post-operative complications

New gel to heal post-sinus surgery wounds

Scientists from New Zealand claim to have produced a ground-breaking gel for healing wounds following sinus surgery without causing any negative side-effects.

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According to its developers, the gel could potentially lead to a reduction in the number of post-operative complications which frequently occur following endoscopic sinus surgery.

Gel developed to counter post-operative complications
Developed by the University of Otago in partnership with the University of Adelaide and a New Zealand-based company Robinson Squidgel, the gel has undergone successful sheep and human trials over the past four years.

Checklists to cut down on surgery complications rate: UN

United Kingdom, January 15: A recent United Nations’ study reveals that maintaining a surgery checklist of pre and post-operative procedures and equipments can cut complication rate by almost one-third.

Checklists to cut down on surgery complications rate: UN

The study, published in the 'New England Journal of Medicine', found that adhering to the checklist system brought down the in-hospital deaths to half the number in low-income countries and reduced post-surgery complications drastically.

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