The disagreement between surgeons Dr. Mark Mandell-Brown and Dr. Lawrence Kurtzman about who is qualified to perform which plastic surgical procedures has now moved into the courts. Dr. Mandell-Brown is suing Dr. Kurtzman and is asking for $3 million in damages. The case is scheduled to be heard in November.
Dr. Mark Mandell-Brown Sues Dr. Lawrence Kurtzman For Defamation
August 28th, 2010Dr. Brian Dunkin Studies Use of Vagina To Remove Donor Kidney for Transplant
August 28th, 2010Transplant surgeon Dr. Brian Dunkin of Methodist Hospital in Houston is readying a study investigating using the vagina to remove a donor kidney instead of the 3-4 inch incision needed currently.
Patient In China To Get Surgery To Remove Giant Tumor From Nose
August 27th, 2010Fei Jianjing, dubbed “hippo man”, is scheduled to have surgery after he receives radiation therapy to shrink and then remove a huge tumorgrowing on his face.
Dr. Michael Glyn Brown Charged With Wife Beating
August 27th, 2010Texas hand surgeon Dr. Michael Glyn Brown has been charged with a third-degree felony for allegedly assaulting his fourth wife.
Man Receives Rare Double Hand Transplant
August 26th, 2010In only the third double hand transplant that has been perforemed in the United States, a man with badly burned hands had them first amputated and then replaced with a double hand transplant at Jewish Hospital in Louisville, Kentucky. The lead surgeon on the case was Dr. Warren Breidenbach.
Youngest Patient Ever Receives Artificial Lung
August 26th, 2010Two year old Owen Stark is the youngest patient ever to receive the artificial Novalung lung device. His attending physician is pediatric cardiologist Dr. Mark Grady.
Surgeons Remove Huge Tumor From Woman’s Uterus
August 26th, 2010Dr. Oscar Lopez and his colleagues have successfully removed a 56 pound tumor from the uterus of a woman. The tumor grew over a period of 18 months and is one of the largest tumors ever removed from a patient.
Designer Hospital Gowns Make Debut at Cleveland Clinic
August 24th, 2010In one of the true medical advances of this young century, Diane von Furstenberg designed hospital gowns are now being trialed at the Cleveland Clinic in an attempt to provide more patient comfort, security, and warmth. The effort is being lead by nurse Jeanne Ryan of the Office of Patient Experience.
Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. Alan W. Yasko Has Died
August 24th, 2010Prominent orthopedic surgeon Dr. Alan W. Yasko, 51, has died his family has announced. The cause of death was described as a pulmonary embolism.
NHL Player Vinny Lecavalier Surgery Shows Intact Meniscus
August 24th, 2010Tampa Bay NHL player Vinny Lecavalier had arthroscopic surgery on his left knee performed by Dr. Ira Guttentag that did not show damage to the meniscus as feared.
Spine Surgeon Dr. Isador Lieberman Develops Surgical Robot To Correct Deformities
August 24th, 2010Texas Back Institute spine surgeon Dr. Isador Lieberman recently corrected the spinal curvature on patient Tressa Scott. He used a device he invented called the SpineAssist to help him.
“War is the only proper school for surgeons.”
August 24th, 2010
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Hippocrates
Greek physician and author of professional oath taken by all physicians upon starting practice
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Origin of the Word “Anesthesia”
August 23rd, 2010The term “anesthesia” was coined in 1846 by physician and noted poet Oliver Wendall Holmes, Sr. in a letter to William G. Morton, the dentist who is credited with the first written description of the use of ether in a medical procedure to relieve pain. Immodestly predicting that his new term would be spoken by every civilization countless times, Holmes chose the prefix “an” meaning without and root “aesthesia” which roughly means feeling.
Holmes is also credited with coining the term “Boston Brahmin,” of which he was one.
