Keywords: Minimal-invasive Surgery

02/21/2013

Lady Gaga raises the profile of hip arthroscopy

Surgical Innovations Clinical Advisory Board member and Harrogate hip surgeon Mr Jon Conroy has today commented on how Lady Gaga’s imminent surgery will help raise the worldwide …

02/10/2013

High volume mammo centres yield high quality research

With 350,000 mammography screenings annually, Unilabs Sweden finds itself on the leading edge for research in mammography and pioneering patient education programmes. John Brosky …

12/18/2012

Breakthrough with new interventional treatment technology

Preliminary data from the clinical study showed that the dose reduction achieved in the X-ray guided endovascular procedures performed on 50 patients using Philips’ ClarityIQ …

12/06/2012

Siemens re-engineers radiography with flat emitter, new detector

In the highly competitive US market for interventional radiology, Siemens introduced a ground-breaking new imaging chain for the Artis line that sets a new standard for image …

11/28/2012

Ziehm Imaging brings range of C-arms to expanding US market

The rapid growth of less-invasive interventional radiology procedures is fueling growth for the German company dedicated to mobile C-arms. …

11/22/2012

Image guidance and robotics in the OR improve precision in the OR

Key trends in computer-assisted surgery and robotics dominated the agenda of the annual congress of the German Association for Computer- and Robotics-Assisted Surgery (CURAC), …

11/12/2012

Multi-modality HD imaging systems improve visual guidance for minimally invasive surgery

To modernise the surgical display equipment at Belgium’s foremost university hospitals, NDS Surgical Imaging (NDSsi) has installed Radiance HD surgical displays in the operating …

09/20/2012

Philips and Biocompatibles team-up to advance in interventional oncology

Launch of collaboration marked with development of new treatment protocol for trans-arterial embolization in hypervascular tumors. …

09/17/2012

Surgeons demand the best. Sony delivers it.

For a surgeon to perform at their peak, they need the highest quality equipment. For this reason, Sony developed the PVM-2551MD 24.5” monitor. …

09/04/2012

Magellan is quick and good for complex ops

Surgeons at a leading UK hospital are pioneering robotic endovascular surgery to treat patients with complex conditions. …

05/05/2012

The 129th Congress of the German Society of Surgery

Meeting with EH editor Brigitte Dinkloh, Congress Secretary Professor Alexis Ulrich MD (left), Assistant Medical Director at the Clinic for General, Visceral and Transplant …

02/02/2012

New technique successfully dissolves blood clots in the brain and lowers risk of brain damage after stroke

Johns Hopkins neurologists report success with a new means of getting rid of potentially lethal blood clots in the brain safely without cutting through easily damaged brain tissue …

12/20/2011

Congenital heart defects

The German Paediatric Heart Centre (DKHZ) is one of the largest of its kind in Europe. Over 25 years the centre has treated big and small patients with congenital heart defects, …

12/20/2011

Leipzig´s futuristic operating theatre

The next generation of integrated operating systems celebrated a world premiere in clinical use this November in Leipzig Germany. EH Correspondent Holger Zorn was there when …

12/20/2011

Transcatheder aortic valve implants

With transcatheder aortic valve implants (TAVI) forming some 20% of all heart valve replacement procedures today, and the technology constantly developing, the ´real art`to the …

12/05/2011

Trail blazing bariatric surgery devices

Major advances in Natural Orifice Transluminal Endoscopic Surgery (NOTES) lead to a tremendous interest in new surgical endoscopes. The advantages of minimally invasive surgery …

12/05/2011

Visceral medicine in 2011

Excising the entire cancer tumour from the stomach prevents relapses. This procedure can now be performed endoscopically. Holger Zorn reports from the Visceral Medicine 2011 …

12/05/2011

Interventional radiology in the trauma unit

Traumatic injuries result in 800,00 deaths per year in Europe, making this one of the leading causes of mortality and the primary cause of death in patients aged 45 years old or …

12/05/2011

Documentation and certification

The German Society for Interventional Radiology and Minimally Invasive Therapy (DeGIR) has been developing its nation-wide quality assurance programme since 1987. ‘We launched …