A harmonic scalpel that uses ultrasound to coagulate as it cuts can reduce blood loss and postoperative facial paralysis in patients who need a portion of their salivary gland removed, surgeons say.

While a straightforward cold knife causes the least scarring, it causes extensive bleeding. To get over that problem lasers have been used as well as electric knives, called diarthermies. These work ...

Laparoscopic Roux-en-Y gastric bypass (LRYGB) is one of the most preferred bariatric procedures in the world for surgical treatment of morbid obesity. The Harmonic scalpel (HS) and LigaSure (LS) are ...

Lucknow: Doctors at Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences (SGPGIMS) have successfully operated on a one-year-old boy suffering from congenital vascular tumour on his lips with a new ...

Painless breast augmentation using ultrasonic technologies, such as the Harmonic scalpel by Johnson & Johnson, Ultrasonic Surgical Scalpel, and Ligasure by Medtronic, employs a "cut–coagulate–seal" ...

SURGEONS at University Hospital in Coventry have performed pioneering skin surgery using a ‘sonic scalpel’. Plastic surgeon Rana Das Gupta and his team used the state-of-the-art device to remove a ...

Music's role in the operating room is multifaceted, offering benefits that range from stress reduction to potentially improved surgical outcomes. However, its use must be carefully managed to ensure ...