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Mar282021 by adminNo Comments

Study: Telehealth consults with surgeons rose during pandemic’s first wave

Health

March 26 (UPI) -- Nearly 40% of new surgical patient consultations in Michigan were conducted via telehealth at the height of the first wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020, an analysis published Friday by JAMA Surgery found. Just under 17% of new patient visits to surgeons statewide between March 8 and June 6 of last year were completed using telehealth, the data showed. From June 7 through Sept. 5, that figure fell to 3%, the researchers said. Advertisement The findings suggest an increased use of telehealth among surgeons, a specialty not traditionally associated with the approach, during the pandemic, researchers said. "Telehealth is a viable way for patients to access surgical care," study co-author Dr. Grace Chao told UPI in an email. "We show ... that telehealth was success...

Dec92019 by adminNo Comments

Surgeons withdraw support for heart disease advice

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European clinical guidelines on how to treat a major form of heart disease are under review following a BBC Newsnight investigation.Europe's professional body for heart surgeons has withdrawn support for the guidelines, saying it was "a matter of serious concern" that some patients may have had the wrong advice.Guidelines recommended both stents and heart surgery for low-risk patients.But trial data leaked to Newsnight raises doubts about this conclusion.Thousands of people in the UK and hundreds of thousands worldwide will be treated for left main coronary artery disease each year. This is a narrowing of one of the main arteries in the heart. The guidelines on how to treat it were largely based on a three-year trial to compare whether heart surgery or st...

Sep152019 by adminNo Comments

Robotic surgeons set to spark ‘revolution in healthcare’

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By Noel Phillips, Sky News reporter Surgeons operating on patients while controlling robotic arms could become a new norm in hospitals.The assistance of robots in surgical rooms are predicted to transform the way operations are performed by allowing surgeries to be carried out as keyhole procedures. As the use of robotic surgery becomes more popular, an increasing number of medics are being trained in how to use them. They allow doctors to perform complex techniques using a minimally invasive approach.Consultant colorectal surgeon Jonathan Morton is among a handful of physicians who have tried out the machinery. Image: Surgeon Jonathan Morton is among those who have tried out the technol...

Aug152019 by adminNo Comments

Dental surgeons urge England’s schools to go sugar-free

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Dental surgeons are calling for the government in England to encourage all schools to go sugar-free in a bid to combat tooth decay.They say it is essential to cut sugar in school meals to tackle a condition affecting a quarter of five-year-olds.Dentists also want more supervised teeth-brushing in schools and guidelines on healthy packed lunches.Before leaving Downing Street, Prime Minister Theresa May announced plans to improve children's oral health.Her government produced a green paper on tackling the causes of preventable ill health.But the Faculty of Dental Surgery says that while progress has been made, more needs to be done.Dentist no-showsTooth decay is the leading cause of hospital admissions among five-to-nine-year-olds ...

May242019 by adminNo Comments

Surgeons warn of serious hand injuries from dog leads and collars

Health

Surgeons are warning dog owners not to wrap leads around their fingers or wrist because of the dangers of serious hand injury.They say thousands of people could be at risk from lacerations, friction burns, fractures and ligament injuries. There were 30 serious hand injuries caused by dog leads last year in Cornwall alone, the British Society for Surgery of the Hand said.One of those was to Jillian Tisdale, 65, who has two retrievers.She had just finished walking one of her dogs when it became distracted by another dog and ran off excitedly on the lead.'Like a filleting knife'The lead ended up wrapped tightly around Jillian's middle fingers on her right hand, causing severe damage, including the "degloving" of her finger - when th...