Articles about 'surgery'

Technology that could transform the future of hip replacement surgery is being pioneered by a team of experts in Cambridge.

A tiny, flexible electronic device that wraps around the spinal cord could represent a new approach to the treatment of spinal injuries, which can cause profound disability and paralysis.

Researchers have developed tiny, flexible devices that can wrap around individual nerve fibres without damaging them.

A major international trial has concluded that, where possible, surgeons should replace the removed section of the skull following surgery to treat a form of brain haemorrhage. This approach will save patients from having to undergo skull reconstruction further down the line.

Researchers have been able to alter the blood type of deceased donor kidneys using “molecular scissors”.

Pandemic has delayed lifesaving treatment for thousands of people with severe aortic stenosis. 

Surgeons could soon eavesdrop on a patient’s brain activity during surgery to remove their brain tumour, helping improve the accuracy of the operation and reduce the risk of impairing brain function.

The use of keyhole surgery to repair ruptured abdominal aortic aneurysm is both clinically and cost effective and should be adopted more widely, concludes a randomised trial published by The BMJ today.

Healthcare is a complex beast and too often problems arise that can put patients’ health – and in some cases, lives – at risk. A collaboration between the Cambridge Centre for Health Services Research and the Department of Engineering hopes to get to the bottom of what’s going wrong – and to offer new ways of solving the problems.

Transparency without accessibility is not enough: stats must be put in context, say researchers.