Brain stimulation could help doctors learn to use surgery robots

Stimulating people's brains with gentle electric currents can boost learning for doctors working with surgery robots, researchers say.

Roberto Molar Candanosa-Johns Hopkins • futurity
Jan. 2, 2024 ~6 min

Decline in post-surgery opioid prescriptions has slowed

Opioid prescriptions from surgeons still average 44 pills, suggesting efforts to right-size prescribing are still necessary.

Kara Gavin-U. Michigan • futurity
Dec. 11, 2023 ~6 min


Permeable blood-brain barrier may cause delirium after surgery

A new study demonstrates that patients who develop postoperative delirium have increased openings in the blood-brain barrier.

Stephanie Lopez-Duke • futurity
Oct. 2, 2023 ~5 min

Wildfire exposure after lung cancer surgery lowers survival

People exposed to a wildfire within a year after having lung cancer surgery have significantly lower chances of survival, researchers report.

Rob Spahr-Emory • futurity
Aug. 3, 2023 ~6 min

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

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