SURGERY

Jul 03 2025HEALTH

Fixing Kids' Knees: A Closer Look at Growth-Friendly Surgery

Knee injuries in children can be serious, especially when they involve the anterior cruciate ligament (ACL). The challenge is that kids are still growing, and surgery near the growth plates can have lasting effects. Two main approaches exist for ACL repair in youngsters: physeal sparing and non-physeal sparing techniques. The physeal sparing method aims to protect t...

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Jul 02 2025HEALTH

A Young Latino's Journey: Health Challenges and Hope

A young Latino child's life took a dramatic turn when they fled violence in their home country, seeking safety in the USA. Little did they know, their journey would lead to a life-changing health diagnosis. The child was diagnosed with supravalvular aortic stenosis, a heart condition that required urgent surgery. This case highlights the many hurdles faced by immigr...

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Jul 02 2025HEALTH

Finding the Better Pain Relief for Ear Surgeries

Ear surgeries can be quite painful, and finding the right pain relief is crucial. Two methods were put to the test: a nerve block called the superficial cervical plexus block (SCPB) and a common painkiller, intravenous morphine. The goal was to see if the nerve block could be just as good as morphine for managing pain after surgery. A study involved 100 patients, sp...

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Jul 02 2025HEALTH

How Brain Swelling Affects Cancer Treatment Success

Brain cancer is tough to beat. Doctors use special tools to fight it. One tool is stereotactic radiosurgery (SRS). It zaps cancer with precise radiation. But sometimes, the brain swells around the tumor. This swelling is called perilesional edema (PLE). Does PLE make the treatment less effective? Researchers dug into this question. They looked at many studies. They ...

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Jun 28 2025HEALTH

Tiny Tools, Big Impact: How Precision Surgery Tackles Rare Skin Tumors

In the world of medicine, sometimes the smallest tools make the biggest difference. A recent study shows how a special kind of surgery, called microscopically controlled surgery, is being used to treat a rare type of skin tumor. This tumor, known as eccrine porocarcinoma, is quite unusual and can be tricky to treat. The study involved two medical centers and used a ...

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Jun 25 2025HEALTH

Robotic Surgery: Comparing Two Types of Prostate Cancer

Prostate cancer comes in different forms, and two of the most common are ductal and acinar adenocarcinoma. Doctors often use robotic surgery to treat these cancers. A recent study looked at how patients with these two types fared after this surgery. The study found that ductal adenocarcinoma is often more aggressive than acinar adenocarcinoma. This means it can grow...

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Jun 25 2025HEALTH

Robots in Surgery: Training the Next Generation of Doctors

Robotic surgery is becoming more common in urology. To keep up, doctors need proper training. A recent study created and tested new ways to teach these skills. Experts from around the world worked together. They used a special process to agree on the best methods. This process is called the Delphi method. It helps groups reach a consensus. Two training models were ...

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Jun 25 2025HEALTH

What Hand Surgery Patients Wish They Knew Before Going Home

In Turkey, a study was done to figure out what hand surgery patients need to know before they leave the hospital. The goal was to help them recover better at home. The focus was on people who had surgery and could go home the same day. Hand surgery can be scary, and knowing what to do after is important. The study wanted to see what information patients needed most....

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Jun 23 2025HEALTH

60: The Benchmark for Heart Valve Fixes?

Is the number 60 a magic number? It is for many things, but here it's about heart repairs. It's a big deal in the world of heart surgery. Specifically, it's about fixing a part of the heart called the mitral valve. This valve is super important. It keeps blood flowing the right way. But sometimes, it doesn't work right. That's where surgery comes in. Surg...

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Jun 22 2025HEALTH

The State of Back Surgery Recovery in the UK

In the UK, there is a strong push for rehabilitation following planned back surgeries. However, the actual extent of this support is unclear. A recent effort aimed to shed light on this by investigating how physiotherapists handle recovery before, during, and after specific types of back operations. The focus was on three common procedures: lumbar discectomy, lamine...

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