Surgical Wound
What is a surgical wound? A surgical wound is a cut or incision in the skin that is usually made by a scalpel during surgery. A surgical wound can also…
World Heart Day 2019 (Sept. 29): My Heart, Your Heart!
17,900,000 people die every yearfrom CVD, including heart disease and stroke This year on World Heart Day, as part of our mission to ensure heart health equity for all, we…
Interventional Radiology
Interventional radiology is a rapidly growing area of medicine. Interventional radiologists are physicians who specialize in minimally invasive, targeted treatments performed using imaging guidance. Interventional radiology procedures are an advance…
Introducing Operating Room Implant Bill Only Automation
Automating Processes with One Click. Patient work, not Paperwork A cloud based solution that offers true seamless collaboration between vendors and hospitals with specific focus on high value surgeries. Delivered…
How Surgery Is Used for Cancer Treatment
Surgery is used to prevent, diagnose, stage, and treat cancer. Surgery can also relieve (palliate) discomfort or problems related to cancer. Sometimes, one surgery can take care of more than…
Man’s hand left dangling by skin and bone reattached by surgeons after sewing it to his groin for two weeks
A carpenter who severed his hand with an electric saw, leaving it dangling from slivers of skin and bone, had it largely saved after surgeons temporarily reattached it to his…
Austin Hospital cancels 150 elective surgeries after washers break down
Melbourne’s Austin Hospital has been forced to cancel 150 elective surgeries after a number of their medical washers broke down. In a statement, the hospital said it had realised there…
The Surgical Tech’s Creed; The Humble Technologist
The Surgical Tech’s Creed was written to show the world how much more surgical technologists do than just pass instruments and count sponges. They are the backbone of every OR,…
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First long-distance heart surgery performed via robot
A doctor in India has performed a series of five percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) procedures on patients who were 20 miles away from him. The feat was pulled off using…
Augmented reality surgical technology unveiled by Philips and Microsoft
At the MWC (25–26 February, Barcelona, Spain), formerly the Mobile World Congress, Philips unveiled a unique mixed reality concept developed in partnership with Microsoft for the operating room of the…
UK funded inflatable operating theatre set to revolutionise emergency surgery
A UK-funded inflatable operating theatre that fits into a backpack is set to revolutionise surgery in emergencies when doctors are forced to operate on the hoof. Despite its Heath Robinson-like…