Surgery

Heart transplant recipients in high air pollution areas are more likely to die from infections Heart transplant recipients who live in areas where particulate matter (PM2.5) air pollution levels reached above national limits for clean air…

Eye-opening research by neurosurgeons from Barrow Neurological Institute and Montreal Neurological Institute has produced the foremost investigation of the origin and evolution of perhaps the most famous concept devised in…

Credit: Madalena Sas Researchers at Imperial have shown how the chaotic electrical signals underlying irregular heart rhythms lead to the failure of standard treatments. By modelling how electrical signals on the inside and the…

A preoperative rehabilitation program also reduces Medicare costs for care, according to new Journal of the American College of Surgeons study findings CHICAGO (December 5, 2019): Older adults who "train" for a major operation by…

Credit: Image courtesy of F. Marconi. Medical practitioners routinely outfit patients with devices ranging from cardiovascular stents, pacemakers, catheters, and therapeutic lenses to orthopedic, breast, dental, and cochlear…

Landmark study reports greater success with minimally invasive vascular access procedureCredit: Dowling & Dennis PR Blanchardville, Wis. - A new study reports high levels of patient satisfaction with a minimally invasive…

Although colorectal cancer is associated with obesity, it is unclear if weight loss surgery impacts the incidence of these tumors. Results from a new study published in the International Journal of Cancer suggest that the risk of colon…

Appendicitis is the most common general surgical emergency worldwide, but its diagnosis remains challenging. A new BJS study examined whether existing risk prediction models can reliably identify which UK patients with a low risk of…

Latest breakthrough by Professor Sylvain Martel's team at Polytechnique Montréal opens up new horizons for endovascular surgeryCredit: Massouh bioMEDia for the Polytechnique Montréal Nanorobotics Laboratory A team led by Professor Sylvain…

Keith Paulsen receives the highest distinction for academic inventorsCredit: Thayer School of Engineering at Dartmouth HANOVER, N.H. - December 3, 2019 - Keith Paulsen, the Robert A. Pritzker Professor of Biomedical Engineering at…