Ethical issues in endoscopic surgery

Moral and ethical issues in geriatric surgery.

After preliminary definitions, the ethical questions arising particularly in the field of geriatric surgery are examined. The author finds no ethical justification for bias against the elderly patient as such in the allocation of scarce medical resources, nor for ignoring or overriding his wishes in respect of treatment; solutions must be based on the circumstances of the individual case. Crite...

ETHICAL ISSUES IN MEDICAL STATISTICS

Medical statistics (biostatistics), as a vital essential part of modem life, does raise some fundamental ethical issues. Surprisingly, this aspect seems to have been totally ignored by books on medical ethics. This paper discusses how the statistical aspects affect the ethics. The relation between biostatistics and medical research is explored. All stages of a medical research exercise are ...

ETHICAL AND LEGAL ISSUES IN REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH Legal and ethical issues in fetal surgery

Anesthesia Issues in Cardiac Surgery

The principle of anaesthesia for open-heart surgery is based on simplicity, safty and light­plane of anaesthesia. As a result of the special pathophysiology, grave general status, compli­cations threatening these patients during and after the operation and the abundance of medicines available nowadays, it is very important for the anaesthetist to be acquainted with the pathophysiological and ph...

Total Endoscopic Approach in Glomus Tympanicum Surgery

Introduction: Glomus tympanicum (GT) is a benign primary tumor of the middle ear. The evolution of endoscopic ear surgery has allowed for an alternative approach to managing this vascular tumor. The purpose of this study was to evaluate an endoscopic approach in GT surgery, and also to investigate its applicability and feasibility.   Materials and Methods: Prospectively, 13 class I and II patie...