Robotic surgery represents the latest advancement in minimally invasive surgery, utilizing small incisions for procedures that once required large abdominal or thoracic openings. This technique offers the same…
In this episode of “Newsworthy Stories,” Jacqueline Jimenez speaks with Bohdan Pomahac, MD, a leading plastic surgeon at Yale New Haven Hospital, and Robert Chelsea, the first African-American…
Marc R. Rosen, MD, Assistant Professor of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery at Jefferson Medical College, describes the relatively new technique of minimally invasive skull base surgery…
Jorge D Reyes, MD, Director of Transplant Program Seattle Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, discusses trends in immunosuppression and novel techniques in pediatric transplantation. References and Resources…
Jorge D. Reyes, MD, Director of Transplant Program Seattle Children’s Hospital and Regional Medical Center, discusses the innovations of the children’s transplant program that aim to improve patient…
Daniel J. Salchow, MD, Director, Assistant Professor, Pediatric Ophthalmology and Strabismus Section, Yale Eye Center, describes surgery and its complications for pediatric cataracts, which is best performed at…
Jack Stern, MD, PhD, Neurosurgeon, Spine Specialist, discusses whether surgeons are accurately diagnosing lumbar disc pathology before proceeding to spinal fusion or artificial disc insertion. There has been…
Maria Siemionow, MD, PhD, Director, Plastic Surgery Research, Head, Microsurgery Training, Cleveland Clinic, talks about her book “Face to Face”, her quest to perform the first full face…
Maria Siemionow, MD, PhD, Director, Plastic Surgery Research, Head, Microsurgery Training, Cleveland Clinic, discusses the techinical challenges of face transplants versus hand transplants, citing the difficulty of the…
Kathleen Berchelmann, MD, CPHIMS, Pediatric Hospitalist, Washington University in St Louis School of Medicine, MO, discusses a new web-based program she developed which electronically manages the pediatric sign-out…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) Based on postoperative levels of parathyroid hormone and serum calcium, more than half of patients undergoing thyroidectomy do not need routine calcium and/or vitamin…
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Clinicians report in The American Journal of Surgery that a high white blood cell count or low serum sodium level can help diagnose…
