News tagged with minor surgery

Underpriveleged patients not as likely to be referred to specialty hospitals for brain tumors

African-American, Hispanic, and economically disadvantaged patients with brain tumors are significantly less likely to be referred to high-volume hospitals that specialize in neurosurgery than other patients of similar age, ...

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created Mar 15, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

75 percent would consider letting an unsupervised trainee perform surgery if it could be done quicker

Three-quarters of surgical patients would consider allowing a competent unsupervised trainee junior doctor perform their entire operation if it meant they could have it done more quickly, according to a survey published in ...

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created Sep 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0