Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . LAUSANNE, Switzerland – A new surgical technique for the closure of stage III-IV idiopathic macular hole may ...

During the past decade, lateral lumbar interbody fusion has increasingly gained popularity as a minimally invasive surgical approach. Lateral lumbar interbody fusion (LLIF) allows the surgeon to ...

The addition of a certified wound and skin care nurse to a multiprofessional prone-positioning team at Penn Medicine Princeton Health significantly reduced the odds of patients with COVID-19 ...

Natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery (NOTES) is a new concept of minimally invasive surgery. It could prevent complications related to the trocar in laparoscopic surgery, and help achieve ...

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatographies (ERCPs) performed on patients in the left lateral or supine position had shorter procedure times, largely due to reduced endotracheal intubation rates, ...

Two new reports offer conflicting data about the proper use of prone positioning -- a belly-down approach to improve respiration -- in hospitalized, non-intubated patients with COVID-19. One study, ...

Awake prone positioning is a well-established non-pharmacological intervention to improve lung oxygenation. During the ongoing coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, this process has received ...

The stadium lights blazed, the crowd roared, and thensilence. On a chilly Monday night in Cincinnati, Buffalo Bills safety Damar Hamlin rose to make a routine tackle. The hit looked ordinary, but what ...

Shortly after acute respiratory distress syndrome was first described, it was soon realized that mechanical ventilation, aside from being essential for the treatment of the disease, can also harm the ...