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Study suggests women undergo less aggressive open heart surgery
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 6 (ANI): Women are significantly less likely than men to undergo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using guideline-recommended approaches, which may result in worse outcomes after surgery, as per a new study.
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More patient deaths and fewer heart surgeries linked to 'COVID effect'
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 6 (ANI): Researchers during a new study have found a sharp decline in overall heart surgery volume and an unexplained increase in deaths after coronary artery bypass grafting, due to the effects of the ongoing COVID-19 health crisis.
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High tibial osteotomy may help prevent total knee replacement
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 6 (ANI): High tibial osteotomy, which is an underused type of knee surgery in younger patients, has shown considerable success in reducing the need for total knee replacement.
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Model predicts likelihood of persistent high-dose opioid use after knee su
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 3 (ANI): A new study published in Arthritis Care & Research has identified 10 readily available clinical factors that may predict which patients will persistently use high doses of opioids in the year following knee replacement surgery.
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Kerala: IMA protests Centre's decision to allow Ayurvedic practitioners to
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Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], February 3 (ANI): Members of the Indian Medical Association (IMA) on Tuesday held a protest in Thiruvananthapuram against the Central government's decision to allow practitioners of Ayurvedic medicine to perform surgeries.
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Rela Hospital sets benchmark in liver transplant with 99.2 percent patient
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], February 2 (ANI/NewsVoir): Rela Hospital, a Multi-Speciality Quaternary Care Hospital at Chromepet, Chennai, has accomplished a truly remarkable global milestone of achieving 99.2 per cent patient survival rate from the liver transplant surgeries performed since
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BioNTech to produce 2 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine in 2021 amid surge
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Mainz [Germany], February 2 (ANI): German biotechnology company BioNTech is planning to produce two billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine in 2021 because of the increase in global demand, the company has said in a statement.
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New research looks at teen bariatric surgery outcomes by age
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 2 (ANI): In a new study published in Pediatrics, researchers at Children's Hospital Colorado (Children's Colorado) have found that both younger and older adolescents have similar weight loss, resolution of high blood pressure, and high cholesterol, nutritional impac
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Study links 'COVID effect' to fewer heart surgeries, more patient deaths
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 1 (ANI): A new study has found that the effects of the ongoing coronavirus health crisis have resulted in a substantial decline in overall heart surgery volume and an unexplained increase in deaths after coronary artery bypass grafting.
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Women undergo less aggressive open heart surgery, experience worse outcome
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 1 (ANI): A new study has found that women are significantly less likely than men to undergo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using guideline-recommended approaches, which may result in worse outcomes after surgery.
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Alternate type of surgery may prevent total knee replacement
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Washington [US], February 1 (ANI): An underused type of knee surgery in younger patients, called high tibial osteotomy, shows considerable success in reducing the need for total knee replacement, according to a new research.
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Olympian shuttler Dipankar Bhattacharjee to undergo brain tumour surgery o
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
New Delhi [India], January 31 (ANI): Two-time Olympian and three-time national champion shuttler Dipankar Bhattacharjee has been diagnosed with a brain tumour. He will undergo surgery at Hinduja Hospital in Mumbai on February 4.
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