General Surgical News and Reports
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Senator Creates Firestorm With Nurses Playing Cards Comment
Lawmaker has received thousands of angry calls and comments - and 667 packages of playing cards in the mail.
Posted 04/24/19 | 
Suspect Logged Into Electronic Prescription Program as Ophthalmologist to Fraudulently Issue Opioid Scripts
In a little more than a year, woman illegally wrote 73 prescriptions and obtained more than 5K pills.
Posted 04/24/19 |
Marijuana Users May Need Higher Doses of Sedatives Before Endoscopy
Study participants needed significantly more fentanyl, midazolam and propofol than non-users.
Posted 04/23/19 |
Brainlab Recalls Spine & Trauma 3D Navigation 1.0 Software Due to Display Inaccuracies
The class 1 recall applies to 60 U.S. systems.
Posted 04/18/19 |
FDA Orders Withdrawal Of Transvaginal Surgical Mesh From Market
FDA orders Boston Scientific and Coloplast to stop selling and distributing surgical mesh.
Posted 04/16/19 |
Lawsuit: When PACU Lights Dimmed, Doc Asked Wife to Hold Penlight on Her Husband's Leaking JP Drain
Woman claims the sight of the oozing incision caused her to faint and fall, fracturing her distal fibula and tearing a ligament.
Posted 08/16/18 |
R.I. Smoke Evacuation Legislation Becomes Law
Surgical nurses in Rhode Island can look forward to smoke-free ORs.
Posted 06/07/18 |
News & Notes
Posted 05/08/18 |
Doctor, 77, Wins $28 Million Age Discrimination Lawsuit Against Cleveland Clinic Foundation
Posted 05/08/18 |
