A collaboration of leading Chinese research institutions has developed an artificial intelligence-based method called GRAPE, demonstrating high accuracy in detecting gastric cancer from routine ...

Indian cricketer Suryakumar Yadav’s surgery brings focus to sports hernias Read ahead to know how it is different from ...

BMC Surg. 2014;14 (25) Discussion Abdominal reconstruction in the contaminated or potentially-contaminated abdomen is challenging because of the high risk of re-infection and hernia recurrence.

The use of synthetic surgical meshes for abdominal hernia repair presents numerous challenges due to insufficient mechanical strength, nonabsorbability, and implant rigidity that leads to ...

Is Contrast Needed for CT in the Diagnosis of Appendicitis? A Systematic Review of the Literature<sup type="ref">1</sup> Christian Molstrom, MD, PGY2; Sandeep Johar, DO, MS Disclosures ...

In the base model, biomechanical CT prevented 3.1 hip fractures per 1,000 women over 5 years and 1.9 hip fractures per 1,000 men over 5 years, and increased quality-adjusted life-years (2.95 per ...

Medical imaging scans that create detailed images of the body's internal structures are widely used in medicine. Doctors need them to detect and manage certain types of cancer, assess the extent of ...

Medical imaging scans that create detailed images of the body’s internal structures are widely used in medicine. Doctors need them to detect and manage certain types of cancer, assess the extent of ...

Repair of ventral hernias—hernias of the abdominal wall—is among the most commonly performed operations, but not all meshes used in these procedures are created equal, with varying outcomes ...