Abdominal Incisions in Gynaecologic Oncological Surgery
Overview The success of a gynaecologic procedure performed through an abdominal incision depends on careful selection of the incision site and proper closure of the wound. The surgeon needs to…
Operating Room Fire safety
Although a fire occurring in an operating room is a relatively rare occurrence, the consequences can be devastating. This training module will provide information that can be taken to prevent…
In A First, Doctors Perform Successful Child Valve Replacement Surgery
A spokesman of the super specialty tertiary care hospital said the cardiovascular and thoracic surgery (CVTS) department of the medical institute has conducted the successful heart valve replacement of a…
Preventing Retained Surgical Items is a Team Effort
“With unintentionally retained objects, the problem is the enormous amount of harm that can result,” such as perforation, infection, pain, damage to other body parts, and death,” says Gail Horvath,…
A woman took a stranger off life support after hospital allegedly mixed up two men, lawsuit says
A woman who was told her brother wouldn’t “make it” after a drug overdose ordered a stranger be taken off life support in a mix-up at a Bronx hospital, a…
Mumbai: Doctors transferred, terminated after 3 lose eye in cataract surgery
American Academy of Ophthalmologist: Image Credit The medical superintendent of civic-run Balasaheb Thackeray Trauma Care Hospital was demoted and transferred on Monday, while the services of an honorary eye surgeon…
Slain Wisconsin nurse found frozen, bleeding under her car in Hospital car park
Carlie Beaudin MEDICAL COLLEGE OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE – Carlie Beaudin’s dog, Baloo, was the first to alert her husband, Nick, that something was wrong. It was about 4 a.m. and…
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In the OR, the stakes are high for perioperative nurses, physicians and others who work as a cohesive team for optimal results. The future holds much of the same —…
Thyroidectomy
Overview Image Credit: crossfithartford Thyroidectomy is the removal of all or part of your thyroid gland. Your thyroid is a butterfly-shaped gland located at the base of your neck. It…
Surgeon performs region’s first robotic knee replacement surgery
Image Credit: Morristown-Hamblen Healthcare system NAGPUR: Dr Mukesh Laddha, an orthopaedic surgeon at the Rathi Nursing Home (RNH) for the first time in city and region has conducted robotic knee…
Surgical Skin Prep – Perioperative Patient Care Fundamentals
Posted by: Kimberly Prinsen RN, MSN When I think of the role of a circulating nurse in the Operating Room I’m struck by both the complexity of the work and…
Everything You Need to Know About Surgical Sutures
Overview Sutures are used by your doctor to close wounds to your skin or other tissues. When your doctor sutures a wound, they’ll use a needle attached to a length…
Ujjain civil surgeon sacked after kissing video with nurse inside operation theatre goes viral
The video, which shows the civil surgeon kissing a woman, first surfaced on a WhatsApp group of the nursing staff of the Ujjain district hospital. HIGHLIGHTS He has been removed…
Indian cardiologist performs world’s first telerobotic surgery from a distance of 32 km
Telerobotic surgery will be commercialized for a timely and specialized treatment of cardiovascular patients with geographical barriers. India became the world’s first to successfully perform a telerobotic coronary intervention on…
Nurse ‘decapitates a baby while pulling too hard during a difficult birth’ at a hospital in India
A male nurse pulled so hard that the foetus is said to have broken in two pieces The mother is now fighting for her life at a different hospital in…
SURGICAL COUNTS
Overview/Procedure Description It is essential for the safety of the patient that a national standard for counting procedures be employed. Accountable items are instruments and other items, which by their…
Mayo, Cleveland Clinic Again Lead US News Top Hospitals List
For the third consecutive year, the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, claimed the number one spot in the annual honor roll of best hospitals published by US News and World…
Diseases in the drapes: Hospital privacy curtains are a breeding ground for MRSA and other dangerous bugs because they are ‘always touched but rarely changed’
Bacterial swabs of privacy curtains at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg found they all harboured the hospital superbug MRSA at some point over a 21-day period (stock image) Canadian…
Hybrid, Integrated, Digital O.R.: The Differences (and Similarities)
Image credit: MedGadget By Brainlab A: “A hybrid operating room always has to have in-room imaging.” E: “But that could also be a digital O.R.” A: “Sure, but a digital…
What I Do as an Anaesthesiologist
Image Credit: facmediciney Life Hacker Career Spotlight It’s easy to take for granted the precision with which modern medicine can manage and alleviate pain, whether you’re put under for surgery…
A New Jersey Surgery Center May Have Exposed Thousands to Infections Due to Dirty Instruments
Screenshot: Google/HealthPlus Surgery Center Over 3,000 patients at a New Jersey surgical center may have been exposed to bloodborne pathogens after investigators found the facility wasn’t properly following sterilization guidelines…
Theatre Nurses: 3 Reasons Why Nurses Move Towards the Operating Room
Image Credit: nursejobsIreland We can all agree that nurses work hard enough as it is! So why do some nurses take on extra work to make the shift towards becoming…
Virtual reality and the changing face of surgery
Diane Jooris is pioneering research into VR for patients (Oncomfort) Two medical specialists talk about how they are using VR for both doctors and patients in surgery. Virtual reality was…
Two-year-old boy ‘castrated’ after doctors botched operation
Shutterstock A 2-year-old boy who was supposed to undergo a “minimal operation” was “castrated” when doctors accidentally operated on the wrong testicle, his family says. The boy was treated for…
Sales Reps May Be Wearing Out Their Welcome In The Operating Room
(John Fedele/Getty Images) In the operating room, surgical masks and matching scrubs can make it hard to tell who’s who — at least for outsiders. Patients getting wheeled in might…
Surgeons reconstruct girl’s skull after her head swells to dangerous size
Surgeons at a Canadian hospital have used cutting edge technology to completely reconstruct a two-year-old’s skull after her head swelled to the size of a basketball due to an abnormal…
Legal war engulfs 3M Bair Hugger device
Smoke rose in curls of green laser light, quickly filling the mock operating room and fogging the air around a mannequin patient. Dr. Scott Augustine, a controversial medical entrepreneur and…
The Rise of the Barn Operating Theatre
UK hospitals adopting barn theatre approach to improve outcomes Operating theatre design has remained largely unchanged for decades, but more recently a new architectural approach is beginning to take hold.…
Ergonomic and Proper Handling of Surgical Instruments
BY lSZCZEPAN BARAN, VMD, ELIZABETH JOHNSON, VMD AND MARCEL PERRET-GENTIL, DVM Although not always recognized, proper handling of surgical instruments plays a vital role in positive surgical patient outcomes. Correct…
Cape Fear Valley shows off new lab, new operating room
The Cape Fear Valley Board of Trustees tour the new Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement operating room and Simulation Lab.▲ Michael Boose, a hospital trustee and county commissioner, noticed that the…