Traditional open heart surgery remains the preferred method to repair many heart defects, according to Dr. Scott Burke, Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology at St. Mary Medical Center in Langhorne.

Advances in medicine are treating patients in ways that were never thought possible. The latest breakthrough comes from a team of scientists in Boston who have developed a way to fix holes in the ...

A team of engineers and physicians has developed a steerable catheter that for the first time will give neurosurgeons the ability to steer the device in any direction they want while navigating the ...

A study of onabotulinum toxin-A injections for refractory overactive bladder found that men with prior prostate surgery had lower catheterization rates than surgery-naïve men. Patients with prior ...

Blood clots can form easily after surgery. That’s why doctors are advised to use medications to prevent them. A new study, however, has found that use of a catheter remains a risk factor for ...

Surgeon manipulating a flexible catheter into patient during surgery. It’s common for the elderly to experience aortic stenosis, a hardening or narrowing of the aortic heart valve. Open heart ...

The researchers used their variable-stiffness catheter (seen on the left of the eyeball) to perform a simulated membrane peeling operation on an eyeball phantom. (Courtesy: Jonas Lussi) A surgical ...

A team of engineers and physicians has developed a steerable catheter that will give neurosurgeons the ability to steer the device in any direction they want while navigating the brain's arteries and ...

A doctor may recommend surgery for arrhythmia when medications and lifestyle changes haven’t been effective. The different types of arrhythmia surgeries each aim to restore a regular heart rhythm.