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20-Jun-2024 7:05 AM EDT
Mercy Medical Center First in Mid-Atlantic Region to Offer Orthopedic Patients New Mixed Reality Technology Platform for Shoulder Surgery
Mercy Medical Center

Nationally recognized for orthopedic surgery, Mercy Medical Center is now the first in the mid-Atlantic region to offer shoulder arthroplasty using a new mixed reality technology platform known as Blueprint Mixed Reality (MR) Guidance, developed by Stryker, one of the world’s leading medical technology companies.

Released: 1-Jul-2024 12:00 PM EDT
Lab values predict periprosthetic joint infection in patients with morbid obesity
Wolters Kluwer Health: Lippincott

For patients with severe obesity undergoing knee or hip replacement, commonly obtained laboratory values – including markers of anemia and inflammation – are independent predictors of the risk of periprosthetic joint infection (PJI), reports a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. The journal is published in the Lippincott portfolio by Wolters Kluwer.

Newswise: Jeffrey Matthews, MD, appointed University of Chicago Health System Surgeon-in-Chief
Released: 1-Jul-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Jeffrey Matthews, MD, appointed University of Chicago Health System Surgeon-in-Chief
University of Chicago Medical Center

In addition to serving as System Surgeon-in-Chief, Matthews will continue his role as Chair of the Department of Surgery.

Released: 1-Jul-2024 10:00 AM EDT
Ochsner Medical Center – Baton Rouge performs robotic-assisted lung biopsy
Ochsner Health

Ochsner Medical Center – Baton Rouge now offers robotic-assisted bronchoscopy using the Ion robotic platform, a new, minimally invasive option for lung biopsy.

Newswise: July 2024 Issue of Neurosurgical Focus: Video: “Epilepsy Surgery”
28-Jun-2024 2:05 PM EDT
July 2024 Issue of Neurosurgical Focus: Video: “Epilepsy Surgery”
Journal of Neurosurgery

Announcement of contents of the July 2024 issue of Neurosurgical Focus: Video

Released: 26-Jun-2024 11:00 AM EDT
Overcoming Challenges Encountered by Spanish-Speaking Trauma Patients
American College of Surgeons (ACS)

Many trauma patients face a myriad of challenges when recovering from a traumatic injury, problems that can be compounded when their English proficiency is limited. An outreach program to Spanish-speaking trauma patients can help improve access to follow-up care and community resources, according to a study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS)

Released: 26-Jun-2024 8:05 AM EDT
Female heart patients less likely to have additional problems fixed during surgery
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

Two studies led by Michigan Medicine find that female patients who undergo heart surgery are less likely to have secondary ailments corrected during a procedure — despite guidelines that indicate they should. Researchers say it adds to growing evidence that women are undertreated across the spectrum of cardiovasvular care.

Newswise: Bladder buzz: technologies to improve bladder surgery and monitoring
Released: 25-Jun-2024 2:05 PM EDT
Bladder buzz: technologies to improve bladder surgery and monitoring
National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering

NIBIB-funded researchers are working to make bladder surgeries better, tackling the issue from two vantage points: improving bladder function using a biodegradable construct that facilitates tissue regeneration, and enhancing patient monitoring by developing an implantable bladder sensor.

Released: 24-Jun-2024 3:05 PM EDT
Apply Today! Media Registration for American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2024
American College of Surgeons (ACS)

Members of the media can now apply to cover the American College of Surgeons (ACS) Clinical Congress 2024.

Newswise: Hackensack University Medical Center Offers Innovative Robotic Approach to Knee Replacement Surgery
Released: 21-Jun-2024 11:05 AM EDT
Hackensack University Medical Center Offers Innovative Robotic Approach to Knee Replacement Surgery
Hackensack Meridian Health

Hackensack University Medical Center, in partnership with THINK Surgical, now offers robotically assisted knee replacement surgery with the TMINI™ Miniature Robotic System. The handheld TMINI System (video), is a wireless robot the surgeon uses to help restore patients' mobility so they can return to enjoying their favorite activities.

Newswise:Video Embedded intake-reduction-and-pre-surgery-body-weight-explain-efficacy-of-weight-loss-surgery
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Released: 20-Jun-2024 7:00 AM EDT
Intake Reduction and Pre-surgery Body Weight Explain Efficacy of Weight Loss Surgery
American Physiological Society (APS)

A new study finds that pre-surgery weight plays a role in how much weight loss occurs after gastric bypass. The study is published ahead of print in the American Journal of Physiology-Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology and has been chosen as an APSselect article for June.

Released: 19-Jun-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Adolescents Make Similar Gains as Children After SEMLS
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

A CHLA study finds that older and younger kids with cerebral palsy have comparable gait improvements after single event multilevel surgery.

Newswise: Breakthrough UC San Diego Brain Recording Device Receives FDA Approval for a Clinical Trial
Released: 19-Jun-2024 7:00 AM EDT
Breakthrough UC San Diego Brain Recording Device Receives FDA Approval for a Clinical Trial
University of California San Diego

The Federal Drug Administration approved a clinical trial to test the effectiveness of an electronic grid that records brain activity during surgery, developed by engineers at the University of California San Diego.

Newswise: Transplant Surgeon Robert A. Montgomery, MD, DPhil, FACS, Honored with Jacobson Innovation Award
Released: 17-Jun-2024 12:05 PM EDT
Transplant Surgeon Robert A. Montgomery, MD, DPhil, FACS, Honored with Jacobson Innovation Award
American College of Surgeons (ACS)

Robert A. Montgomery, MD, DPhil, FACS, a distinguished transplant surgeon renowned for pioneering "domino" paired kidney donations and leading the world’s first successful pig-to-human kidney xenotransplant, is the recipient of this year’s American College of Surgeons (ACS) Jacobson Innovation Award.

Newswise: The ‘rare’ Porzingis ankle injury: What is it and how is it treated?
Released: 14-Jun-2024 10:05 AM EDT
The ‘rare’ Porzingis ankle injury: What is it and how is it treated?
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Boston Celtics 7’2” center Kristaps Porzingis was ruled out of Game 3 against the Dallas Mavericks, his former team, due to a “torn medial retinaculum, allowing dislocation of the posterior tibialis tendon” (PTT), according to a team statement from ESPN. This injury comes on the heels of a string of calf injuries earlier in the season.

Released: 13-Jun-2024 2:55 PM EDT
UCSF Health Achieves Robotic Surgery Milestone as First UC Medical Center to Reach 15,000 Procedures
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Gastrointestinal cancer surgeons at the UC San Francisco have performed the health system’s 15,000th robotically assisted minimally invasive surgery, making it the first University of California health center to reach this milestone.

Released: 13-Jun-2024 7:05 AM EDT
Pre-op visits by video? Most surgeons say no – but are open to post-op telehealth
Michigan Medicine - University of Michigan

A survey of surgeons shows most aren’t in favor of operating on a patient they’ve never seen in person, but many are open to telehealth appointments after a successful operation, though most don't currently offer this option.

Newswise: UCSF Health Reaches 15,000 Robotic Surgeries
Released: 11-Jun-2024 2:00 PM EDT
UCSF Health Reaches 15,000 Robotic Surgeries
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Gastrointestinal cancer surgeons at the UC San Francisco have performed the health system’s 15,000th robotically assisted minimally invasive surgery, making it the first University of California health center to reach this milestone. UCSF Health has the busiest robotic surgery program in the UC health system and is the leading academic medical institution for robotic surgeries in the western U.S.

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Released: 11-Jun-2024 9:05 AM EDT
AI model may yield better outcomes for prostate cancer
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), Health Sciences

By using AI to assist with cancer contouring, the researchers found predicting the cancer size was 45 times more accurate and consistent than when physicians used only conventional clinical imaging and blood tests to predict the cancer extent.



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