Tag: surgery
Surgical Crisis: 160 Million Patients Lack Access Annually
At least 160 million patients annually cannot receive necessary surgery, which shows progress towards universal, affordable surgical care is dangerously off track....
Surgery from 9,300 km away
In a groundbreaking medical achievement, the world's first remote-controlled magnetic endoscopy was performed from 9300 kilometre away. Researchers at ETH Zurich and...
Bigger Isn’t Always Better: Discovering Breast Reduction Options
Breast reduction is a common cosmetic surgery option for women who are looking to reduce the size of their breasts.
In a First, Surgeons Repair Malformation in the Brain of the...
In a first of its kind, surgeons successfully repaired a major malformation in the brain of a foetus. The surgeons from Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital in the US used a surgical technique called embolization to treat a rare prenatal condition. Called vein of Galen Malformation, the vascular abnormality permits blood to flow dangerously fast through part of the brain after the child is born.
