http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/surgery/ en-us Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:15:40 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2228952/posts Shocked Russian surgeons claim they found a five-centimetre fir tree growing inside a man's lung as they operated on him for suspected cancer. The amazing discovery apparently was made when they opened up Artyom Sidorkin, 28, to remove what they thought was a serious tumour. Sidorkin had complained of extreme pain in his chest and had been coughing up blood. Doctors were convinced he had cancer, Russian website mosnews.com reported. 'We were 100 per cent sure,' said surgeon Vladimir Kamashev from Izhevsk in the Urals. 'We did X-rays and found what looked exactly like a tumour. 'I had seen hundreds... dailymail.co.uk http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2228952/posts#comment Tue, 14 Apr 2009 18:15:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222852/posts LA Times staff writer Thomas Curwen met Ana Rodarte in December 2005 at Scripps Memorial Hospital in La Jolla. Over the next 3 1/2 years, he conducted extensive interviews with her and her parents, and he and Ana engaged in an e-mail correspondence about living with neurofibromatosis. Curwen and Times staff photographer Allen J. Schaben visited the Rodarte home in Riverside County nearly a dozen times for birthday parties, family gatherings and celebrations. They accompanied Ana to consultations with her doctors, and they observed three surgeries at Scripps aimed at restoring her facial features. * Isolated by her appearance, she... The Los Angeles Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2222852/posts#comment Sun, 5 Apr 2009 19:02:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2215285/posts Viva vanity. Rates for Hispanics getting nip-and tuck: Up 18 percent. Rates for whites: down 3 percent. Wonder why? Well... The Washington Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2215285/posts#comment Thu, 26 Mar 2009 15:39:25 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2211319/posts The four-hour operation took place at Miami’s Metrozoo.The giant male predator, dubbed Robo Croc after the operation left it with a significant amount of metal dotted around its face, was close to death after having its head crushed by a car in the Florida Keys last year.‘Robo Croc’ the crocodile has reconstructive surgery after car accident Unable to move its jaw, the distressed animal had not eaten for three months. Fortuna http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2211319/posts#comment Sat, 21 Mar 2009 05:36:20 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2195889/posts In a previous thread, I told you about Lucas, the six year old son of my wife's co-worker Mark. Lucas had a good MRI, and they have scheduled surgery for him on Monday. It's an excellent hospital, and an excellent surgeon. Please pray for Lucas, his mom and dad - Laura and Mark, and his sister Grace. Please also, keep the surgeon and his team in your prayers as well. Email http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2195889/posts#comment Sat, 28 Feb 2009 01:03:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2193490/posts Surgeons say it was a miracle that they managed to reattach the hand of a surfer who was mauled by a shark at Sydney's Bondi Beach. Thirty-three-year-old Glenn Orgias was attacked by a great white shark while surfing at dusk almost two weeks ago. He was taken to St Vincent's Hospital with his hand hanging by a three centimetre piece of skin. Plastic surgeon Dr Kevin Ho says doctors never expected that they would be able to reattach the hand. "However in the Bondi surfer's case, given his general health and the speed of which he was rushed into the... ABC News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2193490/posts#comment Wed, 25 Feb 2009 06:58:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2163604/posts Three heart transplants were successfully performed with infant donors whose hearts had stopped beating, according to researchers here, but some ethicists question whether moral boundaries were crossed. The report in the Aug. 14 issue of the New England Journal of Medicine reopened a long-simmering debate that boils down to the question of how to define death of a potential donor before organ harvesting may proceed. The three recipients, mean age 2.2 months, have survived at least 3.5 years with only one having a rejection episode during the first six months after surgery, reported Mark M. Boucek, M.D., and colleagues of... MedPageToday http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2163604/posts#comment Tue, 13 Jan 2009 05:14:14 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2155358/posts   Prayers requested by Mountainflower Please pray for Mountainflower...the doctor has found a tumor and has scheduled her for surgery on Wednesday at 10 a.m.She requests prayer that the tumor will be found non-cancerous. She also requests prayer for financial security...she will be unable to work for an extended period of time. Please pray for her emotional health as she sounds scared. She is a dear friend to many here and I know she will find comfort in our prayers.Thank you! http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2155358/posts#comment Mon, 29 Dec 2008 01:26:42 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2146042/posts BOSTON — Me-ouch! Veterinarians performed an unusual surgery to reattach the face of a cat they believe was injured by a car's fan belt, probably because she tried to stay warm under the hood. Edgar, a 4-year-old long-haired feline, went missing from her home in Winthrop for three days last week. When she finally came home, her owner found her in Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2146042/posts#comment Wed, 10 Dec 2008 12:29:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124789/posts When the South African surgeon Christiaan Barnard carried out the first heart transplant in December 1967, the world held its breath. His patient, 53-year-old Lewis Washkansky, lived for only another 18 days. The drugs he needed to stop his body rejecting the new organ compromised his immune system to such an extent he couldn’t fight off other illnesses, and he died of pneumonia. But the precedent had been set: the most powerful and emotionally iconic of human organs could be taken from the body of a dead person to give the chance of an extended life to another. It was... The Times (of London) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2124789/posts#comment Tue, 4 Nov 2008 17:47:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2112656/posts Prayers for my Mom needed- Open Heart Surgery to be performed at Riverside Hospital in Columbus, Ohio on Thursday Morning, Oct 23rd. Thanks for your prayers. Mom is 81 and having a Mitral Valve Repair (or Replacement if needed). Thank you so much, CharlotteVRWC me http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2112656/posts#comment Thu, 23 Oct 2008 00:03:15 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100632/posts Interior Ministry, Shin Bet grant unusual plea by Tehran family to have son suffering form brain cancer treated in Jewish state. 'When a child's life is at stake religion and origin play no part,' says Minister Sheetrit A 12-year-old Iranian boy suffering from brain cancer is scheduled to arrive in Israel on Friday for emergency surgery. The boy, who already underwent surgery in Tehran, was later admitted to a Turkish hospital, but his Ankara physicians soon discovered their facility lacked the technological and medical expertise needed to properly treat him. The Turkish doctors suggested the family seek medical assistance in... YNet http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2100632/posts#comment Wed, 8 Oct 2008 17:50:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069309/posts Surgery will have to wait for Chargers linebacker Shawne Merriman, who decided Wednesday he'll play this season despite two torn ligaments in his left knee. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2069309/posts#comment Wed, 27 Aug 2008 20:24:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066441/posts Iraqi Army Maj. Tahseen Muallah, medical officer from Camp Habbaniyah, oversees the preparatory work done on an Iraqi Policeman who is going in for surgery to remove fragmentation. Muallah worked with Lt. Cmdr. John A. Lynott, senior orthopedic surgeon with Camp Taqaddum Surgical, 1st Supply Battalion (-) (Reinforced), 1st Marine Logistics Group, and the staff at TQ Surgical to understand their operating procedures. The two groups have been working together throughout the year, sharing their expertise in the medical field. The end goal is to get the Iraqis trained so they can operate their own medical facilities efficiently and effectively.... Multi-National Force - Iraq http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2066441/posts#comment Sat, 23 Aug 2008 00:14:41 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051554/posts A British woman said she spent $15,000 to have her cat's face rebuilt after it was hit by a car and disfigured. Tanya Dickson said her cat, Hetty, was in a coma when she found him by the side of the road and veterinarians told her one of his eyes had collapsed and his nasal cavity was shunted among other injuries following the accident, The Telegraph reported Friday. Dickson said Hetty underwent a number of operations while being kept alive in an incubator and six days after his injury, he was able to meow again. She said he was eating... Web India 123 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2051554/posts#comment Sat, 26 Jul 2008 03:10:11 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048404/posts NHS surgeons are to be paid bonuses based on the number of lives they save, in radical plans being drawn up by hospitals across Britain. For the first time, they will receive performance-related pay according to the results they achieve on the operating table, with levels dependent on how well patients recover. Leading surgeons said that this could deter doctors from taking on higher-risk patients, such as the frail and elderly, and from carrying out complex operations. ...Katherine Murphy, from the Patients Association, said: "Patients will be horrified. There is a real risk that the most complicated cases, and the... Telegraph UK http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2048404/posts#comment Sun, 20 Jul 2008 16:33:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046484/posts A New Jersey woman has sued her orthopedic surgeon after awakening from surgery to find a temporary tattoo below her panty line. Elizabeth Mateo, of Camden County, N.J., filed her lawsuit Tuesday saying she found "a temporary tattoo of a red rose" below her panty line the morning after her surgery for a herniated disc, her attorney, Gregg A. Shivers, told the Philadelphia Inquirer. "She was extremely emotionally upset by it," Shivers told the paper. Fox News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2046484/posts#comment Wed, 16 Jul 2008 19:26:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033585/posts FORWARD OPERATING BASE DELTA, Iraq, June 19, 2008 – When she was born, doctors didn’t expect her to live a week, but a 1-year-old Iraqi girl is defying the odds. Noor Majeed smiles at the Forward Operating Base Delta medical facility in Iraq, where she received several life-saving procedures. She will undergo reconstructive surgery in Boston on June 30, 2008. Courtesy photo  (Click photo for screen-resolution image);high-resolution image available. Noor Majeed overcame her initial prognosis, but without proper care, she still could die. But surgeons at Children’s Hospital in Boston have agreed to donate their services to help her, and... American Forces Press Service http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2033585/posts#comment Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:13:07 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029309/posts PARIS — The operation in the private clinic off the Champs-Élysées involved one semicircular cut, 10 dissolving stitches and a discounted fee of $2,900. But for the patient, a 23-year-old French student of Moroccan descent from Montpellier, the 30-minute procedure represented the key to a new life: the illusion of virginity. Like an increasing number of Muslim women in Europe, she had a hymenoplasty, a restoration of her hymen, the vaginal membrane that normally breaks in the first act of intercourse. “In my culture, not to be a virgin is to be dirt,” said the student, perched on a hospital... N Y Times Online http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029309/posts#comment Wed, 11 Jun 2008 11:12:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029123/posts PARIS: The surgery in the private clinic off the Champs-Élysées involved one semicircular cut, 10 self-dissolving stitches and a discounted fee of $2,900. But for the patient, a 23-year-old French student of Moroccan descent from Montpellier, the 30-minute procedure represented the key to a new life: the illusion of virginity. Like an increasing number of other Muslim women in Europe, she had a "hymenoplasty," a restoration of her hymen, the thin vaginal membrane that normally breaks during the first act of intercourse. "In my culture, not to be a virgin is to be dirt," said the student, perched on a... IHT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2029123/posts#comment Tue, 10 Jun 2008 23:14:33 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027286/posts When Chad and Keri McCartney say their infant daughter, Macie Hope, is born again, they aren’t referring to religion — the month-old miracle baby really was born twice. MSNBC http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2027286/posts#comment Fri, 6 Jun 2008 20:49:27 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025840/posts DOCTORS in Japan who carried out surgery on a man to remove a tumour had good news and bad news for him. The good news was he did not have cancer. The bad news: The growth that had been causing him pain was in fact a 25-year-old surgical towel. The patient had been carrying the cloth since 1983, when surgeons left it in him after a minor operation to treat an ulcer, a spokesman for the hospital said. News.com.au http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2025840/posts#comment Wed, 4 Jun 2008 14:53:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016095/posts   Prayer RequestJim Robinson is having surgery tomorrow, May 15thSee the posts below for information about this procedure. Jim Update: It has been a frustrating day, I finally have a update for everyone. I called Jim at the hospital. The nurse was in his room and gave him the phone. Sheila took his cell phone to him so I will be able to contact him easier. Also they took his laptop. Due to major pain killers, he was able to sleep in the bed last night and was in bed when I called. He sounded better than he has for... http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2016095/posts#comment Thu, 15 May 2008 00:16:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011313/posts WHAT do you call a surgeon who operates without scalpels, stitching tools or a powerful headlamp to light the patient’s insides? A better doctor, according to a growing number of surgeons who prefer to hand over much of the blood-and-guts portion of their work to medical robots controlled from computer consoles. Many urologists performing prostate surgery view the precise, tremor-free movements of a robot as the best way to spare nerves crucial to bladder control and sexual potency. A robot’s ability to deftly handle small tools may lead to a less invasive procedure and faster recovery for a patient. Robots... NY Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2011313/posts#comment Mon, 5 May 2008 04:58:23 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007522/posts Incan skull surgery By Bruce BowerApril 25th, 2008 Holes in ancient skulls reflect skilled medical careHealing Hole in the HeadANCIENT SURGERY A new analysis of ancient skulls reveals skills of Incan healers in cranial cutting.Valerie AndrushkoWhen Incan healers scraped or cut a hunk of bone out of a person’s head, they meant business. Practitioners of this technique, known as trepanation, demonstrated great skill more than 500 years ago in treating warriors’ head wounds and possibly other medical problems, rarely causing infections or killing their patients, two anthropologists find. Trepanation emerged as a promising but dangerous medical procedure by about 1,000... Science News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2007522/posts#comment Sun, 27 Apr 2008 02:32:58 GMT