When all else fails, or is less effective, bring in the robots. Robotic abdominal wall reconstruction is a minimally invasive surgery usually performed in patients who have large incisional hernias. But when the sheer size of the hernias renders traditional repair techniques inadequate, even requiring muscle releases to allow for…
Shaw and other members will support the Academy’s programs and mission to advance the science and practice of surgical education.
Obtaining the National Accreditation Program for Rectal Cancer’s stamp of approval is a group effort that requires the dedication of multidisciplinary teams to their work — and to their patients with rectal cancer. The three-year accreditation is granted only to those programs that are committed to providing the best possible…
According to the Global Sepsis Alliance, 20% of deaths worldwide are associated with sepsis, making the disease a worldwide crisis.
For more than a decade, University of Florida plastic surgery resident Dr. Haley Oberhofer has committed her time to help others put a smile on their face. Working as a volunteer, Oberhofer splits her time with Operation Smile, a global nonprofit that specializes in providing free cleft lip surgery and care…
University of Florida researchers have been awarded a $2.2 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate mechanisms that could explain how sepsis is related to cognitive decline in seniors who have underlying Alzheimer’s disease-related pathology.
University of Florida Health Shands Children’s Hospital continued its remarkable run as one of the Southeast’s premier pediatric medical centers as U.S. News & World Report Tuesday ranked it as Florida’s No. 1 children’s hospital, with five pediatric specialties earning the elite distinction of being rated among the nation’s best.
In a medical field like critical care, where time can mean life or death, a sepsis diagnosis is like the final buzzer. Each year, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, at least 1.7 million adults in the U.S. develop the condition. Sepsis, the body’s exaggerated response to…
Nestled in the wall of the body’s largest blood vessel is a ticking time bomb. If you’re one of the one in 1,000 people diagnosed with an abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA), that is. Aneurysms, or when part of an artery becomes weakened and expands, are as lethal as they are…
