[ad_1] “And from pain comes hope,” a girl’s sight was saved in a “surreal” process when surgeons removed a nerve from her leg and implanted it in her eye. Lucy Needham lost sensitivity in her right eye as a side effect of treating a brain tumor at the age of …
Read More »Study: Playing brain games before surgery helps improve recovery – EurekAlert
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Read More »Ohio state study finds that playing brain games before surgery helps improve recovery
[ad_1] COLUMBUS, Ohio – A new study by Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and Ohio State University College of Medicine researchers finds that exercising the brain with “neurobics” before surgery may help prevent post-operative delirium. . Essentially, your brain can be prepared for surgery, just like the body can, …
Read More »Researchers compare racial variations in unilateral versus bilateral knee replacement surgery
[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 10, 2020 Disparities in unilateral knee replacement surgery have been well documented, with lower use and higher complication rates among African American patients. While previous studies had focused on single knee replacement surgery, researchers at the Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) set out to …
Read More »The lateral flow test allows a faster and more accurate diagnosis of periprosthetic joint infection
[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 9, 2020 The recently FDA-cleared alpha-defensin lateral flow test is a highly accurate ten-minute test for diagnosing periprosthetic joint infection (PJI), a serious and costly complication of total joint replacement, reports a study in The Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery. The magazine is …
Read More »Experts release new guidelines for endoscopists on how to evaluate colorectal lesions
[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.November 4, 2020 Early identification and removal of colorectal cancerous polyps is critical for preventing colorectal cancer progression and improving survival rates. The US Multisociety Task Force on Colorectal Cancer has released new guidelines for endoscopists on how to evaluate colorectal lesions for cancer-associated features, …
Read More »Researchers analyze racial disparities in access to bariatric surgery
[ad_1] Reviewed by Emily Henderson, B.Sc.October 29, 2020 The use of bariatric surgery for the treatment of severe obesity in adolescents and racial disparities in access to such treatment were analyzed in a retrospective study published in Annals of surgery by researchers at the University of Texas Health Science Center …
Read More »Blockchain to record consent to surgery
[ad_2][ad_1] Rational Surgical Solutions has partnered with Blockchain Start-up, Blockdrive, to incorporate blockchain technology on its Rati-Fi platform. The system aims to help healthcare professionals use technology to improve patient care. More specifically, it seeks to minimize the problems of communication between patient and physician before surgery, while improving efficiency, …
Read More »Ripple's XRP Surgery to Meet Key Area Resistance, Can it Continue Higher?
[ad_2][ad_1] XRP Daily Chart – Source: Tradingview.com Ripple's XRP started the week surging above the range it had from $ 0.29 to $ 0.31. It continued past resistance at $ 0.35 and currently trades around $ 0.38. $ 0.39 to $ 0.4 is the next important area to monitor, being …
Read More »Open heart surgery: within the crucial substitution of the Ethereum of the evm
[ad_1] In the heart of ethereum is a virtual computer. Memorized on tens of thousands of nodes that make up the platform, the virtual machine ethereum, or EVM, is responsible for the execution of innumerable tokens, dapps, DAOs and digital kittens of which the blockchain is composed. It is an …
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