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University of Utah to help build bionic arm

... studies of the interface device with hand-and-arm surgeon Douglas T. Hutchinson, an associate professor of orthopaedics, and Nicholas Brown, a research assistant professor in orthopaedic surgery. Other University of Utah co-investigators are Normann, who will enhance the electrode array's capabilities for...

Both alcoholism and chronic smoking can damage the brain's prefrontal cortex

... studies of the interface device with hand-and-arm surgeon Douglas T. Hutchinson, an associate professor of orthopaedics, and Nicholas Brown, a research assistant professor in orthopaedic surgery. Other University of Utah co-investigators are Normann, who will enhance the electrode array's capabilities for...

Cheaper and simpler keyhole surgery

...ut on the other hand, it is very difficult for the surgeon to carry out keyhole surgery. This is due to the disruption of hand-eye coordination, as the surgeon has to operate via a 2D image on a monitor. Moreover, the video camera has to be operated by an assi...

NJIT engineer poised to take stem cell research a step forward

...n this project with Louis Rizio, MD, an orthopedic surgeon and sports doctor at Mountainside Hospital, Montclair/Glen Ridge. Rizio, who specializes in cartilage repair and arthroscopic surgery, will design and interpret the animal models used to test the stem cell repair of cartilage. Rizio will also teach A...

Findings advance use of adult stem cells for replacement bone

...n the fall. "One of the reasons I want to become a surgeon is so I can help bring cutting-edge work from the laboratory into clinical practice." Datta said one of the main reasons she chose to attend Rice was because of the tremendous opportunities available through Rice's Century Scholars Program. The prog...

Robot assisted surgery more accurate than conventional surgery

...ial knee replacement. Acrobot works by helping the surgeon to line up the replacement knee parts with the existing bones. The surgeons looked at 27 patients undergoing unicompartmental knee replacement. The patients were separated into two groups as part of a randomised controlled trial, with 14 having conv...

Plastic surgeons countdown first full facial transplantation

...ul hand transplantation was performed by a plastic surgeon in 1998, as was the first kidney transplant in 1954. The idea of tissue transplantation has opened a new era in this field of medicine." ...

Cincinnati surgeons report new treatment for often-fatal injury

...es an easy-to-see 'scaffolding' that can guide the surgeon to more accurately secure the extender cuffs and create a strong seal." Once in place, the dual lining supports the weakened vessel walls and allows blood to continue flowing through the aorta without applying pressure to damaged area. "Our method...

3-D ultrasound scanner could guide robotic surgeries

...ocedures may increase information available to the surgeon and serve as an additional guidance tool." ...

Getting to the heart of the heart

...might need," says John Mayer, MD, a cardiovascular surgeon at Children's who is developing tissue-engineering techniques to create biological replacements for failing heart valves. Felix Engel, PhD, a cardiology researcher at Children's, recently got heart muscle cells to replicate, a feat that normally occ...

Batfish to the rescue!

...is the over-fishing of weed-eaters like parrot and surgeon fish ?which normally keep the coral clean of weedy growth." Prof. Bellwood and colleagues Prof. Terry Hughes and Andrew Hoey were testing a weed-infested patch of coral near Orpheus Island on Australia's Great Barrier Reef to see whether local her...

Gene chip technology shows potential for identifying life-threatening blood infection

... for Critical Illness and Health Engineering and a surgeon at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. "We could in a few hours determine if a patient had a blood infection and treat them right away." Such a test could not only be used in intensive care units but also in emergency rooms and other settings where a timely d...

Computer scientists unravel 'language of surgery'

...kins collaborators include David D. Yuh, a cardiac surgeon from the School of Medicine. "It is fascinating to break down the surgical skills we take for granted into their fundamental components," Yuh said. "Hopefully, a better understanding of how we learn to operate will help more efficiently train future ...

St. Jude announces breakthrough in eye cancer treatment

... from young children, said Matthew Wilson, M.D., a surgeon in the St. Jude ophthalmology division and a co-author of the paper. In those cases, the physicians institute aggressive systemic chemotherapy to reduce the size of the tumor, followed by one of several possible therapies such as radiation or lasers ...

A sweet step toward new cancer therapies

...son is collaborating with U-M Health System cancer surgeon Diane Simeone to investigate sugars attached to proteins in the membranes of pancreatic cancer cells. "The work is in very early stages, but we hope that by measuring unique sugars it may be possible to develop diagnostic tools or therapeutic agen...

No-scalpel vasectomies by skilled surgeons may speed recovery

...ional video and one supervised procedure. Only one surgeon performed more than 10 no-scalpel vasectomies in t...r men seeking a vasectomy is the experience of the surgeon with that particular method." "The no-scalpel vasectomy is much more difficult to learn than the...

Surgeons develop simpler way to cure atrial fibrillation

...ac surgery at the School of Medicine and a cardiac surgeon at Barnes-Jewish Hospital. "Instead of reserving the Cox-maze procedure for a select group of patients, we would urge use of this device for virtually all patients who have atrial fibrillation and are scheduled for other cardiac surgery." The devi...

OHSU surgeon implants donated tissue allografts

Over the years, orthopedic surgeon Dennis Crawford, M.D., Ph.D., of Oregon Health & Science University found it difficult to obtain tissue for transplant to treat some of his patients suffering with severe joint disorders. "I found this unfortunate and ironic," explained Crawfor...

Cure for cancer one step closer

...re," Professor Campbell said. Dr John Lumley, a surgeon from The Wesley Hospital, said that these specimens would be donated by consenting patients during the course of their normal treatment. "I encourage patients and surgeons to support the important work of the Tissue Bank because everybody can play...

Bones in motion: Brown scientists to create new 3-D X-ray system

...s in two dimensions, but not 3-D. An orthopedic surgeon trying to figure out the best way to repair a torn knee ligament or an evolutionary biologist tracing the disappearance of digits in pigs would face a difficult task. To see the exact position and movement of bones and the ligaments, tendons and cart...

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