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Balloon used to fix broken back

26/2/2009

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

 
 
 

Leeches save surfer's hand

24/2/2009

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

9/2/2009

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

3/2/2009

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

15/1/2009

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.

 
 
 

Doc performs amputation via sms

4/12/2008

A British doctor performed a life-saving operation on a teenage boy in the DRC by following instructions for the complicated surgery via text message from a colleague in London.

 
 
 

Robodoc: surgeon of the future

5/11/2008

A mechanical snake that can enter the body through natural orifices to perform operations is one futuristic device researchers believe will transform surgical techniques.

 
 
 

Docs leave spatula in patient

15/10/2008

A gynaecologist and two trainee doctors in Greece were handed suspended prison sentences after forgetting a 22-centimetre medical spatula in a patient's abdomen.

 
 
 

Full arm transplant is a success

8/10/2008

The world's only recipient of two full arms in a transplant described the success of the procedure and the feeling of being whole again as "indescribable".

 
 
 

Sponge count off after surgery

1/10/2008

The routine count of sponges and instruments used and retrieved during surgery comes up with a discrepancy in one in eight operations, investigators report.

 
 
 
 

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