As medicine advances, there will be less need for surgery and the surgery done will be much less invasive. Some procedures traditionally done in the operating room will now be done in the radiology department using catheters rather than scalpels, in shorter time frames and will less recuperation time needed.
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Monday, September 24, 2007
Monday, September 17, 2007
The Operating Room of the Future
The OR of the Future has four major megatrends. Fewer procedure will need to be done. Many procedures will be done outside the OR. The OR will have much more functionality. The OR will depend on new technologies such as simulators, image guidance and robotic assistance.
Wednesday, September 5, 2007
Nanomedicine
Nanomedicine - Ever more small devices are being created now with sizes so small that they cannot be seen with a microscope -- but they can help in diagnosis and treatment in ways never before available. For example, a nanodevice an find a tumor cell, attach to it, show where it is on an image and then deliver a drug to destroy it.
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