How a fake surgical device was registered

I was wondering for a long time how stringent the requirements are to register a surgical device.

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Tagged fake hip, clinical trials; Comments 1 ; Posted 10 years ago

Breast cancer - hysterectomy and removal of ovaries and tubes

It is well possible that patients diagnosed with breast cancer have been undertreated in the past.A study to be published soon shows that breast cancer patients who have a hysterectomy...

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Tagged Hysterectomy, breast cancer, BSO; Comments 4 ; Posted 11 years ago

Create space at laparoscopy

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Tagged laparoscopy, bowel retraction, Endo Loop, Endo Close, Hysterectomy, Training; Posted 11 years ago by Donal Brennan

Investments are needed for better hysterectomies

A recent ABC News feature suggested that the eradication of open hysterectomy and converting them to laparoscopic hysterectomy would save the Australian government $50 million straight away.

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Tagged Hysterectomy, Research, cost; Comments 1 ; Posted 11 years ago

Aspiration at anaesthetic

A colleague shared his recent experience with a rather unusual and difficult case last week during the Australian College Scientific Meeting.A sixty-something year old patient deteriorated a few hours after...

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Posted in aspiration, anaesthesia; Posted 11 years ago

Blissfully unaware?

Last week I attended a marvellous presentation by Professor Gerald Hickson from Vanderbilt University in Nashville, TN. In brief, he talked about us doctors being accountable for our outcomes and actions.

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Tagged SurgicalPerformance, complaints, Complications; Posted 11 years ago

Do checklists work?

In 1934 the US Army evaluated 3 different aircrafts for testing, including the Boeing model 299. The Boeing plane seemed to be superior to any of the other two aircraft.

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Tagged Checklist, Complications; Comments 2 ; Posted 11 years ago

Preoperative Guidelines for Surgery on Elderly

Most gynaecologists see patients at 6 weeks from surgery. By contrast, most postoperative issues actually arise in the early postoperative period.

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Tagged Follow up; Comments 1 ; Posted 11 years ago

Surgical Smoke

In laparoscopic surgery diathermy-generated fume annoyes not only me but a lot of surgeons. It affects the visibility in surgery, requires to clean the scope repeatedly.

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Tagged laparoscopy, insufflator; Comments 1 ; Posted 11 years ago

Comfort Zone

One of my surgical mentors made a point of saying “Son, you gotta get out of your comfort zone to excel”.

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Tagged Complications, comfort zone; Comments 1 ; Posted 11 years ago