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Image: 3D-printed smart metamaterial implants could monitor spinal healing (Photo courtesy of University of Pittsburgh)

Self-Powered Smart Implants for Spinal Fusion Surgery Monitor Healing

Researchers are creating patient-specific 3D-printed smart metamaterial implants that double as sensors to monitor spinal healing. More...
27 Jun 2022
Image: 3D-printed “meta-bot” capable of propulsion, movement, sensing and decision-making (Photo courtesy of UCLA)

3D-Printed “Meta-Bots” Could Pave Way for Robotic Self-Steering Endoscopes

A new design strategy and 3D printing technique to build robots in one single step could lead to development of biomedical robots, such as self-steering endoscopes or tiny swimming robots, which can emit ultrasounds and navigate themselves near blood vessels to deliver drug doses at specific target sites inside the body. More...
24 Jun 2022
Image: More aggressive treatments for AFib performed no better than standard procedures in a new study (Photo courtesy of Pexels)

Simple Ablation Procedure Has Best Outcomes, Finds Global Atrial Fibrillation Study

Results from one of the largest global studies of atrial fibrillation (AFib) procedures show that the simple approach is usually best when it comes to ablation, a procedure where physicians destroy or ablate cardiac tissue to correct irregular heart rhythms. More...
24 Jun 2022
Image: A composite picture from MR perfusion of a free flap demonstrating measurements made within the flap (Photo courtesy of Michigan Medicine)

MRI and CT Predicts Flap Failure After Head and Neck Reconstructive Cancer Surgery

When a patient with head and neck cancer has surgery to remove it, they often need reconstructive surgery in the form of a “free flap”, which is skin and tissue taken from a different part of the body and connected to the blood vessels of the wound in need of repair. Now, a study has found that early postoperative CT scans and MRIs can help predict whether a flap will fail, which could allow surgeons to intervene earlier. More...
24 Jun 2022
Image: Robotic-assisted surgery for hip replacement has lower complication rate than traditional method (Photo courtesy of Henry Ford Health)

Robotic Surgery Lowers Risk for Hip Replacement Complications, Finds Study

A new study has found that robotic-assisted surgery for hip replacement had lower rates of complications and a dislocation rate nearly four times less than the traditional method. More...
22 Jun 2022
Image: Heart surgery backlog requires urgent action, according to new research (Photo courtesy of Pexels)

Expanding Use of Quicker TAVI Procedure for AS Could Clear Heart Surgery Backlog

New research suggests that converting a proportion of procedures for the treatment of aortic stenosis (AS) from surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) to transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) would help clear the heart surgery backlog caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. More...
20 Jun 2022
Image: The VisAR system is a big step towards making precision surgical guidance widely available and economically feasible (Photo courtesy of Novarad)

First Fully Immersive 3D Augmented Reality Surgical Navigation System for Precision Spine Surgery

An augmented reality surgical navigation system that has received FDA 510(k) approval for precision guided intraoperative spine surgery marks a big step towards making precision surgical guidance widely available and economically feasible. More...
16 Jun 2022
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