Sinus-surgery safety. (Product Marketplace).ENT ENT ears, nose, and throat (otorhinolaryngology). ENT abbr. ear, nose, and throat ENT ear, nose and throat. ENT Ears, nose & throat; formally, otorhinolaryngology surgeons at Montefiore Medical Center Montefiore Medical Center, in the Bronx, New York, is the university hospital of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The hospital, named after Moses Montefiore, is one of the 50 largest employers in New York State [1]. in Bronx, New York, have received a $1.3 million, 3-year grant from the Department of Health and Human Services Noun 1. Department of Health and Human Services - the United States federal department that administers all federal programs dealing with health and welfare; created in 1979 Health and Human Services, HHS to study ways to improve patient safety and prevent possible eye and brain injury to patients who undergo minimally invasive, or endoscopic en·do·scope n. An instrument for examining visually the interior of a bodily canal or a hollow organ such as the colon, bladder, or stomach. en , sinus surgery. This is the only study of its kind in the nation. "We are using the most advanced surgery simulators and other virtual reality technology to train and improve the endoscopic skills of surgeons and, most importantly, to detect errors in technique and 'near misses' before surgeons operate on patients," says principal investigator Marvin P. Fried, MD, chairman of Otolaryngology at Montefiore. The simulators--using technology based on that of flight simulators--measure how long it takes to complete the operation, surgical errors, economy of motion, and psychomotor psychomotor /psy·cho·mo·tor/ (si?ko-mo´ter) pertaining to motor effects of cerebral or psychic activity. psy·cho·mo·tor adj. 1. tracking (mind-to-hand coordination). The study evaluates the skills of the surgical trainees, the simulators as training tools, and the curriculum as a whole. Circle 126 |
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