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125th German Society of Surgery Congress
The 125th Congress of the German Society of Surgery and the annual Congress of the German Society of Visceral Surgery (DVGC) in late April, examined the facts behind Read more …
Germ-free IT in the operation theatre
Among the major changes to operating theatres (OT) in recent years is the introduction of information technology (IT) equipment. Read more …
First Czech heart/lung transplant
The Czech Republic’s first cardiac transplant took place in 1984; now about 40 take place annually. The country’s first lung transplants began ten years ago; to date around a Read more …
Fully digital X-ray based 3-D imaging drives MIS
In recent years, intra-operative 3-D C-arm imaging has revolutionised orthopaedics and trauma surgery. In particular using the images created during an operation, C-arms with 3-D Read more …
Surgeons urged to ‘think twice’before giving blood transfusions
Hospitals are urged to tighten up on blood transfusions, following a growing number of reports on unrecognised risks from blood transfusions – and these are not the Read more …
Transcending tradition
The theatre is spectacular. Its immaculate cornflower blue glass walls surround space age technology — the EndoALPHA system. Even that name suggests something that surpasses what Read more …
Visualising prostate cancer
Advances in prostate cancer imaging spark hopes for better therapies. Meike Lerner asked Professor Hartmut Huland, Medical Director of Martini-Klinik in Hamburg, and pioneer of Read more …
Kidney donors: a long-term follow-up
By A Chkhotua, T Pantsulaia*, N Maglakelidze
at the National Centre of Urology, Tbilisi, Georgia
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The 57th ESCVS Annual Congress
The first day of the European Society of Cardiovascular Surgery Annual Congress* will focus on live surgery, endovascular topics and controversies. Read more …
Hemicorporectomy
Czech Republic – The second successful hemicorporectomy (translumbar amputation) was carried out several months ago by surgeon Frantisek Antos and team at the Bulovka Faculty Read more …
Treatment of Bladder Cancer: Radiotherapy versus Surgery
According to a study recently published by Cancer Research UK scientists the survival rates of bladder cancer patients treated with radiotherapy are the same as those of patients Read more …
New anaesthetic plaster available in the UK
A new plaster combines an innovative warming system with the two potent anaesthetics lidocaine and tetracaine. The warming of the skin increases vasodilatation and the blood Read more …
MRI techniques to replace liver biopsy
As reported in the January issue of Hepatology, MRI imagery is emerging as a non-invasive way to determine the existence and extent of hepatic fibrosis. It could eventually help Read more …
Hemicorporectomy
The second successful hemicorporectomy has been done several months ago by Frantisek Antos and his surgical team from Faculty hospital Bulovka.
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Finland’s colorectal cancer screening programme
Following the proposal of the European Union to all member states, Finland established a national screening programme for colorectal cancer in 2004. The programme is the first of Read more …
Emergency endoscopy services need to be better organized
According to a survey published in the journal Clinical Medicine of the Royal College of Physicians, there seems to be a serious under provision of out-of-hours emergency Read more …
Endoscopic stenting of colon obstructions
Minimally invasive endoscopic stent procedures can reduce the hospital stay of patients suffering from colorectal cancer. Stenting may also reduce the future risk of surgery, Read more …
Trauma care
By Shahram Vaezy, Associate Professor of Bioengineering at the University of Washington, Washington, Seattle, and Vesna Zderic, Assistant Professor at Electronic and Computer Read more …
4th Annual World Congress
At the opening of the 3-day IBMISPS congress, held in Washington D.C., which focused on image guided therapy, interdisciplinary interaction and intervention, Babak Kateb, founder Read more …