Archive for the ‘Surgeries’ Category

Knee injuries in women -

Sunday, November 11th, 2007

Female soccer players have a 4-5 times the number of "knee blow outs" as their counterpart in the male soccer world. These "knee blow outs" occur when ...

Are surgical residents forgeting how to do open sugeries?

Friday, November 9th, 2007

With the advent of and increasing use of laparoscopic surgery (operating through small ports with the aid of cameras to avoid large incisions) for many types of operations (especially cholecystectomies or gall bladder removals), the question was posed whether current surgical residents are being adequately trained to do traditional "open" ...