New York, November 5 -- A new study finds that off-pump coronary artery
bypass surgery (CABG) performed on a beating heart, when heart continues to work, proved no more effective when compared with the on-pump traditional bypass surgery in which blood is pumped through a heart-lung machine to do the heart’s work.
Lucknow, November 4 -- Lucknow, the erstwhile 'City of The Nawabs' will be host to the 35th Annual Conference of the Association of Surgeons of India (ASI), UP chapter (UPASICON 2009).
Los Angeles, November 2 -- Patients who have had a history of lupus and receive a kidney transplant seldom contract the serious inflammatory condition lupus nephritis in their new organ, suggests the findings of a new study.
Nellore, October 26-- In a shocking incident, four people who underwent cataract surgeries lost their eyesight leaving doubts about the quality of treatment offered in a free eye check-up camp organized in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh.
Seattle, October 24-- Though surgery may seem a radical approach to traditional treatment against debilitating migraines, a new study suggests the procedure can dramatically diminish the frequency and intensity of headaches.
New York, October 24 -- An American study warns that super obese people with a body mass index (BMI) of above 40 are at an increased risk of dying within a year of undergoing bariatric surgery.
Georgia, October 23 -- A new study has revealed that older adults did not appear to have more risks than younger patients when they underwent thyroid surgery.
New York, October 14 -- A new study finds that men who undergo minimally-invasive prostate-removing surgery -- which requires only a small incision and is helped along by robotic technology -- are at a higher risk of urinary and genital complications than those who undergo conventional open surgery.
New York, October 1 -- “My new hands are hairier than me but I feel like they've always been mine,” -- this is what Jeff Kepner, 57, said after coming out of the hospital yesterday on the amazing double arm transplant he underwent this May.
New York, September 25 -- In a surgery believed to be the world’s first, a dying heart patient has been saved by a British surgeon who used a combination of an artificial heart and stem cells to rebuild his heart’s damaged muscles.
