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TOLEDO, Ohio (WTVG) – A Toledo plastic surgeon was arrested by the FBI on Friday, facing charges of Illegally Dispensing Controlled Substances, Aggravated Sexual Abuse and Sex Trafficking. 49-year-old Dr.…
A 72-year-old woman has suffered burns after a fire ignited while she was undergoing a procedure in a Sunshine Hospital surgical theatre. The blaze began when medical equipment malfunctioned just…
Stem cells and derived products offer great promise for new medical treatments. Learn about stem cell types, current and possible uses, ethical issues, and the state of research and practice.…
FDA issued a series of updates Tuesday regarding a women’s health device safety issue spotlighted in a 2014 advisory committee meeting. The agency said laparoscopic power morcellation for uterine fibroid…
As several thousand people become newly infected each day with the novel coronavirus Covid-19, and some die of it, there are accelerated efforts to develop new coronavirus vaccines. The World…
Venice Carnival cancelled, landmarks like Milan’s Duomo cathedral shut, and schools, museums and universities closed in much of northern Italy All deaths, including four announced on Monday, concerned elderly people,…
Nursing staff will be urged to undertake a two year course to become “surgical care practitioners” Nurses will be trained to perform surgery under new NHS measures to cut waiting…
Hyperfine’s portable MRI features permanent magnets that require no extra power or cooling, with the whole system running off a standard wall outlet to produce a brain scan. (Hyperfine) The…
Overview Anterior cervical discectomy and fusion (ACDF) is a surgery to remove a herniated or degenerative disc in the neck. An incision is made in the throat area to reach…
The death toll from China’s coronavirus epidemic rose to 1,483 on Friday but the number of new infections in hard-hit Hubei province fell after a change in case definitions caused…
Overview Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a surgery to implant a device that sends electrical signals to brain areas responsible for body movement. Electrodes are placed deep in the brain…
Patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) is a method of pain control that gives patients the power to control their pain. In PCA, a computerized pump called the patient-controlled analgesia pump, which contains…
A newly identified coronavirus has been spreading in China, and has now reached several other countries. As the number of confirmed cases and deaths continue to rise, health officials are…
If you’re at a party and telling someone what you do for a living, saying “I’m a perfusionist” might lead to some interesting conversations. “A percussionist? Like in a band?”…
Countries vindicate cautious stance on e-cigarettes Armando Peruga has spent the last two decades working in tobacco control. At the World Health Organization (WHO) in Geneva, since 2006, and before…
Alternate therapies for pain. The use of artificial intelligence in healthcare. Expanded window to treat stroke patients. These are some of the innovations that will enhance healing and change healthcare…
Choosing a surgeon can be tricky. It starts with making sure you really need the surgery, and then finding an experienced specialist you can trust. Morsa Images/Getty Images So your…
Medical research is constantly pushing the boundaries of health care and redefining what is and isn’t possible. Keeping pace with this vigorous progress, hospitals across the globe are continually updating…
Healthcare workers in the operating room are exposed to radiation during a multitude of surgical procedures as visualisation may be required in orthopaedics, neurology, urology and cardiothoracic surgery. New technologies…
Patients usually have questions before a surgical procedure. Doctors like to know their patients are involved in their own care, and they appreciate listening to their concerns, answering their questions…
Cryosurgery is a type of surgery that involves the use of extreme cold to destroy abnormal tissues, such as tumors. The surgery most often involves the use of liquid nitrogen,…
A Google artificial intelligence system proved as good as expert radiologists at detecting which women had breast cancer based on screening mammograms and showed promise at reducing errors, researchers in…
Happy New Year from The Operating Room Global (TORG). We all wish that there was more time in the day. When the day is over and we look back at…
The scientist He Jiankui at a medical conference in Hong Kong last year, when he announced he had created the world’s first genetically edited babies. Image Credit…Kin Cheung/Associated Press He…
A patient has died after she was set alight during surgery for cancer, succumbing to burns on 40 percent of her body. Surgeons had used an electric scalpel and flammable…
The difference between the Rod of Asclepius and the Caduceus. The Rod of Asclepius is an ancient Greek symbol associated with medicine, consisting of a serpent coiled around a rod.…
From unspeakable agony to unlocking consciousness. We expect to feel no pain during surgery or at least to have no memory of the procedure. But it wasn’t always so. Until…
The earliest surgeries in history were crude at best and likely to have been performed out of desperation or ignorance. Surgery as we know it did not truly begin until…
Debakey forceps are a type of atraumatic tissue forceps used in vascular procedures to avoid tissue damage during manipulation. They are typically large (some examples are upwards of 12 inches…
An Israeli company is helping doctors treat cancer by freezing tumors with liquid nitrogen. IceCure Medical, a company based in Israel’s northern coastal city of Caesarea, claim their non-invasive ProSense™…