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Egypt “two-head” baby is eating normally - doctor
• Surgery • Apr 13 05
An Egyptian baby who had surgery two months ago to remove the head of an undeveloped twin is eating normally, one of her doctors…
Conjoined Singapore twins may have risky surgery
• Surgery • Mar 31 05
Doctors in Singapore may separate one-year-old Indonesian twin girls conjoined at the waist but are weighing whether the risks are too great.
Separating the…
Donor age no long-term effect on transplant survival
• Surgery • Mar 31 05
In patients who undergo liver transplantation because of Hepatitis C virus (HCV)-related Cirrhosis, donor age is inversely related to…
Australians surgeons reattach boy’s foot, hands
• Surgery • Mar 28 05
An operation to simultaneously reattach an Australian boy’s foot and both his hands after a freak basketball accident was a success with the boy’s…
Egypt “two-head” baby will eat normally soon
• Surgery • Mar 14 05
An Egyptian baby who had surgery last month to remove the attached head of an undeveloped twin will be able to eat normally in…
Former President Clinton set for low-risk surgery
• Surgery • Mar 10 05
Bill Clinton faces surgery on Thursday to remove scar tissue and a build-up of fluid in his chest in a low-risk procedure doctors say…
Egyptian ‘two-head’ baby out of intensive care
• Surgery • Mar 10 05
An Egyptian baby who had surgery last month to remove the attached head of an underdeveloped twin came out of intensive care on Wednesday,…
Egyptian baby learning to breathe after operation
• Surgery • Feb 28 05
An Egyptian baby who underwent an operation to remove the head of a twin that failed to develop in the womb is gradually being…
Surgery tie-in improves statin drug use
• Surgery • Feb 22 05
Sending heart surgery patients home with a prescription for statin drugs, such as Lipitor or Zocor, seems to increase the use of these…
Severed penis retrieved from toilet, reattached
• Surgery • Feb 22 05
A 44-year-old Anchorage man had his penis surgically reattached after it was cut off by an angry girlfriend and flushed down a toilet, local…
Biochemical marker aids prognosis in liver transplant patients
• Surgery • Feb 20 05
A new study on whether the model used to identify patients most in need of a liver transplant can be improved upon found that…
Peru ‘Mermaid’ has oxygen therapy, doing ‘great’
• Surgery • Feb 14 05
A Peruvian baby dubbed the “Little Mermaid” because of a rare birth defect in which her legs are fused, is making good progress after…
Doctors begin to separate “mermaid” baby’s legs
• Surgery • Feb 09 05
Doctors have successfully taken the first step toward separating the fused legs of Milagros Cerron, a 9-month-old Peruvian baby dubbed the “Little Mermaid” because…
Egyptian twin doing well after U.S. skull surgery
• Surgery • Feb 08 05
One of a pair of formerly conjoined Egyptian twins underwent surgery on Monday to reconstruct his skull, in what doctors said was an important…
Former Governor Recovering After Surgery
• Surgery • Feb 07 05
Former Illinois Gov. James R. Thompson is recovering after undergoing emergency surgery to remove a blood clot from his brain.
Thompson, 68, complained of…
Egyptian twins undergo surgery to complete skulls
• Surgery • Feb 04 05
One of the Egyptian twins whose heads were delicately separated more than a year ago will undergo reconstructive surgery on Monday to help complete…
Boy Has Successful Surgery On ‘Frank The Tumor’
• Surgery • Feb 03 05
A 9-year-old boy who named the growth on his brain “Frank the Tumor” has said goodbye to most of his unwanted companion.
David Dingman-Grover…
Peru’s rare “mermaid” baby to have risky surgery
• Surgery • Feb 02 05
A Peruvian baby dubbed the “Little Mermaid” because she was born with a rare condition in which her legs are fused, will have surgery…
Return to sport possible after temporary paralysis
• Surgery • Jan 26 05
Athletes who have suffered spinal injuries severe enough to make them temporarily lose feeling in their limbs can sometimes safely return to their sport,…
Britons getting more nips, tucks and trims
• Surgery • Jan 24 05
Britons are getting more cosmetic surgery and other treatments intended to improve their looks, with nearly a fifth more procedures carried out last year…
Electrical device promising for spinal cord injury
• Surgery • Jan 14 05
Early tests are raising hopes that a new device can help people who’ve injured their spinal cord.
Implantation of an oscillating field stimulator, which…
Surgery can reduce migraine symptoms
• Surgery • Jan 12 05
Surgical removal of trigger points on the face and head can significantly reduce the frequency and severity of migraine headaches, and in some cases…
Conjoined Polish girls separated in Saudi hospital
• Surgery • Jan 04 05
A medical team in Saudi Arabia on Monday successfully separated a pair of Polish conjoined infant girls who shared a spine and intestines.
The…
Isolated-limb chemo reins in advanced melanoma
• Surgery • Dec 31 04
For people with advanced but localized melanoma, delivering potent chemotherapy to just the limb with the cancer is highly effective both in terms…
Child Heart Surgeon Drummond-Webb Dies
• Surgery • Dec 27 04
Dr. Jonathan Drummond-Webb, a heart surgeon whose work was the focus of a four-part television series and who successfully implanted a life-saving miniature heart…