High definition laparoscopes offer phenomenal images, but as recently as this week we bemoaned the lack of user-friendly high definition recording platforms in the operating room. Sony’s new ImageCore HD, being shown this weekend in the SAGES exhibit hall, changes everything. This thing is so user-friendly and feature-loaded that, frankly, we can’t believe we’ve lived so long […]

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SurgeXperiences is a biweekly round-up of the latest happenings in the surgical blogosphere. Each edition is written by a different website, and this time we have the privilege of playing host. So please, sit back, enjoy, and don’t forget to tip your server on the way out. Let’s get to it.

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We reported a few weeks back on two studies in the New England Journal of Medicine claiming to offer definitive proof that trasylol, the once-popular antifibrinolytic drug used in tons of cardiac procedures, significantly increased the risk of post-operative MI and renal failure. 
An even newer report by Pagano and colleagues in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular […]

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A recent article details several new features being developed for the da Vinci robot by researchers at the Imperial College of London. In other news, machines are rapidly overtaking man.

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In what will come as news to almost no one, researchers have found that “after hours” procedures, defined as those beginning after 4PM, are associated with higher rates of complications than procedures starting between 7AM-4PM, even after excluding emergency cases and controlling for patient and procedure conditions.

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There is an amazing amount of hype and bad data surrounding the use of hemostatic and sealing agents. Despite thousands of manuscripts published on the various glues, pastes and potions currently being hawked, there is a major dearth of solid information.

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A disturbing new report has revealed that hackers can gain wireless control of implanted cardiac defibrillators and then turn them off or, worse, deliver unneeded electric shocks. I mean, stealing our credit numbers is one thing, but this is just mean.

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Ever wish you could share the feeling of standing over an open chest field, watching the heart beat, or perhaps relive the experience in the comfort of your own home? Okay, that latter part may be a stretch, but you should check out this movie anyway (WMV HD format), shot in oh-so-sweet high definition to […]

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