Sentences with phrase «for general surgery»

I work for a general surgery group.

Imagine a «2 - for - 1» advert for general surgery?

Not exact matches

Sinopharm and Bluestem Capital are investing $ 18 million in Virtual Incision, makers of a miniature robot for general abdominal surgeries.

The company's push into more general soft tissue surgeries will simply be icing on the cake for long - term shareholders.

Lest common sense fail to convince readers that surgery is not a treatment for a mental disorder, a Swedish study published in 2011 found that over the long term, 324 people who had undergone sex - reassignment surgery demonstrated an alarmingly high suicide rate and experienced considerably higher numbers of severe psychiatric problems than were present in the general population.

I was a firm believer in immortality of the soul until I had general anesthesia for surgery.

First, I wanted to test the claim that men who had undergone sex - change surgery found resolution for their many general psychological problems.

Dr David Unwin, Expert Clinical Advisor for Diabetes at the Royal College of General Practitioners and GP at The Norwood Surgery in Southport, discusses why he introduced a low carbohydrate diet for patients with type 2 diabetes — work which saw him named the 2016 NHS Innovator of the Year.

Whether that has more to do with Garcia in general or the procedure is unclear, and that's kind of the case for all of the pitchers who have recently undergone surgery for it.

Red Sox Boston has the American League's best ERA (4.19 through Sunday) and is anticipating righthander Bret Saberhagen's return from shoulder surgery next month, so Dan Duquette will be one of the few general managers not looking for pitching.

They could have had some stuff about alternatives for birthing a larger baby but the show wasn't about birth in general, it was about surgery so it wasn't really the time for that.

In general, breast augmentation surgeries don't usually impact milk production or breastfeeding much, but it's still best to talk to a lactation consultant for advice specific to your situation.

Epidural anesthesia dramatically lowered mortality rates because prior to its advent, the only alternative for surgery was general anesthesia, and the only alternative for pain relief was systemic medication like twilight sleep.

It is widely assumed that the three ministers, Grieve as attorney - general, Clarke as a senior cabinet minister, and Green, as a justice minister with party responsibility for human rights, had blocked such radical surgery.

«That this House opposes the Government's plans to impose a polyclinic, or GP - led health centre, in every primary care trust; regrets that this could result in the closure of up to 1,700 GP surgeries; is concerned that the imposition of polyclinics against the will of patients and GPs could be detrimental to standards of care, particularly for the elderly and vulnerable, by breaking the vital GP / patient link; further regrets that these plans are being imposed without consultation; is alarmed at the prospective loss of patient access to local GP services at a time when care closer to home should be strengthened; believes that the Government's plans would jeopardise the independence and commissioning capability of general practice in the future; supports the strengthening of access to diagnostic and therapeutic services without undermining the structure of GP services; and calls on the Government to reconsider its plans for polyclinics.

Initial studies conducted by Christine Radtke, new Professor for Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at MedUni Vienna / Vienna General Hospital, have shown in an animal model that the threads have great potential for nerve and tissue repair.

In one study of general surgery patients, quitting smoking for three or four weeks before surgery reduced the complication rate from about 40 to 20 percent.

In the largest study to date, Dr. Davidson's study compared rates of apnea after general or regional anesthesia among 722 infants and found that while there was little evidence for a difference in late apnea, there was evidence that regional anesthesia reduced the risk of significant apnea in the first 30 minutes after surgery.

«From a clinical standpoint, our findings suggest that CRP could be used to risk stratify patients before surgery, enabling proactive interventions that target patients at risk for developing postoperative delirium,» said Sarinnapha Vasunilashorn, PhD, co-lead author and postdoctoral fellow in the Division of General Medicine at Primary Care at BIDMC and HMS.

The researchers combined data from lung cancer patients in The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) General Thoracic Surgery Database (GTSD) with claims data from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).

For patients younger than 65, 3 percent had general complications and 6 percent had thyroid surgery - related complications.

This makes the CCC in Vienna General Hospital the first centre for robotic colorectal surgery in Austria.

«For most patients with diabetes and a BMI (body mass index) greater than 35, bariatric surgery increases life expectancy,» says Daniel Schauer, MD, assistant professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine at UC.

It is the world's first randomized control trial for breast cancer surgery that compares the use of ultrasound - guided paravertebral blocks — a local anesthetic freezing that blocks breast nerves — to general anesthetic.

KidsArm is the first robotic surgical arm specifically designed for delicate pediatric specialties, including cardiac surgery, neurosurgery, fetal surgery, urosurgery and general surgery.

Levels of pain, assessment of general health, complications, the need for revision surgery, and mortality were measured postoperatively for up to four years.

The majority of surgeries in the United States, however, are performed under general anesthesia for a number of reasons.

Grommet tube placement surgery is carried out in an operating theatre with the use of general anaesthetic, which is a major point of concern for parents who worry about its potential negative impact on brain development in young children.

The first long - term study of a pioneering endoscopic laser treatment for early vocal - cord cancer, developed at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) and previously shown to provide optimal voice outcomes, finds that it is as successful as traditional approaches in curing patients» tumors while avoiding the damage to vocal quality caused by radiotherapy or by conventional laser or cold - instrument surgery.

Currently, the majority of joint replacements in the United States are performed under general anesthesia, but HSS uses neuraxial anesthesia for 95 % of orthopedic surgeries.

A new understanding of the complex ways in which general anaesthetics act on the brain could eventually lead to improved drugs for surgery.

They are used when a patient is having surgery with general anesthesia or for those who suffer from impaired lung function.

Plastic surgery is a general term for operative manual and instrumental treatment which is performed for functional or aesthetic reasons.

Dr Jeremy Thomas, a consultant pathologist at the Western General Hospital, Edinburgh, UK, told the European Breast Cancer Conference that although the majority of women with DCIS received the correct surgery for their disease, large numbers of women were undergoing mastectomy for DCIS either as a result of failed breast conservation surgery or for tumors that turned out to be smaller than 20 mm in diameter and therefore should normally have had a lumpectomy rather than a mastectomy.

They adjusted the data for pre-operative and surgical variables previously shown to be associated with 30 - day mortality, including active cancer, general surgery, urgent / emergent surgery, history of peripheral vascular disease, history of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, age, recent high - risk coronary artery disease, history of stroke and neurosurgery.

Recent research using national data on Medicare suggests that community - based factors, such as availability of general practitioners in the area, may be as or more important than hospital factors in determining readmission rates, and that patients may have few options other than hospital care for both urgent and non-urgent conditions related to their surgery or other conditions.

These recommendations provide a crucial first step for improving the safety of opioid prescribing,» says Jay Lee, M.D., a general surgery resident at Michigan Medicine, U-M's academic medical center, who helped create the recommendations.

In this analysis we did not include patients without hernias, those who withdrew their consent before undergoing surgery, those who at the time of surgery were found to be poor candidates for general anaesthesia, and those who did not undergo the assigned operation because of a misunderstanding resulting in an unplanned open or laparoscopic repair.21

Loyola Center for Oral Health offers licensed and certified experts in general dentistry and oral and maxillofacial surgery who provide preventive care, restorative dentistry, wisdom teeth removal, implants and surgical jaw correction.

Study authors reported that for general and vascular surgery patients who underwent NSQIP targeted procedures — including colectomy, proctectomy, ventral hernia, and appendectomy — between 5 and 6 percent were transfused with an average of 2.4 units of blood per patient in 2015, compared with 11 percent transfused with an average of 4.6 units of blood per patient in 2011.

Board certified in general surgery, Dr. De La Cruz sees patients at the Perelman Center for Advanced Medicine.

For example, a recent study of outcomes after lung cancer surgery demonstrated fewer complications and a higher success rate of cancerous node removal in patients who had their procedures performed by a thoracic surgeon, rather than a cardiac or general surgeon.

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Because of the many clinical training requirements in the U.K. Swanton didn't return to the lab bench for another seven years, practicing general medicine, surgery, and neurology before specializing in oncology.

Walking (and movement in general) forces more blood to flood to the site of surgery allowing for it to get more nutrients at a quicker rate.

So, just to fill everyone in with a little extra background, I went to Case Western Reserve for my undergrad, then went to West Virginia University for medical school, and now I'm at the Emory School of Medicine doing general surgery residency.

Working at The Ottawa Hospital for 2 years provided her with excellent experience in understanding and working to rehabilitate more acutely - ill patient populations including orthopedics, medicine, general - and neuro - surgery, vascular and amputees, among others.

Definitely important to keep active after a fractural surgery and in general for daily health.

Regular vigorous exercise is good for our health in general — but not immediately after heart bypass or spinal surgery....

A bonehead dentist suggested the same thing for my 2yo — general anesthesia surgery and crowns.