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Wound Healing Society Guidelines: Best Evidence for Treatment of Bed Sores Described

lukej August 7, 2024 No Comments

“A pressure ulcer should be closed surgically if it does not respond to wound care and there is no other contradiction to the surgical procedures. Exceptions may include the elderly…

Mid-Urethral Slings in Women with Pre-Existing Pelvic Pain: Update

lukej August 2, 2024 No Comments

“Chronic pain diagnoses increased risk of midurethral sling revision/removal; pelvic pain and numbers of diagnoses increased this risk,” states Dr. Nicholas F. Rockefeller, M.D. What else did Dr. Rockefeller report…

Chicago Urogynecologist Hit with Midurethral Sling Lawsuit: Nerve Injury

lukej August 1, 2024 No Comments

“Our client has been seriously injured from the selection of the Altis mini-sling, and the failure to timely diagnose and treat the known complications of this unreasonably dangerous device” states Greg…

New Altis Study: “Pain Was Reported as an Adverse Event in 64 Instances (11.3%)”

lukej July 24, 2024 No Comments

“There are some weakness to this data … 564 were analyzed … at year one, data for 427 subjects was available … for attrition rate of 24.3% … After 3…

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…

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