“Intelligent knife” Alerts Surgeons of Cancerous Tissue
Scientists from the Imperial College London have developed an “intelligent knife” that can inform surgeons about the tissue they are cutting, alerting them to whether…
Scientists from the Imperial College London have developed an “intelligent knife” that can inform surgeons about the tissue they are cutting, alerting them to whether…
Little is known about general anesthetics, the drugs that put patients in a coma-like state, feeling no pain or discomfort while being operated on. A…
There are more than 30 million Americans who are classified as obese or extremely obese. A new study shows that they might benefit from surgery…
Now offering the first face transplantation program in western US, the UCLA Health System is currently seeking patients willing to participate in a face-transplant clinical…
A new report shows that patients with mitral regurgitation are living longer after having surgery that replaces or repairs the mitral valve. A study analyzed…
As a result of organ transplantation, patients need to take a lifelong regimen of immunosuppressors to fight off graft-versus-host disease (GvHD), which is common and…
Using maggots to clean wounds is a practice that has been around for thousands of years. With the introduction of antibiotics, that practice has ceased,…