Surgeons who do key-hole surgery have used 3D systems like this to train, but UK Haptics see their system as having a more widespread appeal to a large number of nurses.

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Just behind MicroStrategy is newcomer Intuitive Surgical, a designer, manufacturer and marketer of robotic systems for performing surgery.

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Paul Murphy installs TV systems for a firm called Signal Surgery in Reading.

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He said security systems were in place around his surgery's service and the online offer allowed for a more flexible approach to patient interaction.

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Dentists are advised to use sterile water for patients with weakened immune systems and for those who undergo surgery where the gum line is cut.

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It's also possible that ordinary cancer survivors, people who beat the disease after getting radiation, chemotherapy or surgery, get an assist from their own immune systems.

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With additional support from robotic surgery, new technologies offer the prospects of designing new health care systems that address the needs of the elderly while lowering costs.

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The patients were often children whose immune systems had been weakened by chemotherapy, which left their wounds from surgery vulnerable to infection.

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She told the inquiry that, after Raychel's death, new systems were introduced which have clarified the procedure around prescribing fluids for children coming out of surgery.

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Contrast this inflation rate for health care with price increases in cosmetic surgery, which unlike other care is typically paid out of pocket and is not covered by third party payer systems.

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