Cataracts are the leading cause of blindness worldwide. It cannot be cured with medication, but the surgery is quick and effective. EFEsalud interviewed Dr Rafael Barraquer and entered the operating room where, in fifteen minutes, he brings light and life to a lens that travels from the nebula to clarity.
Read MoreThe Quirón Hospital in Barcelona, in collaboration with the Clavel Institute, has just integrated the first latest generation intraoperative scanner O-arm® 2 and the stealth intraoperative navigation station S7 in Spain .
Read MoreAdopting a series of healthy habits and taking certain preventive measures is essential for maintaining visual health. We explain to you what are these ten rules that everyone, adults and children, must follow to take care of our eyes and our vision.
Read MoreIn Spain, 30% of the 400,000 patients with epilepsy are resistant to drugs. A varying percentage of these patients (around 15%) will be candidates for resective surgery, and the remainder will need to use other procedures such as deep brain stimulation. The first implantation in Spain of a deep brain stimulation system for patients with refractory epilepsy was recently carried
Read MoreThe Quirónsalud Hospital in Barcelona applies focal therapy (HIFU) in the treatment of prostate cancer. It is indicated in patients from 70 years of age with low or moderate risk prostate cancer who wish to be treated or whose high surgical risk or patient comorbidities make more aggressive treatments not recommended.
Read MoreKnown and appreciated by patients around the world, the Barraquer Ophthalmology Center continues to lead frontline advances in this field of medicine. It recently became the second center in the world to implant a bionic eye in a patient who was deaf and blind from birth, with which he regained his vision. About this and others, at ConSalud.es, we talk
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