Medical News

Surgery

sponsor

Your Article Summary

(Click the title below to leave the MDLinx Network and go to the Journal's Website)

Cowgill SM et al. - Laparoscopic Heller myotomy can be undertaken with few complications. This procedure significantly decreases the frequency and severity of achalasia symptoms without promoting heartburn. The symptoms of achalasia are durably ameliorated by laparoscopic Heller myotomy during long-term follow-up evaluation, thereby promoting application of this procedure.


Today in Hernia/GI...keeping you current

Treatment of Fistulizing Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Gastroenterology Clinics of North America, 11/13/09

Late initiation of renal replacement therapy is associated with worse outcomes in acute kidney injury after major abdominal surgery
Critical Care, 11/06/09

Medical Management of Crohn's Disease: Treatment Algorithms 2009
Digestive Diseases, 11/09/09

Today in Laparoscopy/Endoscopy...keeping you current

Quality of surgery for rectal carcinoma: comparison between open and laparoscopic approaches
The American Journal of Surgery, 11/03/09

Outcomes After Laparoscopic Treatment of Complicated Versus Uncomplicated Acute Appendicitis: A Prospective, Comparative Trial
Journal of Laparoendoscopic & Advanced Surgical Techniques, 11/10/09

Is endoscopic closure with clips effective for both diagnostic and therapeutic colonoscopy-associated bowel perforation
Surgical Endoscopy, 11/19/09