What is Neurosurgery?
Most people think of neurosurgery as brain surgery — but it is much more! It is the medical specialty concerned with the diagnosis and treatment of of patients with injury…
Bariatric Surgery: The Quick Fix to Obesity
The most common procedure is the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. Here, a small stomach pouch is created with... Read More..
An Overview of Heart Disease
Palpitations, that is a heavily or unevenly beating heart, can be a sign of anxiety or can come on after extreme exercise, but if neither of these situations apply then…
Scary Scars: Know How to Treat It the Non-Surgical
Scars occur after healing of a wound caused by accident, burn, or surgery. Scars are formed due to various reasons and can be found almost on everyone's body. Most people…
The Perils of Surgical Mishaps
A number of these incidents are of the hit-or-miss variety, where the doctor realizes that they’re not going after the target area before any real damage has been done... Read…
Staffing Needs In The Operating Room
In some institutions, the floaters are also responsible for organizing the instrumentation and supplies that will be used during each case. This important task can save valuable time between cases....…
A Complete Nursing Career Overview
The first step to be a nurse is to graduate from a nursing program. This would enable you to take a state licensure examination.... Read More..
Common Procedures in Acid Reflux Surgery
Acid reflux (gastro-esophageal reflux disease) is a physiological condition that usually occurs due to inappropriate activity of the lower esophageal sphincter (muscular valve that connects the esophagus to the stomach)...
Blade Versus Bladeless LASIK Eye Surgery: What Is The Difference?
Patients considering LASIK eye surgery may come across medical jargon, such as “blade” and “bladeless” LASIK. To a layman, such terms might appear overwhelming... Read More..
Christmas Eve in the Operating Room
The days are crazy and the nights are long. Add to that the mad December rush to get all surgeries in before the end of the year and suddenly, everything…
Patient death rates higher on surgeons’ birthdays
Laboratory experiments have shown that common distractions in the operating room, such as noise, equipment problems, and personal conversations, can have a detrimental effect on surgeons' performance, but evidence using…
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Preparing for Open-Heart Surgery: Patient-Education
Open-heart surgery is also done to: - repair or replace heart valves, which allow blood to travel through the heart. - repair damaged or abnormal areas of the heart. -…
Suturing Techniques Instructional Videos
Suturing entails the closure of a wound or defect using a thread attached to a needle with knots tied to maintain the apposition of wound edges As with all simple…
ECG Basics and Interpretation Made Easy
Knowing the basic parts of an ECG tracing will lay a good foundation for everything else that is to come. The different waves, complexes and intervals need to be ingrained…
The Future of Surgical Technology
The future of surgery offers an amazing cooperation between humans and technology, which could elevate the level of precision and efficiency of surgeries so high we have never seen before.
Hospital floors are hotspot for bacteria, creating route of transfer to patients
The floors of hospital rooms are quickly and frequently contaminated with antibiotic-resistant bacteria within hours of patient admission, creating a route of transfer of potentially dangerous organisms to patients...
Preparing for Surgery: The Operating Room
The operating room can be an intimidating, busy place. It has a lot of unfamiliar technical equipment. The following is a brief list of equipment you may see in the…
WHO against mandatory COVID-19 vaccines
"The vaccine story is a good news story. It is the victory of human endeavour, potentially, over a microbial adversary..We need to convince people and we need to persuade..."
Saudi surgeon dies at work in hospital operating room
A surgeon in Saudi Arabia has died in a hospital operating room where he was set to perform an orthopaedic procedure, according to Saudi media...
COVID-19 in the operating room: A review of evolving safety protocols
The COVID-19 pandemic has already infected more than 3 million people across the world. As the healthworkers man the frontlines, the best practices model is continuously evolving as literature concerning…
Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO): The Basics
ECMO is similar to heart-lung bypass machines used during open-heart surgery. While a child is on ECMO, blood gets oxygenated, by an artificial lung, and gets delivered to the whole…
New Study identifies the detection rates of missing microsurgical needles using intra‐operative imaging
When a needle is lost during surgery, consider the following before ordering fluoroscopy. Needles of chord length greater than 13 mm (6–0) should be reliably detected whilst 3.8 mm (10–0) needles will…
Craniotomy Vs. Craniectomy
A craniectomy is a surgical procedure that is very similar to a craniotomy, but with one key difference. After a craniectomy, the bone fragment is not immediately put back into…
What every hospital should invest in
Hospitals spend large amounts of money on the aesthetics of a hospital, its facilities, and hospital equipment. Investing in these makes sense, and its outcomes are tangible — a fresh…
Proposed ban on breast enlargement, liposuction and other cosmetic surgery adverts being shown to under-18s
An advert shown during Love Island in 2018 about breast enhancement is one example which raised concerns over the protection of children. It led to the Mental Health Foundation logging…
The Scrub Life of the Left-Handed surgeon
Left handed surgeons lack access to left handed instruments while training, receive little mentoring about their left handedness, and are more prone to needle stick injuries than their right handed…
Study found extremely high levels of SARS-CoV-2 in children’s airways
In the most comprehensive study of COVID-19 pediatric patients to date, researchers provide critical data showing that children play a larger role in the community spread of COVID-19 than previously…
Coronavirus: Robots use UV light beams to zap hospital viruses
UV light has been used for decades in water and air purification, and used in laboratories. But combining them with autonomous robots is a recent development...
Laminectomy: What you need to know!
Laminectomy is usually done for back or neck pain that continues after medical treatment. Or it is done when the pain is accompanied by symptoms of nerve damage, such as…