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Study finds promising biomarker for cellular rejection after organ transplant
Today, patients who receive an organ transplant need repeated surgical biopsies to test for acute cellular rejection (ACR) throughout their lifetimes. But a blood test for ACR could be on the horizon following the discovery ...
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Novel robotic training program reduces physician errors placing central lines
More than five million central lines are placed in patients who need prolonged drug delivery, such as those undergoing cancer treatments, in the United States every year, yet the common procedure can lead to a bevy of complications ...
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Shorten the blanking period after atrial fibrillation ablation, experts say
New evidence-based research calls into question the conventional three-month blanking period immediately after atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation when early occurrences of AF are thought not to predict long-term AF recurrence. ...
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Deeper sedation may help find difficult-to-detect polyps during colonoscopy
In patients undergoing colonoscopy to screen for colorectal cancer, deeper sedation using the anesthetic drug propofol may improve detection of "serrated" polyps—a type of precancerous lesion that can be difficult to detect, ...
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Video-assisted hand therapy is effective after thumb arthritis surgery
For patients undergoing carpometacarpal (CMC) joint surgery for treatment of thumb osteoarthritis, the use of online video instruction for postoperative hand therapy is associated with outcomes similar to in-person therapy ...
Apr 17, 2024
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Researchers probe immune microenvironment to prevent pediatric liver transplant rejection
Children with liver transplants must take immunosuppressant medications for life. To maintain tolerance of the transplanted liver, doctors treat transplant rejection and conduct ongoing maintenance immunosuppression by increasing ...
Apr 17, 2024
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Surgeon explains the myths surrounding organ donation
Over 100,000 people in the U.S. are waiting for an organ transplant. Unfortunately, many may never get the call saying that a suitable donor organ—and a second chance at life—has been found. It's estimated that more than ...
Apr 17, 2024
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AI to improve cataract surgery in the Global South
While the adequate surgical treatment of cataract is guaranteed in high-income countries, the surgical results in the Global South are often inadequate. Video recording can be used to analyze possible surgical errors, improve ...
Apr 15, 2024
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Can normothermic regional perfusion increase the number of patients receiving lung transplants?
Re-perfusing the lungs of an organ donor with a technique called normothermic regional perfusion (TA-NRP) after the heart has irreversibly stopped beating could potentially increase the number of patients receiving lung transplants, ...
Apr 12, 2024
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Infections after surgery are more likely due to bacteria already on your skin than from microbes in the hospital: Study
Health care providers and patients have traditionally thought that infections patients get while in the hospital are caused by superbugs they're exposed to while they're in a medical facility. Genetic data from the bacteria ...
Apr 11, 2024
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Engineering students' device could make intubation safer for young babies
TinyTrach, a team of interdisciplinary engineering students from Rice University, has created an innovative pediatric endotracheal tube (ETT) integrated with a camera and anchoring system that could make intubation procedures ...
Apr 11, 2024
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Robotically assisted lung transplants are on the horizon, say researchers
While debating the pros and cons of robotically assisted lung transplantation, Albert Jauregui, MD, Ph.D. told attendees at the Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation ...
Apr 11, 2024
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Anemia may contribute to higher female mortality during heart surgery
Women are at higher risk of death when undergoing heart bypass surgery than men. Researchers at Weill Cornell Medicine have determined that this disparity is mediated, to a large extent, by intraoperative anemia—the loss ...
Apr 11, 2024
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Surgical removal beneficial for acute intracerebral hemorrhage
For patients with an acute intracerebral hemorrhage, minimally invasive surgical removal is associated with improved outcomes, according to a study published in the April 11 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine.
Apr 11, 2024
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Surgery won't fix my chronic back pain, so what will?
This week's ABC Four Corners episode Pain Factory highlighted that our health system is failing Australians with chronic pain. Patients are receiving costly, ineffective and risky care instead of effective, low-risk treatments ...
Apr 11, 2024
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What patients can ask surgeons to help prevent a particularly harmful error
When a surgeon accidentally leaves a surgical tool inside a patient's body after a procedure, the harm can be severe. The patient can suffer from life-threatening infections, organ damage, and an additional surgery to remove ...
Apr 11, 2024
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The horrors of temporomandibular joint disorders: Chronic pain, metal jaws and futile treatments
A TMJ patient in Maine had six surgeries to replace part or all of the joints of her jaw. Another woman in California, desperate for relief, used a screwdriver to lengthen her jawbone daily, turning screws that protruded ...
Apr 11, 2024
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Revascularization may enhance quality of life for patients with chronic limb threatening ischemia
A new study reveals diminished quality of life among patients with chronic limb-threatening ischemia, a severe form of peripheral artery disease, and emphasizes the benefits of revascularization on well-being.
Apr 10, 2024
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New guidelines uphold lifelong competency of surgeons
As millions of Americans approach age 66, they face the inevitable question, is it time to retire? The physician population is aging alongside the general population—more than 40% of physicians in the U.S. will be 65 years ...
Apr 10, 2024
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Researcher says the future of organ transplantation is nearly here
Speaking today at the Annual Meeting and Scientific Sessions of the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT) in Prague, Muhammad Mohiuddin, MBBS, said xenotransplantation, hailed as the future of organ ...
Apr 10, 2024
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