He was also the founding editor-in-chief of the Journal of Pediatric Surgery, Dartmouth said.

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An analysis of 10 studies involving a total of 393 patients, published earlier this year in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, found between 26% and 83% of patients getting the new surgery were able to stop taking proton-pump inhibitors.

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He was also the lead author of the influential (but controversial) 1999 New England Journal of Medicine DECREASE study on the use of bisoprolol during vascular surgery.

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Perhaps as many as 2% of patients die during or soon after surgery, according to a recent issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.

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The study published in the latest issue of the British Dental Journal urges dentists and other surgery staff to encourage patients to give up smoking.

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This year, the company has faced controversy over its drug Trasylol, used in heart surgery, which a study in The New England Journal of Medicine said may pose significant risks to patients.

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In the most recent issue of the journal Circulation, researchers published a 600-patient study comparing angioplasty, open-heart surgery, and treatment with medicines.

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However, nearly twice as many men who had surgery reported incontinence and impotence after two years, researchers report in the New England Journal of Medicine.

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