 4 mg/kg has been recommended for the reversal of rocuronium- or vecuronium-induced deep NMB. However, this recommendation requires opening 2 vials of 200 mg sugammadex, which results in an increase in drug costs. Therefore, […]

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