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Chinese woman receives seven organs
• Surgery • Dec 21 04
Shanghai, Dec. 21 - Surgeons from Shanghai’s Ruijin Hospital said Monday an operation to transplant seven organs from a single donor to a 38-year-old…
Miss Plastic Surgery crowned
• Surgery • Dec 18 04
China today crowned its first ever Miss Plastic Surgery, a woman who herself wants to become a plastic surgeon, at a pageant that attracted…
Thai sex change operation watched worldwide
• Surgery • Dec 10 04
Thai surgeons performed the world’s first sex change operation to be filmed on Friday with more than 30 specialist doctors from around the world…
Liver transplant OK with simultaneous heart bypass
• Surgery • Nov 25 04
Coronary artery bypass and liver transplantation can be safely combined in a single operation, according to a look-back at the outcomes of five such…
Heart surgery performed in awake patients
• Surgery • Nov 23 04
Heart surgery is a frightening prospect for many people, but now imagine undergoing the operation completely awake! That’s what seven patients treated at a…
Laser surgery ‘remodels’ tissue under aging skin
• Surgery • Nov 18 04
Laser skin resurfacing has become a popular way to wage war on wrinkles, and now a new study details how one type of laser…
Rare blood infection surfaces in injured U.S. soldiers
• Surgery • Nov 18 04
An unexpectedly high number of U.S. soldiers injured in the Middle East and Afghanistan are testing positive for a rare, hard-to-treat blood infection in…
Surgery receives flu vacines for vulnerable patients
• Surgery • Nov 03 04
THOUSANDS of flu jabs are available for patients at Tam’s Brig Surgery.
And this week medical staff have appealed to them to make sure…
Laser and ultrasound help wounds heal, in rats
• Surgery • Oct 29 04
Laser therapy and ultrasound promote wound healing, Turkish researchers have shown in animal experiments.
In the study, 124 rats with experimental back wounds…
Medical society advises on teen cosmetic surgery
• Surgery • Oct 29 04
In the midst of the rise of the reality makeover show, recent statistics have shown that U.S. teenagers are increasingly turning to adult cosmetic…
New breast implant set for trials
• Surgery • Oct 29 04
A British firm has announced plans to develop breast implants using a synthetic biomaterial which it claims will make them safer and feel…
When Patients Wake Up During Surgery!
• Surgery • Oct 28 04
Experts disagree on how best to prevent the problem
Facing surgery to remove her right eye, Carol Weihrer was taking it in stride.
“I…
Colorado man gets Web-arranged kidney transplant
• Surgery • Oct 21 04
A 58-year-old Colorado man received a new kidney on Wednesday in the first transplant operation in the United States using an organ found on…
New Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation Shows Promise
• Surgery • Oct 20 04
A minimally invasive surgical procedure to treat atrial fibrillation - the most common form of heart rhythm abnormality - works as well as…
New technique treats heart defect in babies
• Surgery • Oct 14 04
Cardiac surgeons at the University of Chicago have developed a technique for treating a severe congenital heart malformation that is less invasive than open…
Caffeine Breath Test Measures Liver Function
• Surgery • Oct 11 04
Forget the liver biopsy. Now it’s possible to detect advanced fibrosis - a complication of many liver diseases including hepatitis B, hepatitis C, fatty…
Race doesn’t affect survival after angioplasty
• Surgery • Sep 26 04
There is no difference in survival between black and white patients with heart disease who undergo angioplasty, a procedure to open blocked heart blood…
Liver transplant for hepatitis C has good outcome
• Surgery • Sep 16 04
The first detailed report of outcomes after 10 years for people given a liver transplant because of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection shows that…
Daughter makes dad oldest organ recipient
• Surgery • Sep 09 04
Karen Beckley gave a kidney to her dad and, in so doing, put him in the record book as the nation’s oldest recipient of…
Hernia repair safely combined with cesarean section
• Surgery • Aug 13 04
The findings from a new study suggest that hernias that develop during pregnancy can often be safely repaired at the time of cesarean section,…
For heart surgery, experience counts
• Surgery • Aug 11 04
Previous reports have shown that high-risk patients undergoing heart bypass surgery do best when the surgeon and hospital have considerable experience with this operation.…
Newer heart surgeons as safe as older hands
• Surgery • Aug 06 04
Heart patients heading for surgery can be reassured that they are in safe hands with a newly appointed surgeon.
The patient mortality rate among…
Therapy soon after hip surgery improves mobility
• Surgery • Jul 30 04
Elderly people who undergo surgery for a broken hip are more mobile two months later if they begin physical therapy immediately following surgery rather…
U.S. clears new use for robot-like surgical device
• Surgery • Jul 08 04
Intuitive Surgical Inc. won U.S. approval to market its robot-like surgical device for use in coronary artery bypass surgery, U.S. regulators said on…
New surgical technique could mean faster recovery
• Surgery • Jul 07 04
A new surgical technique may help doctors operate on internal organs without making any cuts in the skin, researchers reported on Wednesday.
Using a…