Surgery News

UW Medicine Researchers Collaborate to 3D Print PPE Supplies

3D Printed Face Shield Visors

May 27, 2020 What do you get when you take a research lab, a crowdsourced design and a whole lot of 3D printers? In the case of the current COVID-19 pandemic, you get essential face shields to protect front-line workers — and a stirring display of team spirit. In early March, when the number of…

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Hospital machine touted as ‘last best option’ to treat COVID-19 patients

EMCO machine

KOMO News | by Patrick Quinn, KOMO News Reporter | May 18, 2020 Until there is a cure or vaccine, hospitals could continue to struggle to treat the most critical COVID-19 patients, but doctors at Harborview Medical Center are turning to a machine for to help revive patients suffering from severe lung damage. The machine,…

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Study: Pandemic halts, delays 28 million elective surgeries

stock surgical photo

UW Medicine | Newsroom | May 19, 2020 The repercussions from COVID-19 are being felt across all segments of society, and now thousands of surgeons worldwide have assessed the impact to canceled surgeries. The CovidSurg Collaborative projects that 28.4 million elective surgeries worldwide will be canceled or postponed in 2020, based on data from participating…

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I’m a surgeon in Seattle. A bleeding trauma patient amid the coronavirus pandemic was my nightmare

Dr. Amer Nassar

KUOW/NPR | by Kate Walters | April 21, 2020 Voices of the pandemic features people in the Seattle area who are on the frontlines of the coronavirus outbreak. Dr. Amer Nassar is a general surgery chief resident with the University of Washington. Surgeons may be less likely to see Covid-19 patients, but that doesn’t mean…

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