Oncology

New studies have found that rhabdomyolysis, a muscle condition that injures the kidneys, may be caused in part by anesthesia, according to a Medical News Today report.

Recently, San Francisco Surgery Center became the first ambulatory surgery center to offer MAKOplasty, a new robotic system that assists in partial joint replacement. Kevin R. Stone, MD, of The Stone Clinic in San Francisco, and John H. Velyvis, MD,…

Joel Mayerson, MD, orthopedic oncologist at Ohio State University Comprehensive Cancer Center – Arthur G. James Cancer Hospital and Richard J. Solove Research Institute, successfully performed a rare rotationplasty surgery on a bone cancer patient, according to a hospital news…

Cardiothoracic anesthesiologists from Vanderbilt University Medical Center are pioneering the use of a smaller ultrasound probe that monitors cardiac function of critically ill patients in intensive care units, according to a Health Canal report.

Physicians at The Medical Center of Central Georgia in Macon have used a ventricular-assist device to save a patient suffering a heart attack, according to a Macon Telegraph news report.

A UCLA anesthesiology team's use of regional and transplant anesthesia was critical to the success of the first hand transplant on the U.S. West Coast, according to a UCLA Department of Anesthesiology report.

Anesthesiologists should take responsibility for preoperative planning and intraoperative management in the treatment of patients with congenital heart disease, according to guidelines published by the American Heart Association in Circulation.

Siteman Cancer Center, the joint facility of St. Louis-based Barnes-Jewish Hospital and Washington University School of Medicine, received renewal of its Comprehensive Cancer Center designation by the National Cancer Institute along with $23 million in research funding for the next…

Mayo Clinic has announced plans to build proton beam therapy facilities at its Rochester, Minn., and Scottsdale, Ariz., cancer center sites, a combined $370 million project, according to a Mayo Clinic news release.

NYU Langone Medical Center is one of five New York hospitals backing the $235 million New York Proton Center, according to a Washington Square News report.