Classification of Surgery
ACCORDING TO DEGREE OF RISK Major – High degree of risk. May be complicated /prolonged, large losses of blood may occur, vital organs be involved, post-op complications may be likely.…
Cancer surgery was on wrong side of colon. State fines Madera hospital for the error
Madera Community Hospital has been fined by the state for a surgery on the wrong side of the body of a patient that led to a delay in the targeted…
Total Hysterectomy Performed Through The Smallest Incision: world record set by Dr. Greg Marchand
“I think it’s a great advancement for minimally invasive surgery.” said Dr. Greg Marchand, the lead surgeon. MESA, AZ, USA — Dr. Greg J. Marchand of Marchand Institute for Minimally…
Hand Signals in The Operating Room
Hand signals in surgery depict a form of non verbal communication among the scrubbed surgical team. Surgical instruments should be carefully passed into the hand of the surgeon without the…
Girl, 2, undergoes pioneering surgery in bid to shrink head
A two-year-old girl has been given a new lease of life after undergoing pioneering surgery to have her 72cm head reduced. Little Maryam was born with Hydrocephalus – a condition…
Life in the operating room
Operating Room Nursing
Perioperative Caregiver Attributes
Perioperative Nursing
The inner world of operating room nursing
By Josh Jennings Perioperative nurse Dr Jed Duff says he remembers when he was a nursing student rotating through the operating theatre at Dubbo Base Hospital. One day, he was…
Skagit Regional Health to offer robotic-assisted surgery
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. (AP) — Using two tiny mechanical claws, community members tested out Skagit Regional Health’s new robotic surgery system by unwrapping Starburst candies and moving around mini-rubber rings.…
Woman says surgeon removed kidney by mistake in botched operation
Dena Knapp went to Avera McKennan Hospital in Sioux Falls, S.D., to have an adrenal gland and associated mass removed. Instead, according to a lawsuit, Dr. Scott Baker removed her…
THE HYBRID OPERATING THEATRE – SAFER, FASTER AND LESS INVASIVE FOR PATIENTS
The hybrid operating theatres at Clinique Cecil, Klinik Im Park and Klinik Hirslanden enable precise imaging diagnostics during surgery. Clinique Cecil, Klinik Im Park and Klinik Hirslanden each have an…
Canadian surgeon helps with face transplant for young suicide survivor
A Canadian doctor was among a world-class team responsible for giving a young woman in her 20s a new face and, by extension, a second chance at life. Dr. Gaby…
Brazilian plastic surgeon Dr Bumbum charged with murdering patient
Denis Furtado is held after Lilian Calixto died following a procedure at the celebrity surgeon’s apartment in Rio de Janeiro. Dr Bumbum – a celebrity plastic surgeon from Brazil known…
New Surgeon in the OR: Titan Medical’s SPORT
Is Titan’s SPORT going to storm the robotic surgery market? The darling of ORs everywhere: Intuitive Surgical In 2000 Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) went public at $9 a share dazzling Wall…
Nelson theatre nurse hanging up her scrubs after a 50-year career
By Samantha Gee Theatre nurse Barbara Chippendale remembers when she had to wash swabs so they could be reused by doctors in surgery. The Nelson woman began her working life…
UConn Health’s Hybrid OR Expands Surgical Capabilities
The hybrid operating room is a new tool for us that allows us to deliver health care in ways we have never been able to before.— Dr. Stephen Lahey The…
Faulty air system forces operating room closures at St. Boniface Hospital
Several St. Boniface Hospital operating rooms are closed after a malfunction in the facility’s air handling system. Patients with scheduled procedures will be affected for the rest of the week…
Icons Of Impact: A Global Surgeon Who Invests In Impact
What do you invest when investing money alone isn’t enough? In between kidney and liver transplants, I sat down with Jaymie Ang Henry– gifted surgeon, founder of the G4 Alliance,…
How to Put on and Remove a Face Mask
What is a face mask Face masks are one tool utilized for preventing the spread of disease. They may also be called dental, isolation, laser, medical, procedure, or surgical masks.…