Vascular surgery patients need support after discharge

Vascular surgery patients are more likely to be readmitted to the hospital. Support for patients and families could cut that risk.

Brian Consiglio-Missouri • futurity
July 20, 2023 ~6 min

Surgical patch seals wounds and warns of leaks

A new surgical patch can seal wounds in the abdomen and send warning of potential leaks.

Fabio Bergamin-ETH Zurich • futurity
June 20, 2023 ~5 min


VR relaxes patients during wide-awake surgery

Patients feel better during wide-awake surgery when they're immersed in virtual reality, according to a new study.

Nardy Baeza Bickel-Michigan State • futurity
March 6, 2023 ~8 min

Black patients have less access to safer heart surgeries

"This study highlights the fact that even in 2022 if you’re not white, you don’t get the same therapies that white people do."

Susanne Pallo-Rochester • futurity
Dec. 22, 2022 ~6 min

Frailty, dementia boost older adults’ death risk after surgery

Older Americans with frailty or dementia have higher death rates within a year after major surgery, a new study shows.

Jim Shelton-Yale • futurity
Oct. 31, 2022 ~4 min

Surgery has cut death rate from torn aorta

A tear in the aorta is still a dangerous emergency, but rates of survival once in the hospital have improved greatly since the 1950s, research finds.

U. Michigan • futurity
Sept. 15, 2022 ~7 min

Fish oil may prevent delirium after surgery

Fish oil may be an effective way to ease delirium and instances of inflammation after surgery, a study with mice shows.

Stephanie Lopez-Duke • futurity
July 11, 2022 ~6 min

Magnets could guide tiny needle through the body during surgery

A new untethered magnetic needle may one day be able to tap through tissue to perform less invasive, more precise surgery,

Lisa Ercolano-Johns Hopkins • futurity
April 25, 2022 ~5 min


CBD tablet safely eases pain after shoulder surgery

A CBD tablet reduces pain after shoulder surgery without side effects sometimes associated with CBD use, such as nausea, anxiety, and liver toxicity.

Colin DeVries-NYU • futurity
March 28, 2022 ~5 min

AI teaches brain tumor surgery better than human experts

An artificial intelligence tutoring system outperformed expert human instructors when teaching medical students in a simulated brain tumor surgery.

Shawn Hayward-McGill • futurity
Feb. 24, 2022 ~5 min

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