Surgeons

President of the Association of the Robotic and Innovative Surgeons Dr Subhash Khanna said that it is probably for the first time in the history that many international associations have expressed interest to collaborate with an Indian…

A 13-week-old baby had her life saved by a ground-breaking operation in which a tiny valve in her walnut-sized heart was replaced using a metal frame and tissue from a cow.Florence Fox, from Sidcup in South-East London, was diagnosed at…

MIT engineers have developed a telerobotic system to help surgeons quickly and remotely treat patients experiencing a stroke or aneurysm. With a modified joystick, surgeons in one hospital may control a robotic arm at another location to…

Patients who undergo facial surgery think their surgical scars look worse than surgeons and independent observers do, according to a new study from the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. Surgeons and those not…

Surgeons have successfully transplanted two pig kidneys into a brain dead human, marking another 'significant step' in the decades-long quest to use animal organs for life-saving transplants. Jim Parsons, 57, from Huntsville, Alabama, was…

In a medical first, doctors transplanted a pig heart into a patient in a last-ditch effort to save his life and a Maryland hospital said Monday that he's doing well three days after the highly experimental surgery. While it’s too soon to…

Researchers have developed an optical biopsy system that can distinguish between cancerous and healthy liver tissue. The new technology could make it easier to diagnose liver cancer, which is the sixth most common cancer globally. "The…

The 'historic' procedure took place Friday, the University of Maryland Medical School said in a statement on Monday. While the patient's prognosis is far from certain, it represents a major…

Issued on: 11/01/2022 - 02:55 US surgeons have successfully implanted a heart from a genetically modified pig in a 57-year-old man, a medical first that could one day help solve the…

In a medical first, doctors have transplanted a pig heart into a patient, in a last-ditch effort to save his life. And three days after the highly experimental surgery, a Maryland hospital said Monday that the patient is doing well. While…