Broadcasting Surgeries With Ease: Interview with B-Hive Co-Creator Steven Thekan
A great deal of advanced medical training involves witnessing surgeries and listening to the guidance, suggestions, and recommendations of the people performing them. Typically, this is done on-site, which often involves costly travel expenses plus a lot of time wasted simply getting to the lesson. There are alternatives available, such as hiring a video crew to film and broadcast a surgery, but this is an expensive and often not very practical in small operating theaters.
The Florida Hospital Nicholson Center, having its own production crew, decided that they can cut educational costs while making it easy for clinicians t...
Source: Medgadget - January 23, 2018 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Exclusive Surgery Telemedicine Source Type: blogs
Tubal Reversal Bargain: Valentine ’s Day Special Hotel Included!
2018 Valentine’s Day Tubal Reversal Bargain!
All patients having reversal surgery completed during the month of February 2018 will have their two-night luxury hotel stay included in the cost of their reversal surgery!
This tubal reversal bargain is also available to Essure reversal/removal and vasectomy reversal patients.
Usually the price of reversal surgery with
Dr. Monteith includes everything except the cost of travel, food, and hotel stay.
In the past, Dr. Monteith has offered to include the hotel as part of a New Years Day or Valentines day deal. This past tubal reversal bargain was so popular, he has decided t...
Source: Tubal Reversal Blog - December 30, 2017 Category: Reproduction Medicine Authors: Dr. Monteith Tags: tubal reversal bargain Source Type: blogs
Is there a future for robot-assisted surgery?
Recently, there was a fascinating article in the Wall Street Journal regarding robot-assisted surgery. It reported the results of two articles published in JAMA that demonstrated that robotic-assisted surgery cost more and took longer without achieving superior results to laparoscopic surgery on average.
With this, my LinkedIn account lit up. Here are several of the comments that came through:
“I’ve come to assume that robotic surgery is better for GYN and colon surgeries simply because of their increased precision and accessibility to small spaces.”
“Robots are sexy, the media covers it like it’s the next be...
Source: Kevin, M.D. - Medical Weblog - December 12, 2017 Category: General Medicine Authors: < a href="https://www.kevinmd.com/blog/post-author/peter-f-nichol" rel="tag" > Peter F. Nichol, MD, PhD < /a > Tags: Tech OB/GYN Surgery Source Type: blogs
Poor quality IVF treatment
I received this tearful email from a patient.I have a very sad medical history . I used to get extremely painful periods (I got my first periods at the age of around 14-15 years) where medical help was always required by me. The doctors in my home town could not understand the problem and we were completely relying on the best doctors of our city. I was treated for depression, epilepsy, abdominal TB, hormones, etc. etc. because they believed that my symptoms were similar to any of these ailments.After years of treatment but no relief (around 11 years of treatment with no solid diagnosis, no reports nothing), I got ma...
Source: Dr.Malpani's Blog - December 1, 2017 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: blogs
Please don't do a laparoscopy !
Many doctors routinely do a laparoscopy and hysteroscopy for all infertile women.They justify this by saying it's a simple diagnostic procedure, which will allow them to confirm that there is no anatomical problem.They also say it's "minor surgery", which just involves a "small cut" and a few hours stay in a hospital.What they don't tell the patient that there's absolutely no need to do a laparoscopy at all ! Let's not forget that the safest surgery is the one you don't need to do !The truth is that laparoscopy does not provide us with any useful information which we cannot obtain with simpler non-invasive tests, such as a...
Source: Dr.Malpani's Blog - November 15, 2017 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: blogs
microMend, a Novel and Time-Saving Wound Closure Device
Sutures and staples are the usual options for closing wounds postoperatively, but they can be painful and require surgical skills. The microMend Skin Closure Device, produced by Seattle-based KitoTech Medical, provides a potentially better alternative.
The design of the microMend is conceptually similar to a bandage, like Steri-Strip. The device is made of a thin adhesive backing with two arrays of tiny “microstaples” on either side. It is placed across a wound, one side at a time, so that the microstaples can insert into the skin and align the two edges of a wound. The device is flexible enough to allow conformity to...
Source: Medgadget - November 7, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Cici Zhou Tags: Cardiac Surgery Orthopedic Surgery Plastic Surgery Urology Vascular Surgery Source Type: blogs
Bouncing Back: Resilient Thrivers Tell Their Stories
This is the first in a series of articles about people who have survived life challenges that they never anticipated. For each of them, the unexpected brought lessons and skills that have helped them to move from victim to survivor to thriver.
Albert Borris is a 58-year-old man who lives in the Philadelphia suburb of Moorestown, New Jersey. For three decades, he worked as a Student Assistance Counselor in a high school setting, guiding young people who were facing psychological and addiction oriented challenges. According to his colleagues and those whose lives he touched — likely thousands over the years — he ...
Source: World of Psychology - October 30, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Edie Weinstein, MSW, LSW Tags: Caregivers Grief and Loss Happiness Health-related Inspiration & Hope Interview Memory and Perception Mindfulness Motivation and Inspiration Personal Trauma bouncing back Gratitude Health Crisis Hopefulness Optimism Recover Source Type: blogs
Robotic-Assisted Surgery – Current Challenges and Future Directions: Interview with Dr. Mona Orady
During the last decade and a half, robotic-assisted surgery has led to smaller scars, less pain, and faster recoveries for patients. Concurrently, surgeons using this technology have benefited from being able to perform surgeries in a more comfortable position, while also experiencing greater visualization and enhanced precision. With all of these benefits, robotic-assisted surgeries are becoming increasingly common worldwide, particularly in the United States, where more than 67 percent of all of Intuitive Surgical‘s da Vinci robots are installed. Moreover, just yesterday we covered the FDA clearance of the Senhance...
Source: Medgadget - October 17, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Kenan Raddawi Tags: Exclusive Ob/Gyn Surgery Thoracic Surgery Urology Source Type: blogs
TransEnterix Gets FDA Clearance for Senhance Surgical Robot
TransEnterix, a North Carolina firm, won FDA clearance for its Senhance Surgical Robotic System. This is only the second company that’s offering an abdominal surgical robotic system to receive FDA’s green light, following Intuitive Surgical‘s da Vinci systems, the first of which was introduced nearly two decades ago.
The multi-port system features some pretty high-tech capabilities, such as haptic feedback that lets the surgeon feel when the instruments come in contact with other objects, including tissues, and an eye-controlled endoscope that moves its point of view to follow the user’s gaze.
The ...
Source: Medgadget - October 16, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Ob/Gyn Surgery Thoracic Surgery Urology Source Type: blogs
Health 2.0 Fall Conference Startup Pitch Competition: Meet the Companies
This week, healthcare technology innovators, thought leaders, and business owners convene in Santa Clara, California for Health 2.0’s 11th Annual Fall Conference. While this year’s event runs from October 2-4, Medgadget was able to participate in the Sunday pre-conference and the annual Startup Pitch Competition.
Evaluating eight “Series A ready” companies, organized into professional solution (B2B) and consumer solution (B2C) tracks, were six judges. The diverse panel of judges included:
Anya Schiess from Healthy Ventures
Caroline Arenz from Healthbox
Alexander Hoffman from Merck Ventures
Gwyn ...
Source: Medgadget - October 3, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Michael Batista Tags: Exclusive Source Type: blogs
FlexVR: A New, Portable, Robot-Assisted Surgical Simulation System – Interview with Dr. Jeff Berkley, CEO and Founder of Mimic Technologies
We are entering a new era in health care, where innovative technologies are frequently developed and introduced to health care workers. One of the most groundbreaking developments has been the use of robots to assist surgeons with complicated procedures. However, optimal training of physicians is crucial to ensure this technology is utilized in a safe and effective manner. Since robot-assisted surgeries can place human lives at stake, no one can argue that simulation is one of the safest most ethical training methods.
One of the leaders in robotic surgery simulation training is a Seattle-based company called Mimic Technol...
Source: Medgadget - October 2, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Kenan Raddawi Tags: Exclusive Ob/Gyn Surgery Thoracic Surgery Urology Source Type: blogs
TB PCR testing is a waste of time and money, and causes harm
A patient just sent me this emailSir I have 5 year baby girl...I have started treatment for conceive second baby before 4 year. ...but unfortunately I m not getting result... doctor give mi advice for doing laparoscopy because of both tubes are blocked.i have done laproscopy in april. after laproscopy I have try natural conceive for but result was not getting gud....I forgot to take report of tbpcr ...I was called the report in august.and unfortunately my tbpcr is come positive.and I was take AKT4 near about 15 days.but this medicine not suit to me.i stop medicine...and same month I conceive baby....I confused .....what I ...
Source: Dr.Malpani's Blog - September 30, 2017 Category: Reproduction Medicine Source Type: blogs
The Case For Confronting Long-Term Opioid Use As A Hospital-Acquired Condition
The first principle of medicine is to “do no harm.” Over the past two decades, the medical community has attempted to honor this principle by treating patient pain with opioid prescriptions. Unfortunately, these good intentions have driven an epidemic of opioid addiction and drug overdoses, now the leading cause of accidental death in the United States.
Inpatient overprescription of opioids such as morphine, oxycodone, and hydrocodone happens in a variety of ways—doctors prescribe too many doses, too large a dose, or allow patients to continue opioid treatment for too long. And many times, doctors could avoid opi...
Source: Health Affairs Blog - September 8, 2017 Category: Health Management Authors: Michael Schlosser, Ravi Chari and Jonathan Perlin Tags: Featured Health Professionals Hospitals Population Health hospital-acquired condition opioid epidemic overprescribing opioids pain management Source Type: blogs
Ultravision Removes Smoke from Surgical Scene: Interview with Managing Director of Alesi Surgical
Smoke in a surgical field is a common problem, particularly during laparoscopic and robotic procedures, that arises from the use of electrosurgical instruments, lasers, and other devices. Typically, smoke is vented out through one of the instrument ports, too often with slow and imperfect results. Alesi Surgical, a company out of Cardiff, Wales, offers a technology that significantly improves on simple ventilation (see video at the bottom of this post). We spoke with Dominic Griffiths, PhD, Managing Director of Alesi Surgical, about how the company’s Ultravision technology works, how it was developed, and what the ...
Source: Medgadget - August 28, 2017 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Editors Tags: Ob/Gyn Surgery Thoracic Surgery Urology Source Type: blogs
