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Elective surgeries lowest in a decade: AIHW

09 December, 2022

The number of patients treated in the 2021–22 financial year from Australia's public hospital elective surgery waiting lists fell to the lowest level since 2010–11.


Getinge Flow-i anaesthesia machine

01 November, 2022

The Getinge Flow-i is an anaesthesia machine offering innovative Automatic Gas Control (AGC) and strong ventilation performance, suitable for specialised procedures such as paediatric and thoracic surgery.


Part of the team — HPA helps Herston Private to create the highest quality surgical suites

01 October, 2022

When anaesthetist Patrick See and his surgical colleagues created Herston Private's premier operating suites, they turned to HPA for the highest quality equipment, service, and advice.


'Cowboys' on notice: cosmetic surgery reform welcomed

05 September, 2022

The Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency (Ahpra) and the Medical Board of Australia have welcomed the move to make cosmetic surgery safer.


Medtronic, AMRA partner for robotic-assisted surgery

24 June, 2022

Medtronic Australasia and Australian Medical Robotics Academy (AMRA) have partnered to provide surgeons with training in robotic-assisted surgery.


Planning tool allows surgeons to perform digital rehearsals

14 June, 2022

A PhD student from the University of Sydney is developing a tool to assist surgeons in planning complex jawbone reconstruction procedures using new-generation devices.


Drug may reduce contraceptive effectiveness, but many unaware

06 June, 2022

Women undergoing operations are not being routinely informed that common anaesthetic may make their contraception efforts less effective, warn UK doctors.


Type 1 diabetes: first surgery performed in islet transplantation trial

01 June, 2022

A type 1 diabetes trial at the Royal Adelaide Hospital (RAH) is said to be showing promising results after the first surgery performed in May.


'Missing episodes' add to elective surgery backlog

27 May, 2022

Since the start of the pandemic more than 390,000 anticipated private hospital admissions did not occur, according to APRA data.


Some elective procedures postponed amid supply shortage

23 May, 2022

Queensland Health has announced that it will reschedule some non-urgent elective procedures due to a critical worldwide shortage of contrast solutions required for a range of medical imaging.


Pre-surgery support could help patients quit smoking

04 April, 2022

Offering mailed nicotine replacement therapy (NRT) and Quitline support to patients encouraged almost one-third of smokers to quit before their elective surgery.


Missing surgeries will take some time to work through: APHA

04 March, 2022

The latest APRA data shows 11,000 anticipated admissions were missing from private hospitals in the last quarter of 2021.


Music for stem cells: how soundwaves could help regrow bones

22 February, 2022

Researchers have used soundwaves to turn stem cells into bone cells, in a tissue engineering advance that could help regrow bones.


Mechanical blood clot removal improves outcomes for stroke patients

21 February, 2022

In an international study of 1000 stroke patients, nearly half of survivors achieved good to ideal outcomes at three months after the stroke if they had received mechanical clot removal.


Macquarie research addresses keyhole heart surgery limitations

02 November, 2021

Interventional cardiologist Professor Martin Ng has led a research program to significantly improve the transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) treatment.


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