Lung cancer: Less invasive surgery for faster recovery
A CRCHUM researcher paves the way for the widespread use of this new operation Every day, 78 Canadians receive a ...
Tag: Surgery
Open heart surgery outperforms stents in patients with multivessel disease
Study reinforces value of heart team approach when making treatment decisionsCredit: Elsevier Chicago, May 2, 2019 - Coronary artery bypass ...
Low income is a risk factor for ‘catastrophic’ amputation after knee joint replacement
April 30, 2018 - Above-knee amputation (AKA) is a rare but severe complication of deep infection after knee replacement surgery. ...
University of Maryland first to use unmanned aircraft to deliver kidney for transplant
Groundbreaking effort could help expand donor access to transplantationCredit: University of Maryland Medical Center/University of Maryland School of Medicine BALTIMORE ...
Quality improvement in emergency surgery shows no difference in patient survival
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London studied the effectiveness of one of the largest ever national quality improvement programmes ...
With abdominal etching, plastic surgeons help patients get ‘six-pack abs’
April 22, 2019 - Even with a good diet and workout routine, some men and women have trouble getting the ...
No increase in complications with ‘tummy tuck’ in obese patients
April 22, 2019 - "Tummy tuck" surgery (abdominoplasty) can be safely performed in obese patients, with no increase in complications ...
Massachusetts Medical Device Development Center announces $200K Challenge winners
Pitch contest showcases cutting-edge products, technologies from around the world BOSTON -- Entrepreneurs developing new technologies to treat blood clots, ...
General anesthesia hijacks sleep circuitry to knock you out
After 170 years, nobody was quite sure where anesthesia worked on the brainCredit: Duke University DURHAM, N.C. -- The discovery ...
Timing of steroid shots before rotator cuff surgery affects infection risk
April 18, 2019 - For patients undergoing arthroscopic surgery to repair a torn rotator cuff, previous steroid injections into the ...
Female medical students report higher rates of feeling intimidated in surgical attachments
New research led by RCSI identifies challenges in increasing numbers of female surgeons Thursday, 18 April 2019 -- A greater ...
Preventing triple negative breast cancer from spreading
Protein could be key to providing a precision medicine treatment to prevent the spread of cancer in people diagnosed with ...
Study compares colonoscopy polyp detection rates and endoscopist characteristics
Wednesday, April 17, 2019, CLEVELAND: Previous research has suggested that specific factors about the doctor performing colonoscopy - for example, ...
Hospital deaths after surgery fall after launch of surgical safety checklists in Scotland
Credit: British Journal of Surgery The World Health Organization (WHO) created the Surgical Safety Checklist over a decade ago, in ...
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