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Oxygen-rich blood generally enters the spinal cord through arteries, which further branches into smaller blood vessels called capillaries. (Photo: AFP / Representational Image)

Iraqi girl undergoes surgery for rare disease

“However, in spinal AVM, the blood passes dir-ectly from arteries to the veins, bypassing the capillaries.

26 Sep 2018 6:16 AM

They were unable to remove it from Johnson’s body even after operating for an additional three hours (Photo: AFP)

Doctors leaves needle inside man's chest during surgery causing painful death

According to a lawsuit filed by relatives, the needle wasn’t removed till Johnson’s autopsy.

03 Sep 2018 12:28 PM

Dean, 32, then went on to have IVF and fertility doctors were able to perform the astonishing feat of guiding the embryo into what remained of her womb through a microscopic hole. (Representational Image/ Pixabay)

Cancer survivor gives birth after rare surgery to stitch cervix back together

The surgery took away so much of her cervix that it was impossible for her to become pregnant.

31 Aug 2018 4:33 PM

Informed about her illness only after waking up from a seizure last year, Sarah also jokingly named her tumour Rodger (Photo: AFP)

Woman tells jokes, sings while undergoing surgery to remove brain tumour

Sarah-May Philo is also a trained opera singer and made up songs about the staff around her when a speech therapist asked her to try.

28 Aug 2018 5:18 PM

The child's grandmother Makhfirat Khasanova said the needle pulled from the boy's gums 'did not have a sharp end but had an eye'. (Photo: Pixabay)

Shocking: Mother discovers 9-month-old filled with metal needles inserted by carer

Incident in Tajikistan comes to light after mother pulls out one needle from child's gums. Turns out carer did it to ward off evil spirits.

05 Jul 2018 9:30 PM

The operation was performed at the Saint Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, New Jersey. (Photo: Pixabay)

Surgeons create penis for transgender man using skin from his forearm

Surgeons have created a penis for a transgender man using skin from his forearm - allowing him to feel full sensation of the organ.

29 Jun 2018 2:13 PM

Representational Image. (Photo: Pixabay)

How helpful is prehabilitation before heart surgery

The demand for surgical services is increasing as a result of an expanding "ageing population."

28 Jun 2018 12:31 PM

Nitric oxide inhaled during surgery can decrease kidney problems

This is the first study to show that a pharmacological treatment can reduce acute and chronic kidney injury as a result of cardiac surgery.

22 Jun 2018 4:13 PM

Green lasers or blue lasers can be more damaging than red or orange ones, because of the frequency at which they omit light - around 550 nanometers - which is extremely powerful.

Shocking: Boy left with untreatable hole in eye after playing with laser pointer

A scan revealed a large hole in macula (left part of retina), which is crucial for mapping out faces and words.

22 Jun 2018 12:25 PM

The girl, Sauda Suleiman Amour, was born with a defective abdominal wall. (Photo: Pixabay)

Chennai doctors save Tanzania girl who has lived life with organs outside her body

Sauda Suleiman Amour, was born with defective abdominal wall and liver, part of intestine jutted out of her belly.

19 Jun 2018 3:48 PM

The way to reduce the risk is to focus more on reducing smoking in the population in general. (Photo: Pixabay)

Screening of swollen aorta harmful for older men

The decreasing mortality of the disease for reasons other than screening has led to growing problems with over-diagnosing, over-treatment.

17 Jun 2018 6:35 PM

L to R Dr. KM Mandana (Transplant surgeon), Dilchand Singh, Rupayan Roy ( Bengal's first heart recipient from Fortis Malar)

First heart transplant patient from Eastern India to be discharged soon

Despite success of first heart transplant, doctors say

11 Jun 2018 2:39 PM

Melanoma is a deadly skin cancer, the incidence of which has increased steadily in many countries of the world. (Photo: Pixabay)

Weight loss surgery can cut skin cancer risk: study

Weight loss in individuals with obesity can reduce the risk of a deadly form of cancer that has increased steadily in many countries.

26 May 2018 5:20 PM

Acinetobacter are bacteria known to cause serious infections and notoriously difficult to treat because of growing antibiotic resistance.(Photo: Pixabay)

Hospitalising children: To do or not to do

Highly resistant A. baumannii infections are increasingly being reported worldwide.

13 May 2018 9:16 PM

NHS reports surge in ‘virginity repair’ operations

Here's what hospital figures show.

11 May 2018 5:14 PM

The ear has been created from a cartilage which was harvested from her ribs (Photo: AFP)

New ear for woman grown in her forearm after she lost it in a road accident

She was thrown out of the car in the mishap which left her spine fractured in many places and the left ear completely destroyed.

10 May 2018 1:29 PM

The reviews findings indicate that clinical guidelines on weight loss surgery should address bone health as a priority. (Photo: Pixabay)

Weight loss surgery may harm bone health, says study

Nutritional factors, mechanical unloading, hormonal factors, changes in body composition, bone marrow fat may cause poor bone health.

04 May 2018 2:23 PM

Pathologists have been conducting genetic tests on the tumor to learn why it grew so quickly (Photo: AFP)

Massive tumour weighing 60 kg removed from woman's abdomen

The tumor was benign, but because it was sitting on a major blood vessel doctors say they were concerned about the patient’s heart.

04 May 2018 9:55 AM

New radiotherapy may help treat liver cancer: study

Radiation segmentectomy (RS) is a minimally invasive option that uses the radioisotope yttrium-90 (Y90) to destroy tumours.

24 Apr 2018 6:48 PM

A transplant in which a body part or tissue is transferred from one individual to another is called vascularized composite allotransplantation. (Photo: Pixabay)

Wounded soldier gets world's first penis transplant in US operation

A team of 11 surgeons operated on veteran, and transplanted entire penis, scrotum without testicles and partial abdominal wall from donor.

24 Apr 2018 8:18 AM

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