Osteo-donto-keratoprosthesis is an unusual surgery to restore vision.
The tooth is extracted from the patient in which a hole is drilled where an artificial lens is placed to allow the person to see. Implantation of the tooth prevents the body from the rejecting it as a foreign body.
Another excellent talk at TED:
“Surgeon and inventor Catherine Mohr tours the history of surgery (and its pre-painkiller, pre-antiseptic past), then demos some of the newest tools for surgery through tiny incisions, performed using nimble robot hands. Fascinating — but not for the squeamish.”
YouTube video from the Associated Press of Connie Culp speaking to the public after her face transplant. The video also explains briefly how the procedure was performed.
Connie Culp stepped forward Tuesday to show off the results of the nation’s first face transplant. Five years ago, a shotgun blast left a hole where the middle of her face had been. Five months ago, she received a new face from a dead woman.
Animated video explaining how coronary angioplasty with stent insertion is performed. Also called percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI), it is the procedure of choice for most cases of heart attack.
Coronary artery bypass grafting is performed for severe disease as in involvement of all 3 coronary vessels or left main coronary artery.
The television medical drama Grey’s Anatomy apparently has more to offer than Patrick Dempsey’s rakish smile and a good cry. A new survey reports watching the show also may increase a viewer’s health smarts.
There is a lot of inaccurate information on television. According to this survey people remember health information imparted on TV, probably more so than given to them in their doctor’s office. Using the television media responsibly and effectively may increase public awareness of diseases and encourage healthy behavior.
The same goes for print media. Influential magazines should research medical articles before jumping to an opinion. The most recent example is an article in Time Magazine – Gastric bypass surgery less helpful for diabetics. A very catchy but misleading title. To the writer’s credit she did include this conversation with Dr. Hamdy:
I believe that the benefits of gastric bypass surgery outweigh any risk that a patient will have,” says Hamdy. “If you look at the mortality in relation to obesity itself, especially if it occurs with diabetics, that is much, much higher than the risk of mortality from the surgery.
… but it is included at the end of the article.
In my opinion the title should have been more appropriately worded as it gives an impression that gastric bypass surgery may not help in diabetes.
A lot of furore is ongoing on controlling health blogs and their content. However, the print media has a greater reach and authority than most blogs in influencing health related decisions for patients. Therefore they should carry equal if not greater social responsibility than health blogs.
Reference: USA Today, Time, ACP Internist Blog
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