Morocco has completed its first year of robotic surgery, with the Oncorad Group describing the achievement as transformative for the national healthcare system. The group carried out its inaugural robotic procedure on 27 May 2024. Since then, surgeons have performed 178 procedures with the technology, mainly in urology, including more than 100 prostate cancer surgeries. […]
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An Australian man survived 100 days with an artificial titanium heart—the longest anyone has lived with the device—while waiting for a donor transplant. The patient, a man in his 40s who chose to remain anonymous, received the implant at St. Vincent’s Hospital in Sydney last November. First Patient to Leave Hospital with Artificial Heart Survives
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A recent Journal of Hepatology study reports the first successful pig-to-human auxiliary liver transplant. The patient survived for 171 days, demonstrating that modified pig livers can perform key metabolic and synthetic functions in humans. The case also highlights the ongoing technical and medical challenges that limit long-term survival in such procedures. According to the World
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Scientists have managed to prevent the rejection of a pig kidney transplanted into a human donor. The organ continued to function for 61 days in a 57-year-old brain-dead man in the United States — the longest a genetically engineered pig organ has ever lasted in a brain-dead human. In two studies published today in Nature,
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Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is a neurosurgical method that enables precise modulation of neural circuits. Widely used for conditions such as Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor, and dystonia, DBS is actively investigated for disorders associated with abnormal circuitry, including major depressive disorder and Alzheimer’s disease. Intracranial Electrode Modern DBS systems, inspired by cardiac technology, consist of
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Momentis Surgical ™ announced that Medical City Plano acquired the Anovo ™ Surgical System for transvaginal benign gynecological procedures, including benign hysterectomies. They are the first medical facility in Texas to use this system. Anovo ™ Surgical System The Anovo System is the first and only FDA-authorized surgical robot with miniature humanoid-shaped arms, with shoulder,
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On February 9, the American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation (AAO-HNSF) published the Clinical Practice Guideline: Tympanostomy Tubes in Children (Update) in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery. Tympanostomy tubes, also called ear tubes, effectively lower or eliminate middle ear infections and eliminate persistent middle ear fluid and hearing loss related to middle ear fluid.
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We’ve caught a glimpse of robotic surgery’s potential future, and it’s not much bigger than a bread box. The miniaturized in vivo robotic assistant (MIRA), which weighs less than two pounds and is roughly the proportions of a human hand, can be inserted into a patient’s belly through a single 2.5–3 cm umbilical incision. The
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From the Sterile Processing department to the Key Operating Room – and all locations in between – there’s a team of Navy health center corpsmen like Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Stephanie Manamon providing prompt and continual medical support. Manamon, a Falmouth, Massachusetts indigenous and also Falmouth High School 2013 grad, is among around 15 From
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