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Beyond the bedside: The silent safeguard of the operating room

HN Summary • Medical Device Reprocessing Departments at St. Paul’s and Mount Saint Joseph hospitals work behind the scenes to protect patient safety by cleaning, sterilizing and preparing every surgical instrument. • MDRD professionals bring diverse backgrounds and personal motivations to a highly technical, team-based role...
Surgery

Robotic procedure makes St. Michael’s Hospital home to landmark cardiac surgery

Cardiac surgeons at St. Michael’s Hospital have successfully treated a rare congenital heart anomaly using minimally invasive cardiac robotics — marking a landmark achievement in cardiac surgery. In late November, Drs. Gianluigi Bisleri and Daniel Burns treated a patient with a rare congenital condition known...
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World’s first remote, robotic-assisted neurovascular procedure

HN Summary • World-First Remote Robotic Neurovascular Procedure St. Michael’s Hospital performed the first-ever robotic-assisted neurovascular...
Pulmonary and Respirology

UHN surgeons curing rare lung condition CTEPH with world-class procedure

HN Summary • UHN surgeons are curing a rare and potentially fatal lung condition, CTEPH,...
Surgery

Advanced surgical tissue flap monitoring for early intervention

HN Summary • VCHRI researchers have developed a breakthrough implantable Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (FTT-NIRS) sensor that...
Surgery

AI-driven disease detection levels-up prostate cancer surgery

HN Summary • Groundbreaking Application: Vancouver Coastal Health researcher Dr. Miles Mannas led the world’s...
Surgery

Robot-assisted hernia repair helps patients, adds value in ambulatory hospitalshow incon

When extreme-sports enthusiast Samuel Arango was told he’d need urgent surgery to repair a...
Surgery

Surgical simulator a lifesaving training tool

Airline pilots use flight simulators to train for rare and dangerous situations like engine...
Cardiology

Canadian first: Heart transplant after death by circulatory criteria

​In another Canadian first, a multidisciplinary team from UHN's Peter Munk Cardiac Centre and...
Surgery

KHSC expands robotic surgery program with addition of second surgical robot

New system doubles capacity, expands access for patients across southeastern Ontario Kingston, ON Kingston Health...
Surgery

Southlake introduces York Region’s first robotic technology for knee replacement surgery

ROSA® Knee System’s robotic technology supports more personalized surgery, smoother recovery, and better outcomes.  Southlake...
Technology and Innovation

Planning, precision and efficiency: improving care one spinal screw at a time

If robot-assisted surgery sounds futuristic, the future is now at Lions Gate Hospital, where...
Emergency Medicine

A tiny device has a huge impact for severely injured patients

HN Summary • Tiny device, big impact: Hamilton General Hospital is now using the COBRA-OS,...
Technology and Innovation

Soft robots go right to the site of kidney stones

Waterloo researchers develop new minimally invasive treatment to rapidly ease kidney stone pain with...
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Research study makes heart screening faster, more accessible using AI

A new study from researchers at UHN unveils an AI model to analyze data...
Education and Professional Development

Training that saves lives: Using simulation to strengthen teams and patient care

Over the past three years, simulation activity at Providence has increased by 30 per...
Education and Professional Development

A national leader in specialized training for nurse practitioners

HN Summary • Hamilton Health Sciences launched Canada’s first nurse practitioner fellowship in hematology, marking...
Research

Patient-led research aims to help others cope with dialysis

Life-saving kidney failure treatment needs to come with mental health care too, study shows. It...

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