Saturday 5 July 2014

Widespread Use of New Surgical Innovation Increases Risk for Patients

The risk of patient harm more than doubled in 2006, when teaching hospitals nationwide embraced the pursuit of minimally invasive robotic surgery for prostate cancer, a new study conducted by researchers at University of California, San Diego School of Medicine and published in JAMA Surgery reveals. "This study looked at the stages of innovation and how the rapid adoption of a new surgical technology-in this case, a surgical robotic system-can lead to adverse events ...

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