Adoption of new surgical technology linked to complications

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Adoption of new surgical technology linked to complications

By Andrew M. Seaman NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Patients may be more likely to have complications when a new surgical device is first being adopted, suggests a new study looking at prostate removal. Based on the results, the process of how new surgical technologies are introduced to the healthcare system should be improved, researchers suggest. “We think the current system in the U.S. by which surgical innovations are spread through the community practice is flawed,” said Dr. Kellogg Parsons, the study’s lead author. There is currently no formal process for introducing new surgical technologies into hospitals after they are approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), said Parsons, from the Moores Cancer Center at University of California, San Diego.

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