Bariatric surgery decreases risk of heart disease Written By Dr Rashi Prakash16 Nov 2022 9:30 AM ISTNonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) is the most common chronic liver disease in the US, affecting more than 30% of adults. It is characterized...
Trial shows benefits of two forms of ankle surgery for osteoarthritis Written By Dr Rashi Prakash16 Nov 2022 9:15 AM ISTAnkle Arthroscopy is the most effective when pain is due to contact between bone spurs and the arthritis has not yet caused significant cartilage...
Novel surgical procedure for sphincter reconstruction shows promising results in children with Hirschsprung disease Written By Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli15 Nov 2022 8:00 PM ISTSurgeons in the Division of Colorectal and Pelvic Reconstruction at Children's National Hospital have pioneered a new surgical procedure that...
Two Antiseptics work equally well to prevent Infections after Fracture Surgery Written By Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli10 Nov 2022 8:00 PM ISTA randomized clinical trial involving more than 1,600 patients with open fractures found that two antiseptic solutions routinely used by surgeons...
Dual-energy CT can assess physiologic changes after lung cancer surgical resection Written By Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli8 Nov 2022 8:00 PM ISTAccording to an accepted manuscript published in ARRS' American Journal of Roentgenology (AJR), metrics derived from dual-energy CT (DECT) can provide...
Pre-operative optical coherence tomography macula: An indispensable investigation to predict post-operative outcomes Written By Dr. Nandita Mohan8 Nov 2022 9:30 AM ISTOphthalmology has grown to greater heights with newer technologies and the goal to provide vision to the ones who had lost it or on verge of...
Surgeons Remove Grapefruit-Sized meningioma From Man's Brain Written By Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli6 Nov 2022 8:00 PM ISTHouston Methodist surgeons joined forces to remove a giant brain tumor from a Louisiana patient, ultimately crafting a new prosthetic skull piece that...
Preoperative Midazolam administration linked to myocardial injury when surgery undertaken at night Written By Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli4 Nov 2022 9:00 AM ISTAURORA, Colo. (Nov. 1, 2022)-Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have found in a new study that Preoperative Midazolam...
Combined oral contraceptives don't increase macromastia risk after breast reduction surgery among adolescents Written By Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli1 Nov 2022 11:00 AM ISTUSA: Researchers have found in a new study that combined oral contraceptives (COCs) do not increase the risk of macromastia nor do they increase...
Hearts from COVID-19 positive donors as safe for transplantation as from non infected donors Written By Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli1 Nov 2022 10:45 AM ISTResearchers have found in a new research that donor hearts from people who were COVID-19-positive appeared to be as safe for transplantation as those...
Zydus Pain relief drug Ketorolac Tromethamine gets USFDA approval Ruchika Sharma27 Oct 2022 5:00 PM ISTAhmedabad: Zydus Lifesciences Limited (formerly known as Cadila Healthcare Limited) has received final approval from the United States Food and Drug...
ASMBS/IFSO Guidelines on Indications for Metabolic and Bariatric Surgery Written By Isra Zaman27 Oct 2022 9:30 AM IST Two of the world's leading authorities on bariatric and metabolic surgery have issued new evidence-based clinical guidelines for patients with...
