Pre-op visits by video? Most surgeons say no—but are open to post-op telehealth
Surgery may seem like the ultimate telehealth-proof medical discipline. After all, a surgical team can't operate on someone over a video connection.
Jun 13, 2024
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Surgery may seem like the ultimate telehealth-proof medical discipline. After all, a surgical team can't operate on someone over a video connection.
Jun 13, 2024
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Surgical teams at NYU Langone Health performed the world's first genetically modified pig kidney transplant into a human body in September and November 2021, and then transplanted two pig hearts in the summer of 2022. These ...
May 21, 2024
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Considerations for anesthesia care in relation to use of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) receptor agonists before surgery are addressed in a report published March 11 by the American Association of Nurse Anesthesiology (AANA).
Mar 19, 2024
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Nurses who specialize in anesthesia have issued new guidelines to reduce the risk that patients taking weight-loss drugs like Ozempic or Wegovy throw up during surgery.
Mar 13, 2024
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NYU Abu Dhabi (NYUAD) engineers studying ventilation systems in surgical operating theaters have found that traditional ventilation systems may inadvertently facilitate the circulation of aerosolized pathogen-carrying particles. ...
Feb 28, 2024
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Imagine that you are on the waiting list for a non-urgent operation. You were seen in the clinic some months ago, but still don't have a date for the procedure. It is extremely frustrating, but it seems that you will just ...
Feb 11, 2024
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A study of pediatric heart surgery centers across the United States has demonstrated that, when it comes to successful surgery, it's not just the size of the program that matters in determining quality outcomes. The study ...
Jan 29, 2024
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Professional guitarist Christian Nolen took his stage show to an operating room last month, strumming out Deftones tunes for surgeons as they worked to remove a tumor from his brain.
Jan 10, 2024
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Australian researchers have successfully trialed a novel experiment to address offensive and rude comments in operating theaters by placing "eye" signage in surgical rooms.
Jan 4, 2024
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Patients around the world needing colonic surgery may be less likely to experience major complications after surgeons received online education run by the University of Birmingham's Global Surgery Unit.
Nov 30, 2023
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