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Minnesota-based American Medical Systems has won a U.S. patent for covering the surgical methodology for implanting the AMS AdVance Male Sling, including broad patent coverage on transobturator surgical procedures to treat male incontinence, according to an AMS news release.

Researchers from the University of Vienna in Austria found that single-use paraffin earplugs were successful in reducing intraoperative awareness recall in patients undergoing elective orthopedic surgery, according to an article in Minerva Anesthesiologica.

A new survey suggests defensive medicine — ordering unnecessary tests for fear of lawsuits — may become more common because younger physicians are more likely to have picked it up in training, according to release by Jackson Healthcare.

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