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Black box recording of surgeries designed to improve quality control and patient safety
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 9, 2014 Source: Airline-inspired black box to help surgeons improve O.R. performance
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Robotic da Vinci surgical system used for first time in Canada for kidney donor and recipient
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for August 29, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: Groundbreaking robotic surgery performed in London, Ont
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Cancer detecting surgical knife detects remaining tumours by testing cancer cell odour with 100 percent efficiency (so far)
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for July 18, 2013 [display_podcast] Source: Cancer surgery: Tumour ‘sniffing’ surgical knife designed Reference: Intraoperative Tissue Identification Using Rapid Evaporative Ionization Mass Spectrometry
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Results of preventive breast and ovarian cancer surgeries for BRCA gene carriers published
Madely Health Headlines Commentary for September 1 , 2010 [display_podcast] Source: Preventive cancer surgeries save women’s lives: study Reference: Association of Risk-Reducing Surgery in BRCA1 or BRCA2 Mutation Carriers With Cancer Risk and Mortality