Authors: Lim C-W et al., Anaesthesia 2014 Apr 18; This technique reduces epistaxis and the need for manipulations. During nasotracheal intubation, the desired path of the tracheal tube is inferiorly along the nasal floor, beneath the inferior turbinate. Superior paths are suboptimal and may increase complications, including epistaxis and trauma to the ethmoid bone. To […]
Read MoreThe U.S. Food and Drug Administration declared the maker of the Da Vinci robot surgical system has adequately addressed violations the agency pointed out last summer. In a letter an FDA compliance officer informed Intuitive Surgical that “the company’s corrective actions in response to the 2013 warning letter appeared to pass muster”. The FDA accused […]
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