Separated Twins Heading Home
• Surgery • Jul 04 04

Thirteen days after they were separated, the formerly conjoined twins Erin and Jade Buckles were released from the hospital Friday - several weeks earlier…    

 

Being heavy cuts angioplasty complications
• Surgery • Jun 18 04

Innumerable studies have laid out the dire health consequences of obesity, but there’s one situation where being overweight seems helpful: coronary angioplasty.

Analysis…    

 

Mastectomy favoured by many breast cancer patients
• Surgery • Jun 09 04

Researchers report that mastectomy rates are remaining high despite the availability of less invasive breast cancer treatments because patients themselves are choosing more aggressive…    

 

Demand for surgery for obesity increases - expert
• Surgery • May 31 04

The fattening of the rich world has sparked a surge in demand for surgery to help people lose weight, a European specialist said on…    

 

Really under during surgery? Monitor can tell
• Surgery • May 30 04

Horror stories abound of surgery patients being aware they’re being operated on, but unable to move or say anything. A new type of monitoring…    

 

Monitor may stop patient awareness during surgery
• Surgery • May 27 04

It’s every patient’s nightmare - to feel the cut of the scalpel, to be totally aware of what the surgeons are doing to you,…    

 

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