London: Ricardo Funke, the chief of surgery at Clinica Las Condes in Santiago, Chile, had a new assistant during a laparoscopic surgery on Monday – an autonomous artificial intelligence-guided camera that allowed him to carry out a gallbladder removal alone. The procedure combined magnetic surgical instruments with software that autonomously directs the surgical camera, tracking … Read more
Bengaluru: An experimental AI-guided robot can autonomously perform a delicate, complicated phase of a common gallbladder operation, marking a major step toward automated medical procedures, researchers said on Wednesday. Existing surgical robots are remotely controlled by surgeons. The new system uses artificial intelligence to make independent decisions and adapts to unexpected complications during operations, said … Read more
Congress MP and former Punjab Chief Minister Charanjit Singh Channi has sparked a political row by questioning the Indian armed forces’ 2019 surgical strikes across the border following the Pulwama terror attack, saying “no one saw them”. “Till date, I could not find where the (surgical) strike took place, where men were killed at that … Read more
Jenny Smith Photography Diane Danzebrink campaigned to improve menopause awareness after her mental health was affected “to the point of almost taking my life” Hundreds of women who are “plunged into surgical menopause” are “being failed by the NHS”, says a menopause support campaigner. Diane Danzebrink, 58, from Norfolk, has called for an urgent review … Read more
Bengaluru: Intuitive announced the findings of India’s largest collaborative and multi-institutional study on robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) using the da Vinci surgical system. In collaboration with 14 government and private centres across India, the study supports the use of robotic-assisted partial nephrectomy (RAPN) in surgery for renal masses. This retrospective study utilised data from 800 … Read more
New Delhi: Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre (RGCI) has completed preliminary clinical trials for SSI Mantra, India’s very own surgical robot. Ever since its launch, RGCI has been instrumental in validating the effectiveness and feasibility of this robotic system under the guidance of Dr Sudhir Rawal, Medical Director, RGCI. “RGCI has been actively … Read more
A debate in Westminster hears that GPs are not always aware of the referral process. Source link
Dec. 29, 2021 — Are you still wearing a cloth face mask? Amid the rapidly spreading Omicron variant, experts stress that we all should swap cloth masks for N95 respirators or 3-ply surgical masks. For background: N95 respirators are tightly fitting masks that cover your mouth and nose and help prevent contact with droplets and … Read more
According to a report to a Great Ormond Street Hospital public board meeting on 29 September, titled “Faulty batch of Histoacryl glue potentially impacting patient treatment outcomes”, the adhesive has been used for more than 30 years in the endovascular treatment of brain arteriovenous malformations – a tangle of blood vessels with abnormal connections between … Read more
Scientists in the Netherlands have mimicked the way parasitoid wasps lay eggs to design a new tool for keyhole surgery. Currently tools used in these procedures are prone to clogging because they use suction. The new device avoids this by using friction. The team, at Delft University of Technology, have a working prototype and hope … Read more