Surgery

From heart surgery to spinal tap: Physician ranks medical procedures by pain

Procedures that most commonly rate high on the pain scale involve bones and nerves, such as spinal fusion, open-heart surgery, and total knee replacement.

Anesthesia before surgery
 An illustrative image of surgeons conducting surgery.

January sets record for organ transplants in Israel with 54 procedures

Virtual reality headsets and dedicated haptic gloves, In3D.

The future is already here: Cancerous tumors removed using 3D technology

Thirteen pediatric and heart patients from Zambia are spending Christmas in Israel as part of SACH’s humanitarian medical program, which provides free cardiac surgery to children from developing countries.

Zambian children celebrate Christmas in Israel after Save a Child's Heart surgeries


79-year-old man get beer bottle stuck up his rectum

The man claimed that thieves shoved the bottle up his backside because they were upset there weren't any valuables to steal in his home.

Empty bottle and the glass of beer on wooden table

Dassault Systèmes helps Israeli start-ups advance their technology

The program helps connect start-ups to tools they might need for product development as well as offer full support with a dedicated contact person within the company.

CorNeat Vision.

Trampolines are causing growing number orthopedic injuries - study

More than a quarter of trampoline injuries in one hospital required surgery to fix the damage.

 Kids on a trampoline.

Israeli start-up develops meniscus replacement of tomorrow

The next iteration of the company’s current implant will act as floating replacement for the natural meniscus.

 Active Implants is a med-tech start-up developing a new iteration of their currently-available artificial meniscus replacement, NUsurface.

Skull found in Turkey with neat hole may have been the work of mystics

Trepanation, a procedure which involves drilling a hole into the patient's skull, is one of the oldest known surgical procedures in human history.

 Trepanated skull of a woman-Tumb 3 Corseaux-En Seyton-on display 6, Cantonal Museum of Archeology and History.

Sleep apnea: What are the symptoms, causes and dangers? - explainer

What is sleep apnea? What are its symptoms and warning signs? Is it hereditary? Is it curable?  Here's everything you need to know about his potentially deadly sleep disorder.

Sleep disorder

Day after cancer: Everything you need to know about breast reconstruction surgery

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Here's a guide on reconstructive surgery, which is much more than an aesthetic process.

 Illustrative image of a breast cancer ribbon.

Save a Child's Heart team attends wedding of girl they saved 15 years ago

As a show of gratitude for giving her a normal life, Sabrina invited the SACH team who saved her 15 years ago to her wedding in Zanzibar this week.

The Save a Child's Heart team attends the wedding of a woman in Zanzibar who they saved 15 years ago

Israeli doctors reconstruct girl's facial nerve, lets her smile

The girl suffered from congenital paralysis of the facial nerve on one side, which caused facial asymmetry and her inability to perform basic actions, such as smiling or closing an eye. 

 Galilee Medical Center doctors performed unique microsurgery to reconstruct the facial nerve of a 17-year-old girl

Lymph node transplant surgery performed for the first time in Israel

The surgery was performed at the Padeh-Poriya Medical Center in Tiberias.

 Photo of Rania’s operation.