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NSFW Endoscopic foreign body removal from scull base.
Holy guacamole!
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NSFW PREAURICULAR SINUS
Looks rather unpleasant...
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NSFW A VIEW OF THE EAR THROUGH THE NOSE.
Short but intriguing. So much space inside the head...
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Handy Device Shows Where Patient's Veins Are Located
Those who fear needles are not likely to want to experience the prick more than once. And even experienced medical professionals can miss a vein sometimes, so it helps to have a little guidance. The VeinViewer uses harmless, near-infrared light to show precisely where veins are located and take the guesswork out of the process. Designed by Memphis-based company Christie Medical Holdings, the device can find the veins and then project them onto the arm in real time.
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Why You Might Want to Think Twice About Getting Your Wisdom Teeth Removed
It is well known that this is now an epidemic: By one count, Americans waste $750 billion a year on unproductive care. By Rob Wile.
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Been anywhere nice this year? Brain surgery where patients are kept chatting
Astonishing operation to remove tumour requires subject to be conscious and talking to steer surgeon away from parts of the ‘eloquent brain.’ By Caroline Davies.
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The Surgeon Will Skype You Now
The surgeon, who has spent 15 minutes gently tearing through tissue, suddenly pauses to gesture ever-so-slightly with his tiny scissors. "Do you see what's on this side? That's nerves." He moves the instrument a few millimeters to the right. "And on this one? That's cancer." Ashutosh Tewari is the head of the urology department at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York City. He is in the process of removing a patient's cancerous prostate, the walnut-sized...
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Hospital fined after surgeon leaves towel inside patient
A California hospital has been fined $86,000 after a surgeon left a towel in a patient's stomach during surgery. The patient was treated at Community Regional Medical Center in Fresno in 2014 and weeks after the procedure, and he said he felt like he was dying. It appears that doctors were keeping count of medical tools used during surgeries, but not the blue towels. The hospital has changed its protocol after it nearly cost a patient his life.
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NSFW Orbital displacement by Sinus Mass
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NSFW Extreme Tonsil Stones Removal
A few stones, but then a funky tonsil and adenoid surgery.
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NSFW Giant Osteoma of Ethmoid/Maxilla/Sphenoid Sinuses
ie A big chunk of bone in the nose. Brought to you by Entencyclopedia featuring Dr K Janakiram as surgeon and narrator. Worth listening to interesting explanation.
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Gruesome and Surreal Surgical Illustrations from the 15th–19th Centuries
In 1811, nearly four decades before the advent of anesthesia, the English novelist Fanny Burney underwent a mastectomy for breast cancer. Later, Burney wrote a long letter to her sister, Esther, describing this battlefield-style operation. Her account remains one of the most famous and gut-wrenching descriptions of pre-anesthesia surgery ever written...
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A Look at Fireworks Safety (Infographic)
Learn how to stay safe.
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World's first penis transplant patient to be a father
His surgeons say the South African man is expecting a baby with his girlfriend
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Why surgeons avoid listening to Red Hot Chili Peppers in operations
Surgeons prefer Bee Gee’s Staying Alive to Queen’s Another One Bites the Dust as they wield the knife, a study has found as eight in ten say music in the operating theatre helps them concentrate. Most medics who were questioned said that music not only calms down patients but makes surgical teams work better. Although critics argued music was a distraction, about eight in ten theatre staff said music benefits communication between team members, reduces anxiety levels in patients and improves...
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Surgery Reveals Dumbass Great Dane Ate 43.5 Socks
In February, a veterinarian in Portland performed surgery on a three-year-old, 140-pound Great Dane to remove a mysterious blockage from its stomach. It didn't take long for the doctor to determine the source of the obstruction: 43 and a half undigested socks lodged in the dog's belly.
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Doctors aim to grow ears from fat
Doctors at Great Ormond Street Hospital in London are aiming to reconstruct people's faces with stem cells taken from their fat.
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Male Plastic Surgery: Facts, Costs and Figures
Men are paying more attention and investing more in their looks with plastic surgery procedures. 106% increase since 1997 for male plastic surgery. In 2012, 1 million cosmetic procedures were performed on men (10% of total cosmetic procedures). Competitive job market is often cited as the main motivating factor for men to get plastic surgery.
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WHAT?! Synthetic Ears Give Accident Victims New Outlook
Can someone who has lost an ear in an accident ever look whole again? This article explains how we can now regrow and even “print” new ears.
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