Mobile app guides patients through surgical recovery
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The Post Op app was created by doctors and nurses at Kettering General Hospital in Northamptonshire and allows patients undergoing procedures like hip and knee replacement surgery and colorectal operations to answer questions about their recovery through mobile questionnaires.
The patients who watched the personalized AI avatar videos showed better understanding of their treatment plan, a greater ability to engage with health care decisions, and reduced stress compared to those who watched the standard educational video.
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Once cancer has begun to spread within the body (metastasise) it generally becomes harder to treat and survival rates are lower. The new research focuses on patients with oligometastatic breast cancer, meaning a few small secondary tumors have broken away…