Nurse-surgeons
Waiting lists, EU limits on working hours, doctor and nursing staff shortages, how could healthcare providers overcome all those hurdles let alone glimpse the winning post ahead?
Minimal invasive
Biotechnology for regenerative surgery
Tissue engineering caused a stir at the 34th Annual Meeting of the Germany Society for Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
US skin refrigerants for EU
Ethyl Chloride skin refrigerants made by the Gebauer Company, of Cleveland, Ohio (established over 100 years ago) have received the CE Mark of approval.
Virtual patients for MIS training
Minimally invasive surgery (MIS), carried out through very small incisions, minimises patient trauma and shortens rehabilitation time.
Minimally invasive endoprosthetics
Early in the history of endoprosthetic hip and knee joint replacements almost exclusively had cement fixations. Now the objective is to replace only the areas of joints actually affected by arthritis and which cause a patient pain.
44th Austrian Surgeons Congress
The Austrian Society for Surgery and associated societies will focus on oncology/MIS,
MI treatment forbenign prostatic hyperplasia
An interview with Dr Andre Roggan, head of research and development at Celon AG, and Dr Markus Mueller, consultant at the Urology Clinic at the University Clinic Benjamin Franklin, Free University Berlin. Venue: 1st International Workshop on Radio-frequency Induced Thermotherapy (RFITT) for the treatment of BPH
