Virtual Liver Used to Practise Keyhole Surgery
A virtual 3D liver is being used by surgeons to practise keyhole surgery before they perform operations on patients.
ROBOTIC-SURGERY
The Operating Theatre of the Future
[This article was published in the August 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Medical robotics and computer-assisted surgery systems, support the surgeons in performing tedious surgeries with complete recision. This is one of the newer technologies that has completely taken the surgical profession by a storm.
Budget Healthcare!
[This article was published in the August 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The current drought in the global economy has not had much of an impact on the growth of the healthcare, biotechnology and pharmaceutical industry.
Interventional Radiology – Current Practices & Future Trends : Ms. Prasanna Vadhana Kannan, Research Analyst, Frost & Sullivan Technical Insights Healthcare Team
[This article was published in the May 2009 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Interventional radiology has undergone tremendous advances owing to the development of new imaging technologies and interventional devices. This has paved the way for applying IR to a vast number of medical conditions that are otherwise performed using invasive methods.
Australian govt approves sharing of patient eRecords
At a recent meeting in Brisbane, health ministers in Australia have finally agreed on a national plan to share patients
The evolution of Surgical Systems – robotics applied to medicine
[This article was published in the September 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
Robotic surgery has already become a successful option in neurological, urological,
NEWS REVIEW – INDIA
[This article was published in the August 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
India News
Robotic surgery at AIIMS for rare neuro disorder
On Saturday, for the first time ever, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) performed robotic thoracoscopic thymectomy on patients with myasthenia gravis, a rare autoimmune disorder.
Workshop on Carotid Intervention – Escorts Hearts Institute and Research Center, 18 January 2008, New Delhi
[This article was published in the February 2008 issue of the eHEALTH Magazine (https://www.ehealthonline.org)]
The Escorts Heart Institute and Research Center (EHIRC) organized a workshop along with cardiologists, neurosurgeons and neurologists on 18 January to launch the Indian Council of Carotid Intervention(ICCI).
