Departments: Surgery/Orthopaedics
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. …
10/29/2009
A Scaffold to regenerate lost bones and tissue
Mother Nature has provided the lizard with a unique ability to regrow body tissue that is damaged or torn - if its tail is pulled off, it grows right back. She has not been quite …
09/01/2009
Russias continuing laser medicine advances
For the past 30 years, in the former USSR and Russia, laser medicine has been actively developed and regular annual conferences have opened new avenues for its use by the …
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 …
07/21/2009
Revolutionary approach to heart failure
British girl Hannah Clark who was given an extra heart as a toddler has become the worlds first heart transplant patient to make a full recovery after having her donor organ …
07/01/2009
The impact on soma and psyche
There is a profound difference between the complexity of cosmetic surgery or organ transplant procedures, for example, and other operations. Whilst procedures such as hair …
07/01/2009
When donors are not forthcoming
Expectations ran high when the German Transplant Law (TPG) was introduced in 1997. The government felt it had done its part to ensure more legal certainty for the donation, …
07/01/2009
The state of play in EU States
Waiting lists for organ transplants are lengthening in most European countries, forcing the need to increase donations higher up the medical and political agenda, Mark Nicholls …
07/01/2009
EFORT 2009
One of the key topics at the EFORT Congress, held recently in Vienna, was on opportunities offered by computer-aided surgery (CAS) to achieve better results for many orthopaedic …
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
A surprise surge in stranger organ donations
A rapid rise in altruistic donations, i.e. strangers having a kidney removed for an unknown patient, has been reported by the UKs Human Tissue Authority (HTA). Although …
06/18/2009
Rückenschmerzen mit minimal-invasiven Therapien behandeln
Rückenschmerzen sind hierzulande einer der häufigsten Gründe für einen Arztbesuch. In vielen Fällen lassen sie sich durch minimal-invasive Therapien ausschalten. Hierbei …
06/10/2009
Minimally-invasive hip surgery benefits patients
According to the WHO, some 3 million people across the world require artificial hips as primary joint replacement surgery. Increasingly, surgeons are using minimally-invasive …
06/10/2009
CARS 2009
Many new and promising developments in radiology and surgery are presented by outstanding speakers at Computer Assisted Radiology and Surgery CARS 2009, from June 23-27, in …
05/27/2009
ulrich medical introduces new instrument for spinal surgery
By putting the obeliscPRO on the market, ulrich medical is launching the next generation of its proven obelisc vertebral body replacement system. With an expanded range of …
05/20/2009
Bordeauxs centre of excellence for sports medicine
Open MRI not only provides good clinical images for musculoskeletal diagnoses, but also makes it easier to accommodate big-bodied sportsmen. …
05/08/2009
Freiburger Augenärzte starten weltweit einzigartige Studie
Jährlich verpflanzen Augenärzte in Deutschland etwa 6 000 Hornhäute. Sie geben damit Menschen ihr Sehvermögen zurück. In knapp einem Fünftel der Fälle stößt jedoch der …
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