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The following article is written by Manisha Shah-Bugaj, director of marketing in the surgical energy division of Gyrus ACMI, an Olympus company. Approximately 600,000 hysterectomies (surgical removal of the uterus) are performed annually in the United States, with an estimated…

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has issued an update on serious complications associated with transvaginal placement of surgical mesh for pelvic organ prolapse (POP), indicating these complications are not rare, according to a report from the FDA and AORN.

Proposed Kentucky regulations allowing optometrists to perform some eye surgeries fail to properly define education, training and oversight, according to a release by the Kentucky Academy of Eye Physicians and Surgeons.

The biggest threat to patients' medical records is theft of mobile devices like iPads and smartphones and not software hackers, according to a report by Mass Device.

Rep. Fred Upton (R-Mich.), chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, accused the FDA of squashing innovation by overregulating the device industry, according to a report by Dow Jones.

The FDA has approved a risk evaluation and mitigation strategy for Cephalon's Fentora and Actiq drugs to manage breakthrough pain in opioid-tolerant patients with cancer, according to a Cephalon news release.

A University of Buffalo psychiatrist proposes to better define a patient's pain by using ontology, a branch of Greek philosophy that precisely categorizes experiences, according to a report by the University of Buffalo Reporter.

The American College of Surgeons has announced its support for the ASC Quality and Access Act of 2011, according to an ASCA release.

Five new members of Congress recently decided to cosponsor the ASC Quality and Access Act of 2011, bringing the total number of cosponsors to 16 in the House and Senate, according to an ASCA release.

Kenneth Pettine, MD, is founder of The Spine Institute and Loveland (Colo.) Surgery Center, and founder of the new Society for Ambulatory Spine Surgery.   Q: When will the new Society for Ambulatory Spine Surgery officially launch?   Dr. Kenneth…