News tagged with live surgery


EAU to release policy statement on live surgery ethics

During the final day of the 28th Annual EAU Congress, which will take place on 15-19 March 2013 in Milan, the European Association of Urology will release its official policy statement on live surgery ethics. The statement ...

Surgery created Feb 11, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Single-port kidney removal through the belly button boosts living-donor satisfaction

In the largest study of its kind, living donors who had a kidney removed through a single port in the navel report higher satisfaction in several key categories, compared to donors who underwent traditional multiple-port ...

Surgery created Sep 12, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New tests monitor brain health during children's heart surgery

A new monitoring method and blood test may provide early warnings when a child's brain isn't getting enough blood during heart surgery, according to new research presented during the American Heart Association's Emerging ...

Pediatrics created Apr 25, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Wider cleft width appears associated with hypernasal speech, nasal air escape

Patients with wider cleft palates appear more likely to postoperatively develop velopharyngeal insufficiency, a condition characterized by hypernasal speech and nasal air escape when speaking, according to a study published ...

Surgery created Apr 16, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Adult living donor liver transplants safe, study finds

Desperately needed adult living donor liver transplantation is a safe surgery for the donor, according to researchers at Henry Ford Hospital.

Other created Nov 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0