New programs to help patients better prepare for surgery, recuperate faster afterward supriya kashyap kashyap25 Oct 2016 9:08 AM ISTWashington : Two new Enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) programs are now helping patients better prepare for surgery and recuperate faster...
Baby Born Twice: Doctors insert foetus back into the womb after critical surgery Noha24 Oct 2016 6:41 PM ISTIn what may be termed nothing short of a Miracle Surgery, doctors at Texas Children's Hospital, took out a 23-weeks old foetus carrying a tumour, out...
Study shows promise to repair the urethra using bone marrow stem cells supriya kashyap kashyap23 Oct 2016 10:25 PM ISTA study published in Scientific Reports describes a potential new strategy that may be utilized to correct hypospadias, a birth defect which occurs...
Landmark: Nose cells used to repair damaged knee joints. Meghna Singhania22 Oct 2016 5:52 PM IST In what may be termed as a landmark procedure, Swiss surgeons successfully used an experimental technique, which includes harvesting cells from the...
Delhi : 2 month baby undergoes successful liver transplant supriya kashyap kashyap21 Oct 2016 1:29 PM ISTNew Delhi : A two-month-old baby weighing 2.1-kg has successfully undergone a liver transplant at a city hospital here and is claimed to be the...
Study finds mixed results for use of mesh for hernia repair supriya kashyap kashyap20 Oct 2016 9:09 AM ISTAmong patients undergoing incisional hernia repair, the use of mesh to reinforce the repair was associated with a lower risk of hernia recurrence over...
Use of PSA for prostate screening unaffected by changes in screening guidelines, research finds supriya kashyap kashyap9 Oct 2016 10:07 AM ISTControversy over prostate cancer screening guidelines that discourage use of PSA tests did not significantly reduce use of the test, a five-year...
Nigerian woman undergoes successful critical surgery in Noida hospital supriya kashyap kashyap7 Oct 2016 1:49 PM ISTNoida : A 37-year-old woman from Nigeria, who had two aneurysms in her brain, underwent successful surgery at a hospital here, authorities said.Aishat...
Boston hospital performs double arm transplant on Marine supriya kashyap kashyap6 Oct 2016 12:32 PM ISTA Boston hospital has successfully performed a double arm transplant on a former Marine who lost his limbs in an explosion in Afghanistan.Sgt. John...
HeroSurg - Worlds first robotic surgeon with a sense of touch developed supriya kashyap kashyap5 Oct 2016 11:42 AM ISTMelbourne : Researchers, including one of Indian-origin, claim to have developed the world's first robotic surgical system that can give surgeons the...
Coronary artery surgery can prevent heart failure in diabetes patients : JACC Study supriya kashyap kashyap4 Oct 2016 9:25 AM ISTFor people with Type 2 diabetes, heart failure is a common condition. According to a new study, individuals with Type 2 diabetes who had undergone...
Patient reported outcomes tied to long-term outcomes in bariatric surgery supriya kashyap kashyap26 Sept 2016 9:55 AM ISTClinical outcomes of surgery and patient reported outcomes of function, disability, and health status are two different measures of surgical success.A...
