News tagged with surgical instruments


Cold plasma successful against brain cancer cells

For the first time, physicists from the Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics (MPE), biologists and physicians demonstrated the synergistic effect of cold atmospheric plasma - a partly ionized ...

Cancer created May 23, 2013 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Surgeon, optical scientist collaborate on surgery camera

(Medical Xpress)—Dr. Mike Nguyen, a urologist and UA associate professor of surgery, and Hong Hua, a UA professor of optical sciences, have teamed up with the goal of creating a camera that will allow surgeons ...

Surgery created Jan 17, 2013 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Young gamers offer insight to teaching new physicians robotic surgery (w/ Video)

What can high school and college-age video game enthusiasts teach young surgeons-in-training?

Surgery created Nov 15, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Women twice as likely to suffer infection with kidney stones and other urinary blockages

While more men than women develop kidney stones and other obstructions in the urinary tract, women are more than twice as likely to suffer infections related to the condition, according to a new study led by Henry Ford Hospital ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Sep 26, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Manufacturer's cleaning ineffective for suction tips

(HealthDay) -- Following the manufacturer's recommendations is inadequate for cleaning suction tips, with residual debris identified after cleaning, according to a study published in the August issue of the ...

Other created Aug 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Extending the hands of the endoscopic surgeon

More precision and less cost for endoscopic surgeries: the tool developed by DistalMotion, a spin-off of EPFL, will allow surgeons to reproduce their exact movements. The prototype was just released from the ...

Surgery created Apr 02, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Remote-control surgery grows, despite inconclusive evidence

Chubby, pink and anesthetized into unconsciousness and paralysis, 16-week-old Ian Lund was a small bump under blue drapes on an operating table at University of Chicago Medicine. Perched above him was a robot, with arms like ...

Surgery created Mar 02, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0