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.
January sets record for organ transplants in Israel with 54 procedures
The future is already here: Cancerous tumors removed using 3D technology
Zambian children celebrate Christmas in Israel after Save a Child's Heart surgeries
Unique orthopedic technology at Hadassah Hospital aids terror victim
The magnetized nail causes a shattered and infected bone of the terror attack victim to grow inside his leg.
Saudi hospital performs first fully robotic heart transplant in groundbreaking 2.5 hour operation
The innovation is hoped to shift heart transplant surgery away from traditional chest-opening procedures, which have long recovery periods lasting weeks or months.
Women on hospital teams result in better surgery outcomes for patients, study shows
They found that care in hospitals with higher surgery team sex diversity was linked with better post-operative outcomes for patients.
US surgeon in Gaza talks about the scale of wounds in Gaza: 'Something I have never dealt with'
US vascular surgeon Shariq Sayeed describes the dire situation in Gaza, where young patients face amputations due to shrapnel wounds and overwhelmingly low medical resources.
PM Benjamin Netanyahu released from hospital after hernia surgery
In a video released by his office, Netanyahu thanked his doctors for performing "successful hernia surgery."
Like Julia Roberts: change your nose without expensive surgery
Innovative non-surgical nose sculpting from Hollywood to Israel: no anesthesia, no downtime, and more affordable than traditional rhinoplasty.
Children who lose their tonsils are not doomed to obesity in adulthood - study
Tonsil surgery is the primary treatment for OSA, but the medical literature and affected families have been worried that the children would gain weight and be at risk for obesity in adulthood.
The Israeli medical organization saving the hearts of children
Lives of 10 more youngsters with serious cardiac disease from poor countries rescued by Israel’s non-profit Save a Child’s Heart organization.
This cosmetic surgery is common in children. Now adults have joined the trend
Increased social media use and Zoom meetings are collectively bringing more and more people to the plastic surgery table for cosmetic ear surgery.
‘Eye’ signage placed in operating rooms increases civility among staff
Several unsuccessful interventions have been tried around the world to eliminate poor behavior among surgical teams, including workshops and training sessions; however, the 'eye' signage works.
