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‘Hernia occurs when there is a tear in the tissue or muscle that normally encases the intestines or fatty abdominal tissue. This causes a lump or bulge in the abdomen or groin, which can be painful. The protruding intestine or fatty tissue is encased in a thin membrane that lines the body cavity. Certain activities can worsen….’ …
The Cape Fear Valley Board of Trustees tour the new Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement operating room and Simulation Lab.[Raul F. Rubiera/The Fayetteville Observer]▲ Michael Boose, a hospital trustee and county
Continue ReadingCape Fear Valley shows off new lab, new operating room
Experts who were supposed to assist surgeons carrying out the first robotic heart valve operation of its kind in the UK left the hospital theatre before the procedure was finished
By Helena Hutton As a young operating room nurse, a mentor of mine once asked me a very simple question: why do operating room nurses wear surgical masks? I was
Continue ReadingEverything I needed to know about leadership, I learned as an operating room nurse
A two-year-old girl has been given a new lease of life after undergoing pioneering surgery to have her 72cm head reduced. Little Maryam was born with Hydrocephalus – a condition
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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
Continue ReadingCanadian surgeon helps with face transplant for young suicide survivor
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
Continue ReadingFaulty air system forces operating room closures at St. Boniface Hospital
Denis Cesar Barros Furtado went on the run when one of his female patients died after he gave her injections to enlarge her buttocks. POLICE ARRESTED CELEBRITY plastic surgeon Denis
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Everyone wants to get you home safe and keep you healthy, but sometimes going home is a bad option.It’s in the medical team’s best interest to discharge you when you’re
Continue Reading10 Signs the Hospital Wants to Discharge You Too Early—and How to Fight It
By Kathleen McGrory, Neil Bedi Johns Hopkins All Children’s Hospital broke Florida law by failing to tell regulators about two serious medical errors, according to a state report. The report,
Continue ReadingAll Children’s Hospital never told state about surgical needle left in baby