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Middle Ear, Aural Polyp Extraction
Traction removal of an aural polyp from the L ear of a 13-y old cat. Clinical signs of ear disease and balance loss had been present for 6 months.
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Inca Doctors Were Better at Skull Surgery Than American Surgeons 400 Years Later
Scientists studying the skulls of long-dead Incas have made a startling discovery: the patients somehow had twice the survival rate after skull surgery than those operated on during the American Civil War - some 400 years later.
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The Dick Whisperer
Sofiya Alexandra
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G-spot surgery given to three women to boost sexual pleasure
The “G-spotplasty” is intended to improve G-spot sensitivity, but some worry it will make women who don’t orgasm vaginally think they have a medical problem
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Nose Jobs Have Declined 43% Since 2000. We Sniffed Out Why.
The rhinoplasty's telling beak of bandages was once a badge of honor, but today, an imperfect nose is the real symbol of self-possession.
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Wrong patient given brain surgery
Staff at a Kenyan hospital suspended after reports a brain surgery was performed on the wrong patient.
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‘It Was the First Time I Cried in the Operating Room’
When pediatric surgeon Allan Goldstein entered the operating room to separate conjoined twins, he did so with the knowledge that one would have to die in order to save the other. He recalls the enormous surgical and ethical challenges.
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Body clock 'affects surgery survival'
Heart patients improve their survival chances by having surgery in the afternoon, research suggests.
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The Gruesome, Bloody World of Victorian Surgery
A new book follows Joseph Lister as he ushers surgery into the modern age. By Sarah Zhang.
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Hasselt surgeon performs world first in keyhole valve replacement.
Heart surgeon Alaaddin Yilmaz has developed a technique for performing valve replacement surgery using tiny incisions, a world premiere. The procedure offers not only a major savings in costs associated with open heart surgery but also vastly improves the recovery period and the risk of complications.
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A Patient Gets the New Transgender Surgery She Helped Invent
Hayley Anthony recently became one of the first people in the world to have tissue incised from the cavity of her abdomen and turned into a vagina.
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Woman dies after botched buttock injection
The family of a Harlem mom who died after getting buttock enhancement procedure in a Manhattan apartment is calling it murder. Latesha Bynum’s family said she went to a building on E. 21st in Manhattan on July 15 to get silicone injections from someone claiming to be a doctor. Her family says that later in the day she started feeling dizzy and had chest pains.
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Man awarded $870,000 after doctor removes wrong testicle
A Pennsylvania man is richer after his doctor removed the wrong testicle during an operation, PennLive.com reports. A jury of eleven women ruled in favor of Steven Hanes, 54, in a lawsuit he filed against his former urologist Dr. V. Spencer Long. Hanes consulted Long after experiencing chronic pain in his right testicle for 15 years. The doctor recommended his testicle be surgically removed at J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania, the story said.
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Woman drops 40 pounds to donate her kidney to a friend
The moment 33-year-old Rebekah Ceidro crossed the finish line at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Pittsburgh Half Marathon was the first time in her life she truly felt like a runner. Less than a year earlier, Ceidro weighed more than 200 pounds and would routinely "drop something in the fryer" when she got hungry in between managing an Eat’n Park restaurant outside of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and taking care of her 3-year-old son, Noak.
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This New Glue-Like Substance Could Be The Key to Healing Wounds Without Scars
Our skin is pretty good at protecting the squishy human body from external danger, so the moment that barrier is compromised with a wound or a cut, a defence system has to kick into action.
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New robotic drill performs skull surgery 50 times faster
Researchers from the University of Utah have created an automated machine that can do a complicated cranial surgery 50 times faster than standard procedures. The team's approach reduces the surgery time from two hours with a hand drill to two-and-a-half minutes. This specific surgery detailed in the paper -- which was published Monday in the journal "Neurosurgical Focus" -- is typically used to remove noncancerous tumors in patients with significant hearing loss. But the researchers say it's a "proof of principle" to show the robot could perform complex procedures that require experience and skill.
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People born intersex have a right to genital integrity
Children born with in-between sex development are subject to surgeries that many believe violate their human rights
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Double hand transplant patient writes letter of thanks
The first person in the UK to have a double hand transplant has written a letter of thanks to his surgeon, nine months after his pioneering operation. Chris King, 57, of Doncaster, lost both hands, except his thumbs, in an accident at work four years ago. He had the complex operation at Leeds General Infirmary in July. The Leeds Rhinos fan is also looking forward to being able to clap when he goes to watch the rugby league team.
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Lotus inspires stent designers
The self-cleaning abilities of a popular plant provides clues to cutting deaths linked to stent surgery. The number of cyborgs in our midst is growing rapidly. From heart to hip, many of us will end up with a medical implant at some time in our lives. In Australia, stent implants to unblock coronary arteries are one of the top five procedures in hospital emergency rooms, but once inserted into the body, the surface of implants can cause life-threatening blood clots or bacterial infections.
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Medical miracle: BAMC surgeons perform groundbreaking arm replant
Brooke Army Medical Center surgeons performed their first above-the-elbow arm replant on a 22-year-old trauma patient last year and almost 10 months later the patient is thriving. Kelsey Ward's right arm was severed when a guardrail pierced the passenger-side window of her SUV in a car wreck. San Antonio firefighters administered a life-saving tourniquet and were fortunate enough to find her arm in the wreckage. They packed it in ice and brought it to BAMC, one of two Level I Trauma Centers in San Antonio.
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