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Fractured Spine, Broken Leg: Wounded Children From Gaza Airlifted To UAE For Treatment
Clutching a blown-up surgical glove as a makeshift toy, a Palestinian child is stretchered onto a plane to Abu Dhabi -- one of the Gaza war's first evacuees to the United Arab Emirates for urgent medical treatment.
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Surgical Tool Left Inside Woman's Abdomen for 18 Months After C-Section
An instrument, used to hold open surgical wounds, was left inside the abdomen of a woman in New Zealand after she underwent a caesarean section at a hospital. The retractor was not removed until 18 months after her delivery.
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Child Rights Body Takes Up 3-Year-Old's Painful Death Outside UP Hospital
A day after a three-year-old girl died outside a private Prayagraj Hospital, her surgical wounds allegedly left open and unattended because her family could not pay the bills, the national child rights body today stepped in to probe the matter. The Uttar Pradesh government, too, has ordered an inquiry in the incident, the disturbing video of which ...
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Novel App May Predict Hernia Risk After Abdominal Surgery
Incisional hernias occur after abdominal surgery at the site of the surgical wound when the contents of the abdomen can push through the muscle.
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E-Cigarettes May Have A Negative Impact On Wound Healing
The adverse effects of traditional cigarette smoking on wound healing has been well established in the surgical field. Surgeons recommend that patients quit smoking for several months prior to surgery, whenever possible.
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Little Evidence That Antibiotics Help Open Surgical Wounds Heal
There are no high-quality trials assessing whether using antibiotics or antiseptics on open surgical wounds speeds healing by slowing the growth of dangerous microorganisms, according to a new Cochrane review.
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Youngest Of 3 Brothers In Army Becomes 19th To Die In Uri Terror Attack
Naik Rajkisore Singh became the 19th soldier to die in the Uri terror attack which has ratcheted up tension between India and Pakistan. He died of his wounds a day after the army's surgical strikes on terror launch pads across the Line of Control, the first major military action taken by India after the September 18 attack.
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Just 30 Doctors Struggle To Treat Wounded In Eastern Aleppo
Only 30 doctors remain in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, where they are in dire need of medical and surgical supplies to treat hundreds of wounded people among a trapped population of 300,000, Syrian doctors said on Monday.
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Fractured Spine, Broken Leg: Wounded Children From Gaza Airlifted To UAE For Treatment
Clutching a blown-up surgical glove as a makeshift toy, a Palestinian child is stretchered onto a plane to Abu Dhabi -- one of the Gaza war's first evacuees to the United Arab Emirates for urgent medical treatment.
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Surgical Tool Left Inside Woman's Abdomen for 18 Months After C-Section
An instrument, used to hold open surgical wounds, was left inside the abdomen of a woman in New Zealand after she underwent a caesarean section at a hospital. The retractor was not removed until 18 months after her delivery.
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Child Rights Body Takes Up 3-Year-Old's Painful Death Outside UP Hospital
A day after a three-year-old girl died outside a private Prayagraj Hospital, her surgical wounds allegedly left open and unattended because her family could not pay the bills, the national child rights body today stepped in to probe the matter. The Uttar Pradesh government, too, has ordered an inquiry in the incident, the disturbing video of which ...
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Novel App May Predict Hernia Risk After Abdominal Surgery
Incisional hernias occur after abdominal surgery at the site of the surgical wound when the contents of the abdomen can push through the muscle.
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E-Cigarettes May Have A Negative Impact On Wound Healing
The adverse effects of traditional cigarette smoking on wound healing has been well established in the surgical field. Surgeons recommend that patients quit smoking for several months prior to surgery, whenever possible.
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Little Evidence That Antibiotics Help Open Surgical Wounds Heal
There are no high-quality trials assessing whether using antibiotics or antiseptics on open surgical wounds speeds healing by slowing the growth of dangerous microorganisms, according to a new Cochrane review.
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Youngest Of 3 Brothers In Army Becomes 19th To Die In Uri Terror Attack
Naik Rajkisore Singh became the 19th soldier to die in the Uri terror attack which has ratcheted up tension between India and Pakistan. He died of his wounds a day after the army's surgical strikes on terror launch pads across the Line of Control, the first major military action taken by India after the September 18 attack.
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Just 30 Doctors Struggle To Treat Wounded In Eastern Aleppo
Only 30 doctors remain in rebel-held eastern Aleppo, where they are in dire need of medical and surgical supplies to treat hundreds of wounded people among a trapped population of 300,000, Syrian doctors said on Monday.
