Keywords: Operation Theatre
10/29/2009
Managing children´s anxiety before surgery
The prospect of surgery for a child is a frightening unknown for child and parent alike, and the pre-operative process that most children go through only heightens their anxiety. …
08/18/2009
Barco advance the frontiers of telemedicine
MultiSense Communications, a medical conferencing solutions provider based in High Wycombe, UK, in conjunction with medical imaging specialist Barco, recently demonstrated the …
07/29/2009
Maquet launches new solution for digital OR-integration
Medical Systems company Maquet developed a modular expandable solution for digital OR-integration. The AV CONFERENCE PREMIUM MODULAR makes it possible for hospitals to …
07/28/2009
Maquet launcht neue Lösung für die digitale OP-Integration
Das Medizintechnik-Unternehmen Maquet hat ein modular erweiterbare Lösung für die digitale OP-Integration entwickelt. AV CONFERENCE PREMIUM ermöglicht Krankenhäusern …
07/01/2009
A science-based approach to increase OT safety
Nine years ago surgeon Ulrich Matern, engineer Martin Scherrer and theatre nurse Diana Hagen, suggested a project aimed at improving work practices and efficiency in the operating …
07/01/2009
Lighting for health and healing
Hardly any other area demands such complex lighting solutions as healthcare and nursing, given that it is essential to create optimal conditions to fulfil an extremely wide range …
05/01/2009
Operating Theatre One
Tuttlingen Municipal Clinic occupies two sites, the result of merger in 2002 of two clinics in Tuttlingen and Spaichingen, following a merger of the two clinics in Tuttlingen and …
05/01/2009
BrainSuite brings Günzburg neurosurgeons new tumour treatment options
Surgeons at the Department of Neurosurgery Ulm University/Günzburg District Hospital have begun to use the newly installed BrainSuite iMRI, a digitally integrated neurosurgical …
05/01/2009
Treating obesity surgically
Professor Rudolf A Weiner, head of the surgical department at Sachsenhausen Hospital, Germany, reports that some developing procedures result not only result in weight loss but …
05/01/2009
Robots yes, but lets keep the patient in full focus
Surgeons using technology-supported surgical systems, e.g. lasers and robotics, are challenged not to lose sight of the human element, which influenced the theme Humanity through …
04/30/2009
Gene Test Determines Risk of Heart Surgery Complications
Genetic differences can explain why some patients undergoing heart surgery later experience shock and kidney complications, according to a study by German and Australian …
04/30/2009
Stephan Sagolla is BERCHTOLDs new managing director
Stephan Sagolla (56) is the new global managing director of the BERCHTOLD Group in Tuttlingen. Before joining BERCHTOLD, the internationally experienced manager held various …
03/01/2009
TELEMEDICINE
Germany - The Barmherzigen Brüder Hospital in Regensburg, serves the populations of Lower Bavaria and the Upper Palatinate. 20 years ago, this hospital had only three …
03/01/2009
Surgical checklist saves lives
As part of a global Safe Surgery Saves Lives programme, a simple, short checklist of guidelines for safe surgical procedures developed by the World Alliance for Patient Safety of …
12/20/2008
Surgical lights gain LED technology
The popularity of LED lighting units is inevitably increasing because LED light is infrared-free and cool, creating good work conditions for surgeons, and minimising the danger of …
11/21/2008
SurgiMedia
ISIS of France, specialist in computer-based surgical equipment, is unveiling the latest version of its SurgiMedia an integrated display system for operating theatres (OT). …
11/20/2008
Computer assisted surgery, a synonym for new techniques being pursued in clinical practice
Surgical interventions are not radically altered by computer assistance but the quality and quantity of diagnostic information is continuously increasing leading to more …
11/20/2008
100% jump in sales of tissue oxygenation monitors
Newly released sales figures for the Tissue Oxygenation Monitor InSpectra show a huge jump they have doubled in the last quarter, according to Peter Ickert, Vice President of …
10/29/2008
Re-organising an operating theatre
In September 2006, Dr Albrecht Bornscheuer (right) changed roles within the Hannover Medical School (MHH): the anaesthetist became a manager responsible for the coordination and …
10/28/2008
3-D textiles reduce pressure ulcer risk in the OR
Pressure ulcers are a risk for patients undergoing long surgical procedures. Gel pads, widely used to reduce this risk, are considered to have two major disadvantages: they …
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