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Patients' Anaesthesia Concerns Reviewed (pp 1598, 1648)
A four-part series reviewing issues and developments in anaesthesia is launched in this week's issue of THE LANCET. The first article reviews patients' concerns about anaesthesia. David Royston and Felicia Cox from the Harefield Hospital, Middlesex, UK, outline how patients scheduled for surgical procedures continue to express concerns about their... view more... (2003-11-12)
Patients with throat cancer should have endoscopic ultrasound examination
Research News from British Journal of Surgery The surgery needed to remove throat tumours is severe and often involves drawing the stomach higher into the chest cavity. Before surgeons embark on this risky procedure they need to believe that the patient has a good chance of benefiting from the operation. Endoscopic ultrasonography is a fairly new... view more... (2003-12-18)
Cochlear implants' performance not affected by amount of hearing loss in the implanted ear
Hearing-impaired individuals with severe to profound hearing loss and poor speech understanding who possess some residual hearing in one ear may experience significant communication benefit from a cochlear implant even if it is placed in the worse-hearing ear. view more (2005-09-02)
Poverty increases risk of complications and death after bypass surgery
Poverty increases the risk of complications and death after heart bypass surgery, finds research in Heart. The researchers base their findings on over 3500 patients in need of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) at one hospital unit between 1996 and 2000. Almost half of the unit's referrals (40%) are drawn from a wide area across south west... view more... (2003-08-14)
Risk of death increases with combined heart and stroke prevention surgery
Patients who undergo combined heart bypass surgery and carotid endarterectomy, the most commonly used stroke prevention surgery, significantly increase their chances of death or stroke. view more (2007-01-16)
Recession cuts many, not all plastic surgery procedures
Showing sensitivity to weaknesses in the U.S. economy, plastic surgery was not spared from the recession's grasp. According to the newest national procedural statistics report from the American Society of Plastic Surgeons (ASPS), in 2008, doctors performed over 12 million cosmetic plastic surgery procedures - encompassing both surgical and... view more... (2009-03-26)
Chemotherapy gel may fight breast cancer and reduce breast deformity
Women who undergo surgery for breast cancer followed by radiation therapy often experience breast deformities that can only be corrected through reconstructive surgery. view more (2006-04-25)
Anaesthesia guidance system can reduce awareness during surgery (p 1747, 1757)
An Australian study in this week's issue of THE LANCET highlights how the neuromonitoring of brain patterns of patients during surgery could help guide the use of anaesthesia and reduce the risk of patients becoming aware during surgery-thought to occur in around 0"¢1-0"¢2% of patients. Bispectral index (BIS) monitoring measures the... view more... (2004-05-26)
Study Find Spine Surgery Yield Greater Benefits over Nonsurgical Treatments
A research study by orthopedic spine, back and neck surgeon at Rush University Medical Center Dr. Howard An and colleagues found that patients who underwent surgery for spinal stenosis showed significantly more improvement in all primary outcomes than did patients who were treated nonsurgically. view more (2008-02-25)
Anti-inflammatory drugs following hip replacement surgery could harm rather than help
The use of anti-inflammatory drugs following hip replacement surgery could do more harm than good. view more (2006-09-11)
Advances in liver surgery enable the prospect of curative treatment for more patients
Although many prognostic factors predicting survival and cancer recurrence in patients undergoing surgery for colorectal liver metastases are already identified, the effects of newly introduced technologies and new drugs in the treatment of these patients are still poorly studied because of the presence of many involved factors. view more (2009-06-15)
Key-hole surgery makes live-donor kidney donation safer
Research News from British Journal of Surgery Using key-hole surgery to remove a kidney from a healthy living donor means that donors require less pain relief after the operation, spend less time in hospital and return to work sooner than donors who give up a kidney by standard open surgery. Writing in the latest edition of the British Journal of... view more... (2003-11-11)
Weight-loss surgery can cut cancer risk
Successful bariatric surgery allows morbidly obese patients to lose up to 70 percent of their excess weight and to maintain weight loss. view more (2008-06-20)
Ben-Gurion U researchers -- bariatric surgery minimizes pregnancy complications for obese women
Women who undergo bariatric surgery to treat obesity will reduce the risk of medical and obstetric complications when they become pregnant, according to a study by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev's (BGU) Faculty of Health Sciences. view more (2009-03-25)
MIT develops 'Anklebot' for stroke patients
Clinical trials have already shown that an MIT robotic arm can help stroke patients regain movement faster. Now MIT pioneers in the field of robotic therapy are hoping a robotic gym full of machines targeted at different parts of the body will significantly improve stroke patients' movement in arms, wrists, hands, legs and ankles. view more (2005-07-06)
Surgical Robots win £1.025m Funding through Oxford Angels Network
A Buckinghamshire company whose intelligent robots can assist surgeons during complex operations has raised £1.025 million with the help of Oxfordshire Investment Opportunity Network (OION), Europe's leading technology business angel network, and investment from Hoegh Capital and Octopus Asset Management. Armstrong Healthcare Ltd, a... view more... (2005-05-17)
UK faces asbestos epidemic
The United Kingdom is facing an epidemic of mesothelioma (a malignant tumour of the lung lining) among workers exposed to asbestos, warn senior doctors in this week's BMJ. There are now over 1800 mesothelioma deaths per year in Britain (more than one in 200 of all deaths in men and almost one in 1000 in women) and the number is still increasing.... view more... (2004-01-29)
Obesity tied to higher risk of complications in spinal surgery, Jefferson neurosurgeon finds
While obesity is famously tied to increasing risks for heart disease and diabetes, now comes another reason to lose weight: being obese may contribute to a greater likelihood of complications in delicate spine surgery. view more (2006-10-10)
Study shows no change in sense of taste after tonsil removal
In a small study of patients undergoing tonsillectomy, or removal of the tonsils, none reported an ongoing dysfunction in their sense of taste following the procedure. view more (2007-07-17)
Research teams successfully operate multiple biomedical robots from numerous locations
Using a new software protocol called the Interoperable Telesurgical Protocol, nine research teams from universities and research institutes around the world recently collaborated on the first successful demonstration of multiple biomedical robots operated from different locations in the U.S., Europe, and Asia. SRI International operated its M7... view more... (2009-09-18)
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