Early specialist palliative care fails to improve QoL in patients undergoing abdominal surgery for cancer: JAMA Medha Baranwal15 May 2023 8:00 PM ISTUSA: A randomized clinical trial involving 235 adults undergoing abdominal surgeries for cancer showed no evidence that a specialist palliative care...
Study reports good long-term outcomes following robotic-assisted medial knee arthroplasty Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli15 May 2023 8:00 PM ISTUSA: Researchers find high 10-year implant survival and patient satisfaction (exceeding 90%) following robotic-arm-assisted unicompartmental knee...
Perioperative prophylaxis with piperacillin-tazobactam reduces complications following open pancreatoduodenectomy: JAMA Aditi15 May 2023 10:00 AM ISTNew York: Based on the recent findings from a study published in JAMA Network, piperacillin-tazobactam is effective as perioperative antimicrobial...
New treatment may slow progression of small abdominal aortic aneurysm Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli15 May 2023 9:45 AM ISTUSA: The intravenous delivery of immune-modulating cells may someday slow the expansion of bulges in the aorta, known as abdominal aortic aneurysms. A...
In first in-utero brain surgery, doctors eliminated symptoms of dangerous condition Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli13 May 2023 8:30 AM ISTFor the first time, researchers performed a successful in-utero surgery to repair a potentially deadly developmental condition by treating an...
Patients with kidney stones undergoing 'Mini-PCNL' surgery have higher likelihood of achieving stone-free status Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli12 May 2023 8:00 PM ISTUSA: Mini-percutaneous nephrolithotomy (mini-PCNL) more likely renders patients stone-free than another minimally invasive procedure called...
Antibiotics should be halted upon closure of incisions after surgery: New guideline Dr. Kamal Kant Kohli12 May 2023 9:00 AM ISTAntibiotics administered before and during surgery should be discontinued immediately after a patient's incision is closed, according to updated...
Surgical Decompression significantly improves Sleep Quality in Carpal Tunnel Syndrome Dr. Krishna Shah12 May 2023 8:30 AM ISTSurgical decompression significantly improves sleep quality and the hand symptoms and functions in patients with carpal tunnel syndrome, suggests a...
Bariatric surgery reverses peripheral neuropathy in severely obese patients Aditi11 May 2023 10:30 AM ISTA study has found a reversal of peripheral nerve injury and slowed the progression of cardiovascular autonomic neuropathy and retinopathy in severely...
COVID-19 diagnosis after joint replacement tied to increased risk of complications, death: Study Medha Baranwal9 May 2023 5:45 PM ISTUSA: A recent study showed that about 34% of patients diagnosed with COVID-19 following total joint arthroplasty (TJA) required COVID-19-driven...
Doctors at Sahyadri Hospital perform 20-hour swap liver transplant surgery on two patients suffering from liver cirrhosis Kajal Rajput9 May 2023 2:45 PM ISTPune: In a rare feat, Sahyadri Hospitals Transplant Team successfully performed a swap liver transplant surgery lasting 20 hours. These surgeries were...
Robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery safe and effective for mediastinal cysts Dr.Niharika Harsha B9 May 2023 9:00 AM ISTA new study found that robotic-assisted thoracoscopic surgery is safe and effective when compared to video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in the...
