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Radiotherapy may be unnecessary for many breast cancer patients after mastectomy

Radiotherapy can be safely omitted as a treatment for many breast cancer patients who have had a mastectomy and are taking anti-cancer drugs, a study shows.

5 Nov 2025

Machine-preserved kidneys show better function ten years after transplant

A long-term follow-up study from a consortium of six European countries, coordinated by the department of Surgery of the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) shows that, even 10 years after transplantation, deceased-donor kidneys performed better when they were preserved on a machine between organ retrieval and transplantation than those that underwent static cold storage before implantation.

5 Nov 2025

NYU Langone Health begins first clinical trial of gene-edited pig kidney transplants

The first surgery in a clinical trial testing the safety and efficacy of gene-edited pig kidney transplants in patients with end-stage renal disease was recently performed at NYU Langone Health.

5 Nov 2025

Sirolimus-eluting balloon emerges as a safe and effective option for coronary in-stent restenosis

A new drug-eluting balloon can perform just as well as the standard treatment for patients with coronary in-stent restenosis (ISR) undergoing repeated percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

31 Oct 2025

Study reports increase in leg and foot amputations in Illinois hospitals from 2016 to 2023

Rates of leg and foot amputations in Illinois hospitals increased 65% between 2016 and 2023, reports a new Northwestern Medicine study.

31 Oct 2025

Intraoperative radiation reduces the recurrence rate of pancreatic cancer

Using targeted radiation during surgery - referred to as intraoperative radiation - to eliminate pancreatic cancer cells that have spread to areas around the pancreas, investigators at Johns Hopkins have been able to reduce the recurrence rate around the pancreas to 5%.

30 Oct 2025

Novel non-invasive laser treatment method for vision defects

Laser treatment every few years and always being able to see clearly without glasses sounds like a dream. Researchers and industry partners are developing the method for turning this into reality.

30 Oct 2025

3D-printing soft robot delivers hydrogels to the vocal cord surgical site to reconstruct tissues

After vocal cord surgery, many patients develop stiff vocal folds that impact their ability to speak. Hydrogels can help prevent this by promoting healing, but delivering hydrogels to the vocal cords is difficult.

29 Oct 2025

Doctor tripped up by $64K bill for ankle surgery and hospital stay

Physician Lauren Hughes was heading to see patients at a clinic about 20 miles from her Denver home in February when another driver T-boned her Subaru, totaling it. She was taken by ambulance to the closest hospital, Platte Valley Hospital.

29 Oct 2025

Innovative approach to enhancing laser lithotripsy for kidney stones

During a procedure known as laser lithotripsy, urologists use a small, video-guided laser to blast painful, potentially damaging kidney stones to smithereens.

28 Oct 2025

First self-powered spinal implant can transmit real-time data from inside the body

A collaboration between civil engineering and neurosurgery at the University of Pittsburgh could change how spinal fusion surgery is performed and monitored. Associate Professors Amir Alavi, Nitin Agarwal, and D. Kojo Hamilton have received a $352,213 National Institutes of Health (NIH) R21 grant to develop the first self-powered spinal implant capable of transmitting real-time data from inside the body.

28 Oct 2025

Study highlights non-inferiority of super-high-pressure non-compliant balloons in coronary interventions

New study findings show that utilizing super-high-pressure non-compliant balloons (NCB) is non-inferior to intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) balloon catheters for lesion preparation and stent expansion in severely calcified lesions during percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).

28 Oct 2025

Landmark trial shows drug-eluting balloon as effective option for in-stent restenosis

Results from the first randomized clinical trial in the United States to compare a sirolimus-eluting balloon (DEB) to control group consisting of drug-eluting stent (DES) and balloon angioplasty (BA) for the treatment of bare-metal and DES in-stent restenosis (ISR) deemed DEB to be noninferior to conventional therapies.

28 Oct 2025

Cutting balloon angioplasty proves noninferior to intravascular lithotripsy in treating calcified coronary lesions

Results from the first randomized controlled trial to directly compare the safety and efficacy of cutting balloon (CB) angioplasty to intravascular lithotripsy (IVL) prior to drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation for the treatment of calcified coronary artery disease found CB to be noninferior to IVL.

28 Oct 2025

$Reducing femoral fractures in total hip replacement with safer implant designs$

Reducing femoral fractures in total hip replacement with safer implant designs

As populations continue to age, total hip replacement (THR) is becoming an increasingly common surgical procedure.

28 Oct 2025

Opt-out organ donation policies may reduce living organ donations

Every day, 17 Americans die while waiting for an organ transplant. Opt-out organ donation policies, which enroll everyone into post-mortem donation programs by default unless people choose to opt out, have been touted as a way to increase the supply of desperately needed organs.

28 Oct 2025

Sirolimus-eluting balloon strategy matches drug-eluting stents in large international PCI trial

New study results from a large international all-comer population of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) candidates found that utilizing a strategy of sirolimus-eluting balloons with bailout stenting only if necessary was noninferior to routine drug-eluting stent (DES) implantation as part of the treatment for de novo coronary artery disease.

27 Oct 2025

Liver transplants from MAiD donors show outcomes comparable to standard donations

Organ donation following medical assistance in dying (MAiD), also known as euthanasia, is a relatively new practice both in North America and worldwide.

27 Oct 2025

Intraoperative music therapy reduces anesthetic use and physiological stress

A groundbreaking study published in the peer-reviewed journal Music and Medicine demonstrates that intraoperative music therapy significantly reduces the amount of propofol and fentanyl required during laparoscopic cholecystectomy performed under general anesthesia.

27 Oct 2025

Study reveals the success of spinal anesthesia for preterm infants undergoing inguinal hernia surgery

Every year, more than 13 million babies are born prematurely worldwide, and up to one-third of them require surgical repair of inguinal hernias—a procedure that, under general anesthesia, carries significant postoperative risks such as apnea, bradycardia, and desaturation.

24 Oct 2025

Medical Procedure News

Radiotherapy may be unnecessary for many breast cancer patients after mastectomy

Machine-preserved kidneys show better function ten years after transplant

NYU Langone Health begins first clinical trial of gene-edited pig kidney transplants

Sirolimus-eluting balloon emerges as a safe and effective option for coronary in-stent restenosis

Study reports increase in leg and foot amputations in Illinois hospitals from 2016 to 2023

Intraoperative radiation reduces the recurrence rate of pancreatic cancer

Novel non-invasive laser treatment method for vision defects

3D-printing soft robot delivers hydrogels to the vocal cord surgical site to reconstruct tissues

Doctor tripped up by $64K bill for ankle surgery and hospital stay

Innovative approach to enhancing laser lithotripsy for kidney stones

First self-powered spinal implant can transmit real-time data from inside the body

Study highlights non-inferiority of super-high-pressure non-compliant balloons in coronary interventions

Landmark trial shows drug-eluting balloon as effective option for in-stent restenosis

Cutting balloon angioplasty proves noninferior to intravascular lithotripsy in treating calcified coronary lesions

Reducing femoral fractures in total hip replacement with safer implant designs

Opt-out organ donation policies may reduce living organ donations

Sirolimus-eluting balloon strategy matches drug-eluting stents in large international PCI trial

Liver transplants from MAiD donors show outcomes comparable to standard donations

Intraoperative music therapy reduces anesthetic use and physiological stress

Study reveals the success of spinal anesthesia for preterm infants undergoing inguinal hernia surgery

Redefining control and consistency in anaerobic microbiome workflows

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