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News items on 'Cardiac Surgery And Procedures'
Heart valve ops are halted
(BBC 21/10/2009)
A Nottingham surgeon will not perform further heart valve operations until an investigation into an infection which killed four patients, has ended. Twelve people became ill after having heart valve surgery at Nottingham City Hospital earlier this year. An investigation has found all of the cases were operated on by the same surgeon. The hospital said the move was a precaution and there was no evidence of shortcomings in the surgeon's practice.
(BBC 23/05/2009)
It is the ultimate dummy run - practising complex surgery on a patient before their operation. Obviously the real patient cannot be used, but London surgeons have the next best thing - the Angio Mentor, a virtual reality simulator. It works by taking the CT scans of an individual patient's anatomy and transforms them into a 3D model. Clinicians can then insert real-life tools into a workstation, which then mimics the anticipated reactions of the patient's body.
Vital operation
(BBC 12/01/2009)
Dr Peter Kohl has a big idea for the future of heart surgery. A patient needing an immediate operation will have a scan and in the 45 minutes it takes for blood test results to come back, surgeons will have simulated alternative operations in virtual reality and will understand the effects these have on the individual's heart.
Human blood vessels grown in mice
(BBC 18/07/2008)
Scientists have used human cells to grow new blood vessels in a mouse for the first time, a US journal reports [potential value for human heart surgery].
Increase in consultants makes heart surgery safer at night
(The Independent 04/06/2008)
Operations are now safest when carried out at night, according to a major investigation into deaths following heart surgery. [PUK Comment - because the out of hours operation was more likely to be performed by a more experienced surgeon]
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