Olmsted County

Hepatocellular Carcinoma in Olmsted County, Minnesota, 1976-2008.

submitted by: WentzMR
Dr. W. Ray Kim, Associate Professor of Medicine and Hepatologist at Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN, discusses his article appearing in the January 2012 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings, reporting on a 2-fold increase in the incidence of liver cancer during the past 3 decades, primarily in conjunction with the rate of hepatitis C infection. Available at: http://www.mayoclinicproceedings.org/article/S0025-6196(11)00004-8/fulltext

A Population-Based Study of Trends in the Use of Total Hip and Total Knee Arthroplasty, 1969-2008

submitted by: mcgheekkm
In this video, Daniel Berry, MD, Professor and Chairman of the Mayo Clinic Department of Orthopedic Surgery discusses the findings of a paper in which he and his coauthors evaluated the utilization rates of total hip and total knee arthroplasty from 1969-2008 in one county in MN.

Heisler et al. Mayo Clinic Proceedings Feb 2010 Article Re: Complication Rates in Patients undergoing Vaginal Hysterectomies

submitted by: mcgheekkm
Dr. Christine Heisler, female pelvic medicine and reconstructive surgeon at Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids, MI, discusses complication rates between local and referral patients undergoing vaginal hysterectomy at Mayo Clinic; this study was published in the February 2010 issue of Mayo Clinic Proceedings.
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