Tag: Factors

Study on Blindness after Spine Surgery Identifies Risk Factors

by Joseph Acosta | Dec 22, 2011 | Health | 0 |

A study published in the January 2012 issue of Anesthesiology identified six risk factors associated with blindness or partial blindness that can occur after major spine surgery. Although ischemic optic neuropathy which involves...

Recipients Health and Donor Quality are Survival Factors

by Joseph Acosta | Nov 6, 2011 | Health | 0 |

Nonalcoholic steatohepatitis is increasing in the United States. It is also growing as an indication for liver transplantation. Researchers from the University of California – San Francisco concluded in their study that...