Surgery

Philadelphia- Julia A. Haller, MD, the ophthalmologist-in-chief of Wills Eye Hospital, is the recipient of this year's Physician of the Year Award from The Philadelphia Inquirer. The award is one of the "Influencers of Healthcare" honors…

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society research summary After having surgery, many older adults develop delirium, the medical term for sudden and severe confusion. In fact, between 10 and 67 percent of older adults experience delirium…

Credit: Photo source: Nature Communications (https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-11091-2) As a medical emergency caused by severe cardiovascular diseases, myocardial infarction (MI) can inflict permanent and…

Credit: Ville Sallinen In recent decades, patients in Europe coming in for colectomies, or surgical procedures targeted at the colon, have not been routinely subjected to what is known as bowel preparation, where the bowel is emptied…

This article by Dr. Homagni Sikha Roy et al has been published in The Open Medical Imaging Journal Volume 11, 2019 Ultrasound is a non-invasive and relatively inexpensive means of diagnosing a number of medical conditions. This review…

An arm in a sling cures a shoulder fracture just as well as an operation with plates and screws. This is shown by a comprehensive study from Aarhus University, Denmark which forms part of a Nordic research collaboration.Credit: Aarhus…

Credit: De Marco et al, Adv Mater. Techn. 2019; ETH Zurich Approximately one in every thousand children develops a urethral stricture, sometimes even when they are still a foetus in the womb. In order to prevent life-threatening levels of…

A new study from the University of Eastern Finland shows that the health-related quality of life of most people who have or have a higher risk of knee osteoarthritis remained unchanged over an eight-year trajectory. Worsening of quality…

Researchers at Stanford University have found that spraying a gel on the internal tissues of animals after cardiac surgery greatly reduces adhesions, fibrous bands that form between internal organs and tissues. Adhesions can cause…

Test could help avoid unnecessary surgeries; enable physicians to continuously monitor cancerCredit: Courtesy of TGen PHOENIX, Ariz. -- Aug. 7, 2019 -- A new type of blood test for breast cancer could help avoid thousands of…