As a result, surgery is often needed to repair damaged tissue. One of the main treatments for cartilage damage is ...

A woman has been left feeling 'less than' after her husband asked her to get plastic surgery to 'fix' her post-pregnancy body. She explained how she has given birth to three children - and this ...

Open heart surgery for aortic or mitral valve repair or replacement has traditionally required ... the surgeon is operating directly on the patient with minimally invasive surgery (without a robot), ...

Laparoscopic hernia repair is different from open surgery in the following ways: A laparoscopic repair requires several small incisions instead of a single larger cut. If hernias are on both sides, ...

The UAB Hand and Upper Extremity Fellowship provides comprehensive training in hand, upper extremity, and nerve surgery during a one-year ACGME-accredited Hand Surgery Fellowship program. This is a ...

In China, the demand for minimally invasive surgery ... without moving the robot, and coordination between the operator and the robotic system is made easier. Another feature of Micro Hand S ...

Whoever came up with the term “hooded eyes” needs a lesson in diplomacy. If you’re unfamiliar with the phrase, the “hood” ...

Perched on the edge of her metal hospital bed, Sukra Kumari Rai lists all the ways her life is about to change: no more ...

Alvarez, who can’t go a day without applying this hand cream leaves a large one at her desk and keeps a travel-sized version in her purse. “Eucerin’s Advanced Repair Hand Cream is thick and ...

Rhinoplasty is a different kind of nose surgery. When you have rhinoplasty, a surgeon changes the shape of your nose. You might have it after an injury or to fix a problem you were born with.

OKAYAMA—After years of legal struggle, a local transgender man has been allowed to legally change his gender to male without first undergoing sterilization surgery. The Okayama Family Court ...

“She respects herself too much to tear herself up over imperfections, real or imagined, but she does feel there’s room for improvement and she’s all for resorting to surgery to achieve it ...