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19. Jun 2020

Performing surgery by tilts of the head: the world’s first operation using 3D-RoboticScope

ENT specialists at the University Hospital Zurich have recorded a world-first and used a ground-breaking new microscope during an operation. The device is controlled by head movements and can displ...
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23. Apr 2020

Pulmonary Embolism: A Primary Cause of Death with COVID-19?

A study conducted by University Hospital Zurich involving 338 patients from a Milan university hospital has revealed the occurrence of pulmonary embolism among many COVID-19 patients. COVID-19 caus...
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20. Apr 2020

COVID-19: also a systemic endotheliitis

COVID-19 was considered to be a lung disease. Up until now, it has been unclear as to why patients are sustaining life-threatening organ failure in organs other than the lungs. An interdisciplinary...
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15. Apr 2020

Aortic aneurysm: Handmade prosthesis saves lives

The aorta distributes blood throughout the body. Tears in this blood vessel can be fatal. Zurich University Hospital offers a procedure for this emergency which is unique in Switzerland: Surgeons m...
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09. Apr 2020

USZ Corona Solidarity Fund – help, save lives!

University Hospital Zurich is experiencing a wave of solidarity. This has prompted the USZ Foundation to launch a Coronavirus Solidarity Fund. The foundation can moreover look back on a gratifying ...
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13. Jan 2020

World Premiere in Zurich: Machine keeps human livers alive for one week outside of the body

Researchers from the University Hospital Zurich, ETH Zurich, Wyss Zurich and the University of Zurich have developed a machine that repairs injured human livers and keep them alive outside the body...
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17. Sep 2019

New lease of life thanks to new aorta

Patients with the rare Loeys-Dietz syndrome suffer from aortic enlargement which may result in sudden over-expansion and a fatal aortic tear. In order to prevent this from happening, an aortic pros...
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20. Aug 2019

Quality of a hospital can now be assessed objectively

A new method has been developed at University Hospital Zurich to evaluate hospital quality for surgical procedures. In a large international study, a team headed by surgeon Pierre-Alain Clavien, P...
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