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April 01, 2014 Articles
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- 2014 EFORT Annual Congress
- A 60-year-old pianist with pain and swelling of the left long finger
- A conversation with Daniel C. Lu, MD, PhD
- Advances in hip arthroscopy evolve to include more restorative indications and procedures
- Advancing education and training for orthopaedic residents across Europe
- Advancing the reach of care through telemedicine
- AMD prediction models consider genetics, environmental factors
- Answer to debate over mammography likely found ‘somewhere in the middle’
- Are cost pressures influencing the way nephrologists provide patient care?
- AREDS2: More findings will come in a few years
- Be aware of important 2014 IRA updates
- Be prepared for changes in bad debt settlements
- Better drug delivery devices needed to improve patient outcomes
- BLOG: Nerds rejoice! You may soon be prescribing Google Glass
- Bone shape in ACL injured knee joint changes rapidly after injury
- Cancer center appoints associate director
- Cangrelor: Not the CHAMPION we hoped for
- Care potentially hindered by ‘daunting’ patient needs, shortage of endocrinologists
- Case seems complicated, but history is everything
- CDC: No time for complacency as HAI rates decrease
- Combination of technologies can help achieve true bespoke management of astigmatism
- Consider this: Risks associated with food allergies
- Cost-effective surgical training simulator combines accessible supplies, quick setup
- Cup-cage construct provides options for large defect acetabular revisions
- Cutaneous manifestations of HIV
- Darren K. McGuire, MD, MHSc, on the 3-year STAMPEDE trial results
- Develop a personal process to integrate new ideas, techniques into patient care
- Diagnostic delay worsened survival, disease progression in bilateral retinoblastoma
- Digital mammography associated with lower recall, biopsy rates
- Discuss systemic disease control with patients to prevent fatalities
- Displaced clavicle fractures in teens show good outcomes with conservative care
- Do you have an intentional or accidental practice?
- Doubts, cost cited for lack of urate-lowering therapy adherence among African-American gout patients
- Dropout rates in SLIT trials require more attention
- Drug allergies in patients with HIV: What’s a doc to do?
- Early childhood intervention improved adult health
- Early terbutaline in ED reduced acute respiratory failure in pediatric asthma
- Ebola spreads to Liberia from Guinea
- ECP, alone or with phaco, a safe approach for surgical management of glaucoma
- EFORT Academy promotes musculoskeletal education, practice, research excellence
- EFORT publication: European Instructional Lectures
- Emerging technologies approach complex eye disease from new directions
- Endophthalmitis rates similarly low in operating room, office settings
- Energeyes reports membership growth is exceeding goals
- Enhanced recovery protocol may reduce mortality rates following THA, TKA
- Epi-on vs. epi-off debate will improve cross-linking procedure
- Erythema on dorsa of hands, nail changes in patients with acne
- ESPRIT 1
- ESRD community benefits from new Medicare bill
- EV71 vaccine booster dose may improve immunogenicity
- Everolimus benefited bladder cancer patient with rare genetic mutations
- FAST-MAG
- FDA advisory panel recommends approval for inhaled insulin
- FDA expands indication for Tdap vaccine to include 10-year-olds
- Femtosecond laser capsulotomy yields less PCO than manual capsulorrhexis
- Filtration device, trabeculectomy yield similar outcomes
- Findings support surgery for patients with both cervical stenosis and multiple sclerosis
- For CMS, one step forward, two steps back
- For CVD prevention, evidence on vitamins inconclusive at best
- Getting ready for transparency of industry payments to physicians and teaching hospitals
- Good results seen with algorithmic approach for treating hip instability
- Guidelines, predictive models needed to improve understanding of second primary malignancies
- Haptic modification needed for glued IOL fixation in microcornea
- HCC surveillance resulted in earlier tumor detection, longer survival, curative rates for cirrhotic patients
- HCV treatment adherence improved with shorter therapies
- HCV, HIV vaccine research focuses on indirect dendritic cell stimulation
- Hem/onc appointed NCI board vice chair
- High myopic LASIK with cross-linking minimizes postop increase in epithelial thickness
- High prevalence of depression found in patients with cervical spine diagnoses
- Human coronaviruses common in young children, may present with coinfection
- ICD-10 brings uncertainty, extra work for ophthalmic practices
- Imaging guides treatment of lumbar spondylolysis fractures in contact sports
- Immediate wound closure reduces infection risk after debridement of open fracture
- Increased ankle fracture site tenderness, pain seen in chronic heavy smokers
- Individualized risk assessment would increase mammography’s benefit
- Industry Pipeline March/April 2014
- Infection prevention in hospitals: The importance of hand hygiene
- In-hospital thromboprophylaxis used alone seen as safe practice with fast-track TJA
- International consensus: Pressure-related damage defines childhood glaucoma
- Intrastromal corneal ring segment targets nipple keratoconus
- Islet function, insulin clearance affect patients after gastric bypass
- Jacob, Bertino made HemOnc Today a leader in hematology, oncology
- Keratoconus can be treated based on the stage of the condition
- Lateral canthoplasty: A core procedure to treat lower eyelid conditions
- Liver transplantation equally safe for NASH patients; CV complications, sepsis risks remained
- Lumbar facet bone fusion presents alternative method for stable degenerative grade I spondylolisthesis
- Man experiences new floaters and visual loss
- Man experiences sudden onset binocular diplopia
- Many aspects of medial patellofemoral reconstruction are still controversial
- Maximizing durable remissions in malignant melanoma: The next steps
- Maxx Orthopedics receives 510(k) clearance for revision knee system
- Medical tourism provides patients options for medical care
- Meeting increasing demand for intravitreal injections next goal of ophthalmology in Slovenia
- Microinvasive glaucoma surgery represents dawn of new era
- Minimum clinically important difference able to measure cervical surgery outcome
- Multidisciplinary approach best for patients with brain injury
- Multi-family group treatment may help recovery in patients with SCIs
- Navigation yielded reliable implant placement for ankle arthroplasty
- Nerds rejoice! You may soon be prescribing Google Glass
- New AF ablation techniques on horizon to address current challenges
- New practical strategies improve health care accessibility in Portugal
- New technologies add value through better outcomes, happy patients, more efficient practices
- NEXT: Safety, efficacy similar for biodegradable, durable polymer DES at 2 years
- No increased malignancy risk associated with omalizumab
- Novel technique successful in closure of large macular holes
- One- vs two-level ACDF and disc replacement study shows trend of poorer results with two-level fusion
- Ophthalmic megatrends 2014 through 2024, part 1
- Optometry’s role increases in identifying, treating concussion
- Orthopedists debate the efficacy of viscosupplementation after meniscectomy
- Orthotic treatment is successful in adolescent idiopathic scoliosis
- OTE200: Orthopaedic geriatricians
- Ototopical antibiotics: When should they be used?
- Outsourcing: A viable alternative to a complex in-house business office
- Overall success rates favor nonconstrained cervical disc replacement over ACDF
- Overwhelming changes to ICD codes pending, implementation deadline delayed
- Panel discusses use of reverse total shoulder arthroplasty for proximal humeral fractures
- Patient exhibits corneal verticillata for more than 20 years
- Patients reported poor health 10 years after displaced sacral fractures
- Patients’ QoL sustained 10 years after esophagectomy with gastric pull-up
- Penicillin prescriptions often risk underdosing children
- Personal knowledge, experience often guide recommendations regarding supplements
- Physician survey: Electrodiagnostic test for carpal tunnel release not necessary
- Physicians balance benefits of diet, supplements for common ocular conditions
- Pioneer: Mark S. Myerson, MD
- Point-of-service tests may complement approach to dry eye patients
- Posterior arthrodesis for Lenke 5C AIS associated with excellent curve correction and patient satisfaction
- Posterior displacement associated with dens fracture nonunions in elderly patients
- PREDIMED
- Primary care interventions linked to lower depression rates in seniors
- Quality-of-life outcomes, cost utility of spinal stenosis surgery similar to THA, TKA
- RADAR
- Reaching a half century: What does it mean for the middle-aged premium surgeon?
- Recall of potential deformity surgery complications declines over time
- Reconstituting malpractice reform and the role expert witnesses
- Region-specific disease exposure should guide prevention among travelers to Africa
- Research breakthroughs prompt ‘renaissance’ of collaboration between oncologists, HIV experts
- Research shows how injury to the posterior ligamentous complex reduces stability
- Researcher recommends frequent patient follow-up for retinal vein occlusion
- Residual problems of concussions have helped raise awareness of symptoms, treatment
- Results in first eye used to hone IOL calculations in second eye
- Results of high tibial osteotomy in young patients at 30-year follow-up were superior to UKA or TKA
- Robert Roberts, MD: A trailblazer in molecular cardiology
- Role of the surgeon leader in the medical enterprise has transformed
- Ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm mortality rates higher in England
- SAFEHEART
- SD-OCT shows risk factors for retinal pigment epithelium tears
- Second glaucoma drainage implants significantly reduce IOP, medication use
- Several agents in development may help overcome resistance in advanced prostate cancer
- Severe hypoglycemia led to early death, cancer in patients with diabetes
- Shaldon, Berkowitz shared similar passions: patient autonomy
- Simple surgical advice holds true over the years
- Speaker notes safety and efficacy of TXA for reducing blood loss in TJR
- Speaker: Use five core concerns when handling dissatisfied patients
- SPS3
- STABILITY
- STAMPEDE
- Stem cell transplants may help treat degenerative disc disease
- Stool emissions test distinguished between IBD, IBS
- Study: Rotator cuff repair not as successful two years after surgery
- Surgeon finds hinged knees an alternative to TKA for OA patients
- Surgeons make the case for DSEK vs. DMEK
- Surgical correction of visual impairment in older adults may be linked to longer survival
- Surgical technique a hot topic in ACL reconstruction
- System allows smartphone camera to document external ocular pathology
- Tadalafil did not prevent erectile dysfunction after prostate radiotherapy
- The CMO Initiative: Working toward changes in nephrology practice
- The medical–business complex
- The missing link: What technologies are lacking for US premium surgeons
- Timely testing essential to treat bacterial skin, subcutaneous infections
- To offset shortages, FDA allows Fresenius Kabi to distribute saline from Norway facility
- Top mobile technology discoveries at the AAOS Annual Meeting
- Total joint replacement in patients older than 90 years old can be safe and reliable
- Treatment pathways and expert systems expected to improve patient care system-wide
- Two clinicians use UBM for specific types of glaucoma management
- Ultrasound can predict extrathyroidal extension
- Ultrasound energy minimized with femtosecond MICS technique
- Understanding the current status of avian influenza 2014
- University of Utah, Allergan collaborate on target-based clinical research
- Vascular access management: Ongoing challenges and strategies for success
- Visual results comparable for monthly vs. as-needed anti-VEGF for retinal vein occlusion
- Wavefront-guided myopic LASIK with new aberrometer yields predictable outcomes
- Weighing risks and benefits of social media shows its effect as professional tool
- With advance planning, practices can run efficiently after EHR implementation
- Woman presents with acute onset of decreased vision in right eye