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Male surgeons are always addressed as Mr in the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland. Surgery is one of the only professions left that still uses a gendered title for the role…
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A rising death toll among doctors in Italy provides a warning about the dangers of poor protection and testing. Last week, the Italian government began publishing a new dataset related to the
Continue ReadingWhy Surgeons Don’t Want to Operate Right Now
The earliest surgeries in history were crude at best and likely to have been performed out of desperation or ignorance. Surgery as we know it did not truly begin until the late
The Indian Spinal Injuries Centre (ISIC), New Delhi has claimed to be the first hospital outside the US to have recently performed surgeries with the help of an advanced robotic system.
Continue ReadingISIC becomes the first in India to perform spine robotics surgery
Screenshot: Google/HealthPlus Surgery Center Over 3,000 patients at a New Jersey surgical center may have been exposed to bloodborne pathogens after investigators found the facility wasn’t properly following sterilization guidelines
Surgeons at a Canadian hospital have used cutting edge technology to completely reconstruct a two-year-old’s skull after her head swelled to the size of a basketball due to an abnormal
Continue ReadingSurgeons reconstruct girl’s skull after her head swells to dangerous size
A Canadian surgeon became the talk of the Internet after he performed an operation without the use of anaesthetic – on his patient’s ripped teddy bear. Dr Daniel McNeely, a
Continue ReadingSurgeon in Canada operates on 8-year-old boy’s teddy bear
“I think it’s a great advancement for minimally invasive surgery.” said Dr. Greg Marchand, the lead surgeon. MESA, AZ, USA — Dr. Greg J. Marchand of Marchand Institute for Minimally Invasive Surgery has
A Canadian doctor was among a world-class team responsible for giving a young woman in her 20s a new face and, by extension, a second chance at life. Dr. Gaby
Continue ReadingCanadian surgeon helps with face transplant for young suicide survivor
By Samantha Gee Theatre nurse Barbara Chippendale remembers when she had to wash swabs so they could be reused by doctors in surgery. The Nelson woman began her working life in the ward
Continue ReadingNelson theatre nurse hanging up her scrubs after a 50-year career
Dr. Alex Barazovsky leaves note blaming Israel Medical Association for his decision to take his own life, citing a feud over intern training By TOI STAFF A top plastic surgeon
Continue ReadingSenior plastic surgeon kills himself in Soroka operating room
BY SARAH BLASKEY, SONIA OSORIO AND DANIEL CHANG For Adianet Galván Gonzáles and her circle of family and friends, the popular surgical procedure known as a Brazilian butt lift was
Continue ReadingShe dreamed of getting plastic surgery in Miami. Three days later, she was dead.
By Paul A. Ruggieri In his book, surgeon Paul A. Ruggieri recounts an occasion in which he was called into surgery to urgently operate on a man who had just
By Matthew Goldstein and Jessica Silver-Greenberg Jerri Plummer was at home in Arkansas, watching television with her three children, when a stranger called to warn that her life was in danger. The caller
Continue ReadingHow Profiteers Coax Women Into Often-Unneeded Surgery
By Steve Sternberg Army surgeon Maj. Monique Hassan’s life was an adventure. All that was missing was the surgery. MAJ. MONIQUE HASSAN’S stint as an Army surgeon was a halting journey of
By Jared Sichel The Department of Veteran Affairs isn’t just in need of more doctors, nurses, and medical personnel. Someone over there needs to call an exterminator — right now.
By Nicholas Rondinone If surgeons had waited any longer, a Connecticut woman’s 132-pound tumour would have killed her. But the doctors involved said the surgery earlier this year at Danbury
Continue ReadingConnecticut Woman’s Rare 132-Pound Tumour Removed In Lifesaving Surgery
By Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania Noah Pernikoff is back to his life in New York City after becoming the first patient in the world to undergo
Continue ReadingGroundbreaking robotic spinal surgery for chordoma tumour removal
A senior surgeon with “poor vision” accidentally removed a woman’s ovary instead of her appendix and then told bosses it was a “trifling error.” The United Kingdom resident doctor of
Continue ReadingSurgeon mistakes ovary, Fallopian tube for appendix, says poor vision responsible!
With a product called SurgiBox, grad student Sally Miller hopes to make safe, clean surgery possible anywhere. By Mary B. O’Leary Dust, dirt, bacteria, flies — these are just some
By Georgia Diebelius A patient of Moscow’s selfie-taking plastic surgeon has died after undergoing breast lift surgery. Mother of two Ekaterina Kiseleva, 32, was pronounced dead in the clinic from heart failure,
Continue ReadingPatient dies as plastic surgeon takes selfie with her bare breasts
By Lata Rani Patna: A major government hospital in India’s Bihar state has come under fire again after a woman died of injuries sustained when the table she was being
Continue ReadingPatient dies after operating table collapses during surgery
By Alex Lasker A Russian woman tragically died after she was administered embalming fluids instead of saline during a routine surgery, according to reports. Ekaterina Fedyaeva, 27, was undergoing a
A heart patient told last night how his long-awaited operation was cancelled because of the cyber attack as he waited to go into the operating theatre. Patrick Ward, 47, had
Continue ReadingRansomware: Patient’s long-awaited cardiac surgery cancelled
An Egyptian woman who gained attention after losing a reported 700 pounds is said to be treated for a multiple health issues in Abu Dhabi, according to the BBC. Eman
Continue ReadingThe World’s Heaviest Woman Faces Other Health Challenges Post Surgery