Surgery

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Harrogate surgeon develops personalised videos for post-op patients

It’s a common issue for doctors who regularly do outpatient surgery: patients often forget instructions given just after day surgery.
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Autonomous training tool delivers in-demand surgical skills with feedback 

Trainee surgeons learning to conduct laparoscopic (or keyhole) surgery will soon be able to complete their training quicker due to
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AI will drive up standards in surgery and tackle health inequality

New digital technologies can enable surgeons to 'virtually scrub-in' and share knowledge around the world, says Dr Nadine Hachach-Haram.
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Better data collection could improve patient safety in surgical procedures

A whitepaper from Proximie has highlighted the patient safety issues the NHS is experiencing and how data collection could improve
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Next-generation Versius surgical robots introduced at Frimley Health

Next-generation surgical robots have been introduced at Frimley Health Trust Foundation Trust and have been used in urology and colorectal
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Surgeons use virtual surgery to reconstruct patient’s jaw

The 12-hour procedure was pre-planned by performing "virtual surgery" on a 3D model, before leg bone was used to recreate
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Alder Hey surgeons get hands-on with Microsoft’s mixed reality tech

Microsoft HoloLens is being introduced to operating theatres in a bid to make more patient information available to surgeons during
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St Bartholomew’s Hospital hails ‘new era’ of lung cancer treatment

The new procedure involves using software to create a 3D map of the lung, which guides surgeons as they pass
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Double robot surgery carried out at The Royal Marsden Hospital

Surgeons Shahnawaz Rasheed and Marielle Nobbenhuis sat on opposite sides of the da Vinci Xi robotic console to perform a hysterectomy on
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London surgeons using Microsoft mixed reality tech for safer operations

Surgeons in London are using Microsoft HoloLens to look inside patients before they operate on them, in an effort to
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