Gang culture at Sussex neurosurgery department, doctor alleges
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Neurosurgery
AIIMS, IIT-D design AI-based neurosurgery simulation training – ET HealthWorld
New Delhi: The All-India Institute of Medical Sciences, in collaboration with IIT Delhi, has designed AI-based simulators to train and evaluate budding neurosurgeons for minimally invasive microscopic and endoscopic surgical skills. According to experts, this is aimed at changing the way neurosurgical skills especially precise actions that make a huge difference in brain surgery — … Read more
Truth or TV: Is Grey’s Anatomy’s Parkinson’s ‘Cure’ Real?
It’s not unusual for TV to fast-track medical innovation. Take the current season of Grey’s Anatomy, which featured a major storyline about a “cure” for Parkinson’s disease. The drama series followed a team of researchers and doctors as they used a groundbreaking surgical procedure using skin-derived stem cells. In real life, despite decades of research … Read more
Medtronic India announces first procedure with Intellis spinal cord stimulation platform – ET HealthWorld
Mumbai: Medtronic Private Limited announced the first clinical procedure in India with the Intellis spinal cord stimulation (SCS) platform. The stimulator is the world’s smallest SCS device for the management of certain types of chronic intractable pain. The first intellis device for a patient in India was implanted at the Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, … Read more