Search results

Page results

• Robotic surgery for bladder cancer improves patient recovery time

  Robot-assisted surgery used to perform bladder cancer removal and reconstruction enables patients to recover far more quickly and spend significantly less time in hospital, concludes a trial led by UCLH, UCL and the University of Sheffield.

• Study sheds light on accidental awareness during pregnancy-related surgery and how to prevent it

  Around 1 in 250 women may experience consciousness during pregnancy-related surgery under general anaesthesia, according to a national study which sheds light on why this occurs.

• Covid-19 variant more transmissible but does not increase disease severity in hospitalised patients

  A study of patients at UCLH and North Middlesex University Hospital published in The Lancet Infectious Diseases suggests that the B.1.17. variant of Covid-19 is not associated with more severe illness and death, but appears to lead to higher virus load.

• Children's Female Genital Cutting / Mutilation (FGC/M) service

  The children's FGM service is a dedicated monthly multidisciplinary clinic for girls under 18 years old who have had, are suspected to have had, or who may be at risk of having, FGM.

• Paediatric Series No. 7- Radiotherapy to the whole central nervous system

  This page has been written for parents and carers whose child is having radiotherapy treatment to the whole brain and spine. This treatment may also be referred to as whole central nervous system (CNS) or cranio-spinal radiotherapy.

• Paediatric Series No 09 - Having total body irradiation

  This page has been written for parents and carers whose child is having total body irradiation (TBI) for leukaemia, lymphoma, or some other rare blood disorder.

• Artist’s solo exhibition features work inspired by residency at UCLH

  The artist Caroline Walker, whose work was featured in The Guardian at the weekend, created some of the paintings being shown in her current solo exhibition, during an artist residency at UCLH in 2021.

• £1.5m donation to transform neonatal brain injury research at UCLH

  UCLH Charity is delighted to announce a generous £1.5 million donation from the Bukhman Philanthropies.

• Meet Matthew and Lillyanne

  Matthew Fielden and Lillyanne Tran volunteer in the cognitive disorders outpatients’ clinic at the National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery.

• Paediatric Series No 10 - Radiotherapy to the spine

  This page has been written for parents and carers whose child is having radiotherapy treatment to the spine (backbone).