Surgical/Operations News

X-ray equipment crawling with germs

Portable 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

Twitter 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

Some 40% of Britons go abroad for surgery to beat NHS waiting lists, survey results have found.

Man has 12kg tumour removed

A 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

If 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

A minimally-invasive procedure reduces disability and back pain for people with acute vertebral fractures, according to researchers.

Leeches save surfer's hand

Surgeons 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

An 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

In 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

Potentially life-threatening complications from surgery can be cut by about a third if hospitals introduce simple surgical checklists during each operation, the WHO said.