Routine catheterization during minor gynecologic surgeries is associated with more than double the rate of UTIs compared with procedures without catheterization. Among 762 patients undergoing minor ...

A key capability of the registry is predicting the risk of adverse events during transcatheter-based procedures on pediatric patients.

Traditional open heart surgery remains the preferred method to repair many heart defects, according to Dr. Scott Burke, Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology at St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne.

Patients who have experienced a stroke as a result of blockages of the arteries in the brain have better outcomes with the use of balloon-guided catheter surgery as compared to having a conventional ...

A team of engineers and physicians has developed a steerable catheter that for the first time will give neurosurgeons the ability to steer the device in any direction they want while navigating the ...

Once the end of the catheter is inside the heart, a small surgical tool on its tip is used to perform the actual cardiac surgery. One problem lies in the fact that if the catheter is narrow enough to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients who underwent heart surgery or cardiac catheterization had similar amounts of memory decline, according ...

BROCKTON – Doctors at Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital will bring a new tool into the operating room during a surgery on Tuesday – social media. The hospital will be live Tweeting a transradial ...