Surgeons
India's surgical infection rate higher than many countries: ICMR study
The Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) rate among three major hospitals in India was found to be higher than in many high-income countries, an ICMR study has revealed. The study was conducted in a cohort of 3,020 patients from three hospitals. SSIs are among the most prevalent healthcare-associated infections. Debridement surgery, carried out with either an amputation, open reduction internal fixation surgery (ORIF), or closed reduction internal fixation (CRIF) surgery, had the highest SSI rate of 54.2 per cent. SSIs cause significant morbidity, leading to excess health expenditures and increased length of hospital stay. There is a lack of data on post-discharge SSIs from low-and middle-income countries. In India, there exists no surveillance system of SSIs that covers the post-discharge period. "Therefore, we proposed a multicentric analysis to estimate the proportion and identify the risk factors associated with SSIs occurring during hospital stay and after discharge," the study .
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US Surgeon General calls for cancer warnings for alcoholic drinks
It is responsible for 100,000 US cancer cases and 20,000 cancer deaths each year, more than the 13,500 alcohol-associated traffic crash deaths
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US and India can work together on mental health: Surgeon General Murthy
US Surgeon General Dr Vivek Murthy has said that mental health is an issue on which his country and India can work together, so that it not only benefits the two countries, but the entire world. He said it is time to prioritise and accelerate the work on mental health, because the consequences have been too high, and they will only get worse unless we make this issue a priority. "I'll just say this (mental health) is an issue where the US and India can work together, where we can learn from each other, where we can collaborate on programmes, where we can support each other, as we have in the past for six decades, on so many health issues," Murthy told reporters here on Friday. He said he was proud of the US-India health partnership for six decades, during which both countries have worked on smallpox, polio, HIV, tuberculosis and Covid-19, and many other health challenges. "This is a time for us to come together as two nations, to work on the issue of mental health, and the work tha
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Elon Musk's Neuralink device implanted successfully in second patient
Musk provided few details about the surgery, which had to be postponed after the patient originally scheduled for the second procedure had to withdraw in June due to an unspecified medical condition
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SS Innovations to start first human trials for remote telesurgery soon
Srivastava added that telesurgery will allow surgeons to perform procedures on patients who are not physically present in the same location as them
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CRSA proposes inclusion of robotic surgery in medical curriculum via NMC
More surgeons need to be trained to make robotic surgery accessible, body says
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AR Rahman files Rs 10 crore defamation case against surgeons' association
A surgeons' association claimed that the music producer had received Rs 29 lakh in 2018 for a show that he never conducted
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UP hospital sealed for carrying out surgeries without authorised surgeons
A private hospital in Uttar Pradesh's Bijnor district has been found to be carrying out surgeries without qualified and authorised surgeons
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The SSI Mantra: India's own surgical robot boasts cheaper price tag
SSI Mantra has already been used for 22 complex procedures at Delhi hospital
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Robotic surgeries pick up pace in India after Covid-19 pandemic lull
Small number of trained surgeons, robots remain a challenge
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In a medical first, US surgeons transplant pig heart into human patient
In a medical first, doctors transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life and a Maryland hospital said Monday that he's doing well three days after surgery
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Surgeons led by Indian-origin doctor transplant lungs on Covid-19 patient
The patient, who has not been publicly identified, was on immunosuppressant medication for a previous condition when she contracted the coronavirus
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In India's robotic surgeries market, da Vinci set to carve out a place
Minimally invasive, these procedures drastically reduce the healing time
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Surgeons' skills may improve with age, shows US study
The risk of dying after a major surgery decreases if patients are treated by older doctors
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