Anesthetic awareness has stopped being considered a myth for a long time now. Doctors and scientists alike are aware that waking up during surgery is a phenomenon that can take place in particular cases. However, recent studies have drawn attention on a side-effect that can occur in patients who experience anesthetic awareness. The study has been conducted on a number of 3 million patients who … [Read more...]
Atrial Fibrillation May leave Surgery Patients at Risk
A new study suggested that patients undergoing surgery who had irregular heartbeats (also known as atrial fibrillation) could have significantly increased risks of stroke even months after their operation. More than 33 people worldwide suffer from atrial fibrillation and while it is already common knowledge that patients with atrial fibrillation are three times as likely to suffer from strokes … [Read more...]
6-year Old Palestinian Boy Hadi Walks for First Time after Surgery [video]
In what could be termed as the real blessing of science and technology for the mankind, a six-year-old disabled boy from Palestine was able to stand on his feet and walk for the first time in his life, thanks to surgery and rehabilitation at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital. Young Hadi Abukhadra, who is from the Tulkarem refugee camp in the West Bank of Palestine, was born with a disease … [Read more...]
Brain Surgeon Walks 6 Miles Through Snow Storm To Perform Life-Saving Surgery
BIRMINGHAM, Alabama - Dr. Zenko Hrynkiw, a surgeon from Alabama was at Brookwood Medical Center in Birmingham, Tuesday morning when he received word that a patient at Trinity Medical Center needed emergency brain surgery. Hrynkiw, Trinity Medical Center's only neurosurgeon, walked six to eight miles during Tuesday's snowstorm that locked down traffic, due to which the neurosurgeon didn't get … [Read more...]
