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Types of cardiac surgery include bypass surgeries, angioplasty, stents, heart valve replacements, and even heart transplants. Patients having all of these surgeries can benefit from physiotherapy. Patients who have other cardiac problems can use the help too; they include victims of heart attacks, heart failure, peripheral artery disease, chest pain, and…
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Revision hip surgery is more complicated and more time consuming than first time hip replacements and the outcome is often less satisfactory. Complete pain relief is less common than in first time hip replacements and complication rates are higher…. …
Statistics reveal that about one in every three people carries staph aureus bacteria in their noses, and about one million people carry the MRSA type…
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Continue ReadingMRSA (Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus): What you need to know!
Male surgeons are always addressed as Mr in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Surgery is one of the only professions left that still uses a gendered title for the role…
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In one case, a facial fire occurred involving the ESU active electrode in an oxygen-enriched environment. In the second case, inadvertent activation of the ESU ignited bone cement being used in an orthopedic procedure…
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Continue ReadingElectrosurgical Units, Safety Issues, and the Risk of Surgical Fires
Prior to this time, the eye piece of the lens was literally held up to the surgeons eye. Not only did this promote unsterile conditions, it made it impossible for the assistants around the table to anticipate the needs of the surgeon or to see what was going on. Use of video monitors made it possible for a large audience of students to learn specific maneuvers without being scrubbed at the field. A record of the entire surgery was available if the recording device was utilized… Read More …
The operating room can be a scary place for children, with unfamiliar equipment and people dressed in strange outfits… …
Continue ReadingPreparing a child for surgery – Instructional Guide
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Weight loss procedures are either restrictive which reduce the size of your stomach or malabsorptive which lessen the flow of food from stomach to…. …
Continue ReadingGastric Bypass (Weight Loss) Surgery – The Road to Recovery
Specimens are more likely to be misplaced, mislabeled, or never collected in the first place, rather than lost in transit… …
Continue ReadingHandling Surgical Specimens – Risk Reduction Strategies
Hazards exist when ignition sources are used in the oxygen-enriched atmospheres (i.e., atmospheres containing more than 23% oxygen [O2]) that are commonly present in the airway during surgery… …
Continue ReadingSurgical Airway Fires – Mechanisms and Management