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FDA Altis 522 Update: “Mini-slings Comparable Effectiveness to Mid-urethral Slings”

lukej July 23, 2024 No Comments

“The weakness of the Altis 522 study include … high attrition rate (at 36-months, the attrition rate for the Altis arm was 23.9%, whereas the attrition rate for the Comparator…

Major Complications Following Flap Surgery: Unrelated to Treatable Comorbidities

lukej July 22, 2024 No Comments

“Neither diabetes nor other treatable comorbidities were significantly associated with major complications if the treatment of these factors is included in a multidisciplinary approach” says Dr. Dirk J Schaefer, Department…

Hospital Acquired Sepsis: Less Common Than Community Acquired, but More Lethal

lukej June 21, 2024 No Comments

“The most common foci in hospitalized patients are infections of the lower respiratory tract, followed by intra-abdominal, bloodstream, intravascular line infections, and urinary tract infections,” says Dr. Michael S. Niederman,…

ICU Acquired Decubitus Ulcers: Prevention and Early Intervention

lukej June 19, 2024 No Comments

“Critically ill patients often have complex medical conditions that may limit their ability to be repositioned frequently, necessitating a careful assessment and tailored approach” states Dr. Flavia Castelino, Ph.D. What…

Altis Single-incision Sling: Acute Pain Explained

lukej June 18, 2024 No Comments

“We believe the Altis sling polypropylene mesh is too stiff and too short and behaves like a razor in women, causing groin pain and dyspareunia. There is nothing about the…

Study: Central-lines Result in Over Three Times the Risks for Right-sided Endocarditis

lukej June 3, 2024 No Comments

“In patients with pulmonary valve infective endocarditis, the median age was 44 years … this study showed a substantial proportion (36.6%) of patients with right-side infective endocarditis with pulmonary valve…

Mid-urethral Sling Complications: Management of Post-operative Groin Pain in Focus

lukej May 28, 2024 No Comments

“Transobturator tape removal with bilateral groin dissection improves patients’ pain and quality of life,” states Dr. Marie-Aimee Perrouin-Verbe, MD. What else did Dr. Perrouin-Verbe, MD, report in BJUI Compass, 2024;…

Study: “In-house Pressure Ulcers as a Reservoir of Multidrug-resistant Organisms”

lukej May 24, 2024 No Comments

“The ulcers were considered to be the probable source of bacteraemia in 53% of the episodes,” states I. A. Braga. What was reported in the article, “Bacterial colonization of pressure…

Study Retropubic Sling Injuries: Groin Pain and the Mispositioned Device

lukej May 23, 2024 No Comments

Dr. Greg Vigna, national malpractice, mid-urethral sling attorney, states “retropubic slings that are placed lateral to the arcus ligament into the obturator internus muscle can cause acute groin pain that becomes…

Study Reports Bloodstream Infections for Intestinal Failure Comparing PICC Versus Hickman Lines

lukej May 20, 2024 No Comments

“When you do the math on the study population suffering from intestinal failure; 20% of patients who received a Hickman catheter developed a central-line infection and 18% of those who…

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