Departments: Surgery/Orthopaedics

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08/30/2006

A higher definition of surgery

How developments in audio-visual technology hold the key to excellence in the operating theatre. …

08/30/2006

Water jet dissection

Five years ago, surgeons at the Lukas Hospital in Neuss, Germany, used water jet dissection for visceral surgery for the first time. Dr Bernhard Lammers, head of the hospital's …

08/30/2006

A stretcher with hydraulic lifting system

Italy's smart, innovative design enjoys a worldwide reputation. This also applies to the country's healthcare products. …

08/30/2006

Steroid sparing

According to leading transplant specialists, within five years almost all renal transplants will be steroid free. …

08/30/2006

Vascular surgery

'Alles im Fluss' is the slogan of the 22nd Annual Congress of the German Society for Endovascular & Vascular Surgery, to be held from 6-9 September, in Muelheim an der Ruhr. …

08/30/2006

Centralised operating theatre control provides many benefits

Core - the integrated operating theatre concept created by Richard Wolf GmbH, has a modular, networked structure to link various devices in the operating theatre. …

08/30/2006

HDTV advantages lead to medical advances

The St. Olav's Hospital in Trondheim, Norway, conducted a study based on a HDTV video laparoscope system in operating rooms (Olympus). …

08/30/2006

CyberKnife radiosurgery progress

In its first year, 450 patients have been treated with CyberKnife - the unique Robotic Radiosurgery System. …

08/30/2006

Quality control in minimally invasive surgery

There is a need for a national institue to co-ordinate education and certification in minimally surgery. …

08/07/2006

Controversy: the nurse-surgeon

Nurse-surgeon training in the UK is lively discussed for other European countries doing the same to address their lack of qualified surgeons. …

08/07/2006

First European surgical studio goes live

The operating `theatre´ exists no longer - at least in St Olavs Hospital (Trondheim University Hospital, Norway) where Europe's first operating studio officially opened this May. …

08/03/2006

IGS

In our last issue we featured the Future Operating Room Project developed at St Olavs Hospital, University Hospital of Trondheim, Norway, a collaboration between the hospital and …

08/02/2006

The usefulness of musculoskeletal MRI

A report by Thomas H Magee. …

08/02/2006

Hyperbaric oxygen treatment

Rationale and effectiveness in the non-healing diabetic foot ulcer patient. By Peter HJ Mueller and Robert A Warriner III …

08/02/2006

Single image/data management system integrates major medical fields

IMPAX Enterprise - a single image and data management system that draws together radiology, cardiology, orthopaedics, and women's care. …

07/01/2006

Secondary healing wounds

An application report by assistant plastic surgeon Thomas Aigner, and F Weyer, of the Department of Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery, at St. Polten Hospital, Austria …

07/01/2006

The Wound Infection Institute

Wound Infection Institute is dedicated to improving infection control. …

07/01/2006

German Congress of Radiology

Berlin became the venue for the German Congress of Radiology this May, for the second time. 118 exhibitors showcased products on 4,900 square metres, and the event attracted 7,000 …

05/23/2006

ILED - the LED operating lamp

Based on semiconductor connections that convert the current directly into light, LEDs have numerous technical advantages over conventional halogen and gas discharge lamps, the …