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X-ray equipment crawling with germs
4/9/2009Portable X-ray equipment is implicated in the spreading of drug-resistant bacteria in the intensive care unit (ICU), Israeli researchers report.
Twitters from the operating room
2/9/2009Twitter is opening doors to the sterile confines of operating rooms, paving the way for families to follow a patient's progress as they go under the knife.
Surgery tourists avoid NHS queues
6/8/2009Some 40% of Britons go abroad for surgery to beat NHS waiting lists, survey results have found.
Man has 12kg tumour removed
21/7/2009A 53-year old German man is recovering after having a tumour weighing 12 kilograms removed from his stomach, surgeons at a clinic in the southern city of Ravensburg said Monday.
Holey gloves ups infection
9/7/2009If patients aren't given antibiotics before surgery, holes and leaks in a surgeon's gloves can dramatically increase the risk of infection.
Balloon used to fix broken back
26/2/2009A minimally-invasive procedure reduces disability and back pain for people with acute vertebral fractures, according to researchers.
Leeches save surfer's hand
24/2/2009Surgeons who used leeches to reattach the severed hand of an Australian surfer mauled by a great white shark have hailed the operation as a "minor miracle".
Tumour like a football
9/2/2009An Indian woman has had a tumour as big as a football removed from the side of her face, 25 years after it first developed.
Kidney removed through vagina
3/2/2009In what is believed to be a world-first, a kidney from a female donor was removed through her vagina by surgeons.
Surgical checklist can save lives
15/1/2009Potentially life-threatening complications from surgery can be cut by about a third if hospitals introduce simple surgical checklists during each operation, the WHO said.
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