I do alot of trauma surgery coverage in my practice and I know alot of trauma surgeons from all over the United States. One of my buddies from Maine was telling me the other day that they are having a terrible summer so far with fatalities caused by cars striking moose on both the major highways and backroads of Maine. So, if you plan to be vacationing in Maine, northern New Hampshire, northern Vermont or Canada, here are some tips from my
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The United States Army has released some details of the last moments of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi’s life and a sketch of the autospsy findings. According to CNN and Army surgeon Colonel Steve Jones, he was alive when US military personnel arrived at his bombed hideout twenty eight minutes after the attack. It is unclear if he was conscious at the time but was reported that he had shallow and labored respirations. Reportedly medical personnel secured his airway but he died approximately 26 minutes later, apparently still at the scene. His autopsy report showed tearing, bruising, and bleeding in the lungs and other significant internal injuries.

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All university-based surgeons understand and value the need for research trials to improve the science and technology of medicine. During residency and after surgeons obtain consent from hundreds of patients for the participation in research trials. In fact, many surgeons agree to be part
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Getting to the Hospital

There are three basic pathways for going to surgery. The most common is to arrive at the hospital the day of surgery from home. Almost all patients having elective surgery have their operations scheduled this way. You will be told to report a minimum of one and half to four hours before the start of your surgery. This means that if you are scheduled for surgery at 8 am (which is the latest
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When the consultations have all been finished and the necessary tests and studies have been completed, and the date has been scheduled, there is still the matter of actually having the surgery. Patients use a myriad of analogies to describe what this experience is like for them. These have ranged from an incredulous “that’s it, the surgery is over?” to feeling like they were on
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December 28, 2005

Cancer is one of the most dreaded words for a patient to hear. It usually brings to the imagination a certain and painful death with no hope of long-term survival or a life with any quality. Although the cure for cancer is still some years away, over the last decade the medical and surgical fields have made real progress in developing treatments that can help patients live with a high quality of life for many years after they have cancer. One of these new treatments for holding liver cancer and tumors in check that has shown promise is called radiofrequency ablation.

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