Sentences with phrase «by a surgeon on»

The researchers delved into the archives of the same journal to explore how amputation - related pain was understood and treated by surgeons on the Western Front.

The Checklist Manifesto is a book written by a surgeon on the importance of, well, checklists.

Not exact matches

Ryan's appearance on This Week was preceded by surgeon Atul Gawande, who said one of his biggest concerns was that the bill would weaken protections for pre-existing conditions.

The surgeon who operated on Grott testified she had «a pre-existing disc degeneration that was aggravated» by holding the phone in an awkward manner.

Last week saw the release of an interesting study on the effectiveness of robot surgeons — and an even more interesting take on it by the media.

Here is the Surgeon General of the U.S. by inference laying the blame for the AIDS epidemic at the feet of the U.S. government, the Roman Catholic Church, the conservative press («the stridently conservative Washington Times»), Phyllis Schlafly (whom he describes as «beneath contempt» because she opposed him on his proposed condom solution), and a sinister cabal of White House conservatives led by Carl Anderson.

Though it's hard to believe by looking at this dramatically awesome promo photo, the Jekyll - and - Hyde - themed series about a surgeon with a split personality was the lowest - rated debut ever by a scripted drama to premier in - season on NBC, CBS, Fox or ABC.

The research continued, and in May 1982 the National Institute of Mental Health released the findings of a ten - year follow - up to the surgeon general's 1972 study: «After ten more years of research, the consensus among most of the research community is that violence on television does lead to aggressive behavior by children and teenagers who watch the programs.

You may want to go get your heart surgery performed by the guy on the street corner — I will take the surgeon with the degree from Harvard.

The Washington Post: «Dr. Schnoz» drops plans for another video poking fun at Jewish noses The Jewish doctor from Miami who was scolded by the American Society of Plastic Surgeons for producing a music video that mocked Jewish noses has canceled a contest for another music video based on the same theme.

But research continued, and in May of 1982, the National Institute for Mental Health released the findings of a 10 - year follow up on the Surgeon General «s 1972 Study entitled Television and Behavior: «After ten more years of research, the consensus among most of the research community is that violence on television does lead to aggressive behavior by children and teenagers who watch the programs.

Man Utd star Zlatan Ibrahimovic has been warned by the surgeon who operated on him that he must only return to action when he is fully fit.

Depending on the severity of the tear, the orthopedic surgeon may cut out and remove the torn piece of labrum, or repair the torn tissue by sewing it back together.

Leinart has been cut once by a surgeon, seven years ago, for a rotator - cuff injury; White has undergone five knee surgeries, including ACL reconstructions on each leg, since arriving at Oklahoma in 1999.

The former world No. 1 may be ready to return to competitive golf by the time the British Open rolls around in a month, or, according to a spine surgeon who says he operated on Seve Ballesteros, the career of the 14 - time major champion may be just about over because the pain in his back will recur once he starts playing again and be too much to overcome.

If surgery is performed the surgeon tries to open up the channel in vertebrae where the spinal cord goes by removing some bone where it presses on the nerves.

Brazilian surgeon Rodrigo Lasmar performed the operation, accompanied by Saillant, who previously operated on ex-Brazil star Ronaldo's injured knee.

As with any new treatment, there are few studies reporting on the effectiveness of PRP, and even those that have been published are debated by experts, leading the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons to the «hottest topic in orthopedics.»

Chinese and Indian medicine is built on valid ancient beliefs and I'd much rather be doing preventative care than be sliced up like deli meet by a surgeon.

This means that our trauma team has been recognized by the American College of Surgeons» Committee on Trauma for our dedication, commitment and ability to provide the best possible care for all pediatric trauma patients.

She got there by human error within the FBI... the FBI agent filled out the nomination form in a way exactly opposite from the instructions on the form, a bureaucratic analogy to a surgeon amputating the wrong digit — human error, yes, but of considerable consequence.

In a debate on the NHS in the Commons, Mr Skinner said that he had had a «United Nations heart bypass» carried out by a Syrian cardiologist, a Malaysian surgeon, a Dutch doctor and a Nigerian registrar.

The move seems to akin to including a «Surgeon General's Warning» on political advertising by listing the top five donors to a group that's paying for the campaign.

That any sane nation, having observed that you could provide for the supply of bread by giving bakers a pecuniary interest in baking for you, should go on to give a surgeon a pecuniary interest in cutting off your leg, is enough to make one despair of political humanity.

Therefore, a ban on cosmetic surgery advertising should be introduced, as happened in France in 2005 and as called for by the British Association of Aesthetic Plastic Surgeons.

The specialty doctors, including orthopedic surgeons and radiologists, are staunchly opposed to a new proposal by the state Workers» Compensation Board, first announced in 2013, that would base payments to doctors on fees currently paid by the Medicare program, a change that could cut the doctors» payments for some procedures by half.

What remains to be seen, researchers say, is whether the surgery was done to save the cow's life or whether it was used by aspiring surgeons for perfecting delicate techniques before operating on fellow humans.

In many cases, surgeons can save brain tissue that's on the brink of death by removing clots in the brain.

The registry, which is jointly maintained by the American College of Cardiology and the Society of Thoracic Surgeons, now contains data on over 50,000 patients whose TAVR procedures were performed at nearly 400 hospitals in the United States.

The procedure, never tried on a bird, was performed by Avery Bennett, an assistant professor of wildlife and zoological medicine at the University of Florida, and Eugene O'Brien, a hand surgeon with the Hand Center in San Antonio, Texas.

Developed in the 1990s by plastic surgeon Fiona Wood, head of the Burn Service of Western Australia, spray - on skin made international headlines in 2002 when she used it to treat survivors of terrorist bombings that killed 202 people in Bali.

Surgical oncologists, or cancer surgeons, usually remove breast cancers by relying on tactile feedback and radiologic images of the tumor, such as mammograms and ultrasound images, said M. Catherine Lee, MD, FACS, coauthor of the first study and associate professor of surgery at H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center, Tampa, Fla..

Fong eloquently outlines the history of such advances, reminding us how experiments by plastic surgeons on second world war burns victims effectively paved the way for the first full - face transplants earlier this century.

Patients with temporal - type migraine derive similar and significant improvement from techniques that relieve pressure on (decompression) or remove a portion of (neurectomy) the nerve responsible for triggering their headaches, reports the study by ASPS Member Surgeon Bahman Guyuron, MD, Emeritus professor of plastic surgery at Case School of Medicine, Cleveland, and colleagues.

«E-cigarettes went from being rare in 2010 to being the most common tobacco product used by our nation's youth,» said surgeon general Vivek Murthy on Thursday.

Just Championnière, an eminent French surgeon who authored the article, answered in the affirmative the question he had posed but hastened to add: «Even when she is perfectly at home on the wheel, she should remember her sex is not intended by nature for violent muscular exertion....

The analysis focused on direct costs, defined as the amount reimbursed to health care providers (such as surgeons or hospitals) by Medicare or other payers.

A 17 - year - old kid who had stepped on a land mine in Kosovo had been treated by an orthopedic surgeon in the chief referral hospital in Pristina.

► Later in the day, Vogel reported that «[a] documentary on Swedish Television... has prompted the Karolinska Institute... in Stockholm to consider reopening its investigation into possible misconduct by surgeon Paolo Macchiarini.»

It was clear that he was a bit irritated at being asked to consult on a patient who so obviously didn't need to be seen by a surgeon.

More and more often, therefore, brain surgeons depend on three - dimensional computer images produced by ct and mri scanners to plan operations and even to see what they are doing during the operation.

«Retrieving a clot from within the heart used to require open - heart surgery, resulting in longer hospitalization, recovery and rehabilitation times compared to the minimally invasive approach provided by the AngioVac system,» said Dr. Murray Kwon, a UCLA cardiothoracic surgeon who collaborated on Dunlap's procedure.

Tissue - based planning systems — using clinical guidelines to determine the optimal breast implant dimensions for individual patients — appear superior to approaches relying more on the patient's or surgeon's preference, according to the study by Drs. William P. Adams, Jr., of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, and Daniel McKee of McMaster University, Hamilton, Ont., Canada.

Furthermore, a doctor in Chicago using robotic servants to sew up an astronaut on the moon may be limited by the speed of light, which lags the movements of the surgeon's hands over long distances.

An alternative was unveiled last May by Brack Hattler, a surgeon at the University of Pittsburgh who invented an artificial lung, and by Federspiel, who is chief scientist on the project.

The ALaCaRT trial conducted by colorectal surgeons in Australia and New Zealand working with the Australasian GastroIntestinal Trials Group (AGITG), now reports some key findings on the rates of successful surgery and post-operative complications.

Surgeons at Massachusetts General Hospital were able to keep injured pigs alive after major bleeding by giving them a dose of valproic acid, which helps cells survive on less oxygen.

On November 27, 2005, a team of French surgeons led by Jean - Michel Dubernard of the Édouard Herriot Hospital in Lyon successfully performed the world's first partial face transplant.

The findings, which focus on Lisfranc injuries — characterized by fracture of the midfoot bones and / or disruption of the midfoot ligaments — between 2000 - 2010, were presented today at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) annual conference in Las Vegas.

«That's the quandary faced by the entire health care team — for the surgeon, whether to take the lymph nodes out; for the endocrinologist, whether to give radioactive iodine, in part based on the information obtained about lymph nodes during surgery; and for the patient, whether the information and treatment will result in better survival.»