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Precision, competence, and focus have always been needed in surgery. Physical exertion and antiquated apparatus can constrain surgeons’ skills, notwithstanding the diligent efforts of healthcare ...

The management of surgical instruments poses a unique challenge to health-care workers. The tools are small and easy to lose when being cleaned or sanitized, or during use in surgery, yet a mistake ...

Development and Operation of Hospital Infrastructure of Ixtapaluca (DOIHI), an organization that manages assets and tools at the Regional Specialty Hospital of Ixtapaluca (HRAEI), in Mexico, is ...

During a surgery at Brooke Army Medical Center on June 9, an operating room staffer discovered a bone fragment from a previous patient lodged in a sterilized surgical tool. A surgical team member set ...

One of the challenges of minimally invasive laparoscopic surgery lies in getting surgical instruments into the patient's body via a narrow catheter. Scientists have set about addressing that problem, ...

Researchers have unraveled new insights into a collection of "beautiful and functional" ancient tools used by Roman surgeons around 2,000 years ago. A team at the University of Exeter (UE) in the ...