Medtronic, AMRA partner for robotic-assisted surgery
24 June, 2022Medtronic 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, 2022A 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, 2022Women 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, 2022A 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, 2022Since 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, 2022Queensland 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, 2022Offering 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, 2022The 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, 2022Researchers 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, 2022In 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, 2021Interventional cardiologist Professor Martin Ng has led a research program to significantly improve the transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) treatment.
Development of blood vessel repair therapy accelerated
19 July, 2021UniQuest has partnered with CSL to accelerate the development of a potential treatment for the repair of blood vessels damaged by inflammation.
Hope after hip fracture with new registry toolbox launch
17 June, 2021The Hip Fracture Registry Toolbox is a practical and informative resource that explains the need, and how to best advocate, for the establishment of a national hip fracture registry.
Tackling the elective surgery backlog
11 June, 2021Mobile operating theatres could provide the physical capacity needed to cut waiting lists and address the elective surgery backlog.
Softmed begins sterilisation wrap production to ensure local supply
07 May, 2021One million sterilisation wraps will be produced each month in response to a critical worldwide shortage that threatens surgery cancellations in Australia.
