California patient dies because a surgical sponge was left INSIDE them
The forgotten sponge caused an infection in the patient's abdomen and they suffered a heart attack before dying of the infection 10 days after the operation...
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Father-of-two, 53, given months to live is now CANCER-FREE after world-first operation
His health then gradually got worse when the cancer spread to his liver - and doctors once gave him a six per cent chance of survival with chemotherapy treatment...
Conjoined twins who shared a stomach, bladder and pelvis are now the best of friends after life-changing separation
With the surgery a success, the boys can now run and play like any other youngster, with their parents Sheetal and Sagar Zalte looking forward to their sons' bright future...
Devoted surgeon falls asleep while SQUATTING DOWN after performing six operations without a break
A poignant picture shows orthopedic surgeon Luo Shanpeng falling asleep by the operating table after re-attaching the severed arm for a migrant worker...
Mother, 47, who lost four limbs to sepsis receives two new hands after five-year wait for suitable transplant donor
Surgeons at Leeds General Infirmary carried out the complicated 12-hour procedure earlier this week, her charity Finding Your Feet has announced...
Medical breakthrough as Swedish woman becomes world's FIRST to get pregnant after having a womb transplant performed using a robot
The world-first procedure was done in Sweden in 2017 and the mother-to-be is now expecting her child in spring this year...
Incredible recovery of a woman whose face was rebuilt using her shoulder bone and back muscle during a 16-hour operation to remove cancer from her skull
Surgeons managed to perform the entire operation without cutting Ms Taylor's face, but they removed a substantial amount of bone and tissue from underneath...
Man, 67, has his arm RESEWN after he accidentally cut it off
Just four weeks later, he was able to bend his elbow again and partially regained the use of his hand ten months on...
Boy, 9, with dangerous facial tumor finally got life-saving treatment - thanks to a Jewish doctor, a Christian missionary, and a Muslim family
For the past four years, John Olivier - better known as 'Little John' - had been unable to eat, talk or smile due to a growing benign tumor on his jawline...
A Cross-cultural Perspective on Upper Palaeolithic Hand Images with Missing Phalanges
When the contexts and what we can infer about the participants are taken into account...
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