Emergency ultrasound (EUS) is a technique that uses medical imaging to give physicians critical information by rapidly and noninvasively defining anatomic structures and function. EUS is usually performed at the bedside simultaneously with the clinical examination and has been described as an...
Intradiscal electrothermal therapy (IDET™) is a minimally invasive surgical procedure for treating patients with chronic lower back pain caused by tears and small herniations of the lumbar discs. With IDET, physicians deliver heat directly within the symptomatic discs to alleviate the pain.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) recently gave clearance to Intuitive Surgical, Inc., a Mountain View, CA–based company to begin selling its da Vinci™ Surgical System in the United States. The clearance allows the System to be used for such laparoscopic abdominal surgical procedures...
