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New hospital technology offers faster procedures

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New equipment has been installed at a regional hospital to provide quicker and less invasive procedures.
The team at Peterborough City Hospital’s Interventional Radiology (IR) Suite said the new technology would enhance the care provided to patients.
Procedures undertaken at the suite include biopsies; nephrostomies, which aid the draining of kidneys; angioplasties, which unblock narrowed blood vessels, and other urgent operations.
Charlotte Macianskis, interventional section head at the hospital, said: “This new technology is one of the first of its kind to be installed in the UK and is highly praised for its performance in both image quality and low procedural doses.”
She said the new equipment would help it meet rising demand.
“Over the past five years our workload has steeply increased by 20% to meet the demands of the service – 723 Interventional procedures were booked in the Interventional Theatre in 2023,” said Ms Macianskis.
The equipment should mean procedures require less screening time and it will further assist the radiologist in the most complex cases.

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Nostalgia and passion fuel young couple running old-school photo lab

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“It all started as a small passion project,” says Fabriccio Díaz, 28, who, together with his wife Lucía Ramírez, 25, runs the only fully operational photo film development lab in Central America from their apartment in Guatemala City.
“Now we have over 60 clients a month and have developed over 800 rolls just this year,” he adds.

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Hip surgery trial boosted by robot technology

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A two year clinical trial to revolutionise hip surgery using a state-of-the-art robotic guidance system has been taking place in Devon.
The research, which is the first of its kind in the world, is being led by The Royal Devon University Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust in Exeter.
The ‘hip surgical techniques to enhance rehabilitation’ (HIPSTER) study aims to improve the experience of people having a total hip replacement to treat severe arthritis by cutting fewer tendons during surgery.
Lead research nurse Lizzy Gordon said the trial could “benefit a lot of people”

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‘My surgeon saved my smile with new hologram technology’

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When Susannah Morgan learned that an operation to remove a benign tumour in her neck could leave her with a crooked smile she was “frantic”.
The 45-year-old was advised to have it removed in case it turned cancerous but she was warned the surgery would also leave her with a dent in her neck and possible paralysis.
Desperate to avoid being permanently disfigured, she researched alternatives and discovered a new technique using a hologram which could save her smile.
Last month the mother-of-one, from Edinburgh, became the first person to undergo the pioneering operation in Scotland.

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