Highlights: Thorough evaluation and preparation are essential before undergoing bariatric surgery Understanding different bariatric procedures helps choose the most suitable o...
Highlights: Central sensitization can lead to prolonged healing and persistent pain after surgery A standardized pain test called TSP can be used to assess the degree of centr...
Highlights: From 2010 and 2017, the annual rate of weight loss surgeries doubled among children under the age of 19 These treatments are life-changing for teenagers and help t...
Highlights: Surgical site infection is the most common postoperative complication One in eight surgical site infection cases can be prevented by consistently changing gloves a...
Highlights: Indian government announced 141 Padma Awards for the year 2020 Among them were 13 doctors who remarkably contributed to the health of the nation Padma Awards are ...
Highlights: Unique surgery leaves a 100kg man with two beating hearts by a technique called the ‘Piggyback or Heterotopic heart transplant surgery’ Surgery which was perform...
Highlights The usual treatment option for abdominal aortic aneurysm is surgery, which is only performed if the swelling is large enough to make the risk of rupture greater than the r...
Highlights During the postoperative period, patients experience increased pain and anxiety. Pain management, which is mainly pharmacological, in patients who undergo spine surgery...
Highlights Only around 10% of the doctors in general practices felt that they were delivering standard quality of care to patients. Around 84% claimed that their workload was unm...
Highlights: Surgical site infections affect millions of people worldwide. Infections may lead to the spread of antibiotic resistant superbugs like Methicillin Resistant Staphyloco...
Highlights Astronauts on long space mission experience severe backache and spinal disc conditions. This can be attributed to atrophy of paraspinal muscles supporting the spine...
Highlights Infections are a known complication of implanting artificial hip, knee and shoulder joints. Infections can become chronic making treatment difficult which warrants remo...
Highlights Oxalate is a small anion that is derived from food sources. The dietary oxalate is absorbed by the intestine and it increases the urinary oxalate output whic...
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