Archives August 2018

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

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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 Invasive Surgery  has

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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 surgeon looking

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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 observing

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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.

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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

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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

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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

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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 Street with

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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 in the ward

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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

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