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Cryoablation: A New Treatment Option for Some Kidney Tumor Patients

...n be used for some larger tumors with simultaneous operation of multiple cryoprobes guided by ultrasound. The ablation margin (the edge of the frozen tissue) can be accurately monitored with CT, to ensure that the total tumor mass is treated. The researchers reviewed the records of the 23 men and 17 women wi...

Welders Assist Surgeons in Andhra Pradesh

...welders and other technicians were summoned to the operation theatre, and they donned the surgeon’s robes. Hacksaw blades were pressed into service. After three hours of surgery, the doctors finally succeeded in removing the metal piece. Sukur is now reported to be on the road to recovery, reports say. Gp...

Surgeons Find Gauze Left in Patient 11 Years Earlier

... was found during surgery in mid-March. The latter operation was performed to treat new cardiovascular problems and was unrelated to the gauze, the spokesman said. The patient suffered no subjective difficulties, though in some cases gauze or instruments forgotten in the body after surgery may be fatal. Sour...

Worlds first mobile light surgery

A hospital in Hanoi lost power in the middle of an operation forcing doctors to operated using the lights of th...ons were at a crucial point in a caesarean-section operation on a mother. It was at this point when the lights went out in the operating room in Pleiku General H...

Saudi Arabia to Set Up Hospital in Jamia University Campus

...ounge for medical staff. It would also have a mini operation theatre. "According to the terms of the MoU, the Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia shall provide Rs.2.25 crore (Rs.22.5 million) financial assistance towards the construction of a building for the King Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Health Center. The fund wi...

South African Minister Recovering After Liver Transplant

...ly and that she did not jump any queue to get this operation done. The Measure for End Stage Liver Disease (MELD) which determines the urgency of the liver transplant was done on her. It was found that she had a high score on this which reiterated her need for a new liver. He also added that in case of a de...

Six Lose Sight Due to Medical Negligence in Eye Camp

...e district administration had organised a cataract operation camp at the government hospital at Bhabanipatna town, some 600 km from here. Fifteen people were operated upon, all above 60 years. Six of them, who belong to Boden, Gunduri, Khandapal and Latapala villages, complained to the police that they had l...

India to Market Female Condoms

...tial acceptability study done in Tamil Nadu and an operation research study in Gujarat and West Bengal. TANSACS Wednesday announced that it has acquired 60,000 female condoms and has begun distributing them through six NGOs in Kanyakumari, Madurai, Tiruchirapally, Salem, Vellore and Chennai. 'It is for t...

Artificial Vein to Boost Surgery and Ease Patient Trauma

...liminating the need to extract veins needed for an operation from the patient himself. According to Stonebridge and colleagues who created this artificial vein, blood will flow in exactly the way it does through the human body- in a twisting or spiraling action. The artificial vein has been created from a...

For an Anthrax Free Smailholm, Decontamination Operation Begins

...sealed. This will be followed by a decontamination operation with chlorine dioxide gas. NHS Borders has confirmed that after the decontamination process is through, the site would be tested again to ensure the place is absolutely anthrax free. Dr Andrew Riley, director of public health at NHS Borders, said "...

Sword Removed from Thai Teenager's Face

...tion after the sword's removal from his face in an operation that took five hours and 10 minutes Tuesday, reported the Thai Rath newspaper. Ronnachai received his sword wound Saturday when "enemies" attacked him after attending a music concert in Sakeow city, 160 km east of here. Two provincial hospitals r...

Olive Leaf Juice Could Be Edible Oil Antioxidant

...ts that crude olive juice can be used in practical operation to extend the frying life of frying oils," wrote lead author Radwan Farag from Cairo University. The use of natural alternatives to synthetic preservatives, such as like butylhydroxyanisole (BHA) and butylhydroxytoluene (BHT), to slow down the oxid...

Developing Countries may Fail MDG Sanitation Targets

...ncentives always favour new constructions over the operation and maintenance of older facilities", she said. "There is the danger that the new projects cannot be maintained in the long term. According to Davis, even if extra measures were adopted to help developing nations meet the sanitation target, there w...

NRI Fights for HIV Child Who was Refused Treatment

... see if the patient was at all in a state where an operation could be performed and whether there were logistic...tific rationale for any doctor to refuse necessary operation for an HIV patient. Maniur became a victim of HIV because of gross 'medical negligence' as he was tr...

Dummy Emergency Operation Launched

... that the virus may begin to spread easily. The operation is an attempt to estimate the way, in which certain aspects of the country's infrastructure, such as health, transport, education and food distribution would keep working during an outbreak. Under current planning for an outbreak, schools would be ...

Dream On- It Does Not Mean You are Waking Up During Surgery

...on, 22 percent of them reported dreaming during an operation after being given general anesthesia. An index used to measure the effect of anesthesia on the brain was used. It was seen that this index, called The Bispectral Index, was not differing significantly between the dreamers and non-dreamers. In oth...

Modified Ligament Surgery Improves Outcomes Players, Athletes

...atients ever published, shows that this particular operation in throwing athletes demonstrates better results than the classic operation,” said David W. Altchek, M.D., senior author of the study and co-chief of the Sports Medicine and Shoulder Service at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) in New York. The stud...

Bionic Eye may Restore Sight to the Blind

...pixels instead of 16 and because it is smaller the operation to implant it is much less traumatic, taking just 90 minutes instead of eight hours. Eyesight will also be increased correspondingly, say the scientists. Humayun predicts that it will cost around $30,000, which he says is just about the cost of a c...

Surgeons Develop Simpler Way to Cure Atrial Fibrillation

...ncisions of the Cox-maze III," Damiano says. "This operation is very effective, and we now use the Cox-maze IV technique exclusively." Source-Newswise...

British Doctor of Indian Origin Saves Bihar Woman's Life

Patna: A botched up family planning operation would have claimed one more woman's life in Bihar ...y planning operation. "It was a very complicated operation and risky. I did what I can to save the life of a woman, that was all. It was my duty," said Vardhan...

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