Stories about: surgery  

Can treat some of the most troublesome bone fractures

On the bright side, the risk is very small and the simplest safety precautions can prevent transmission

A 21-year-old Chinese student can get back to her life

During the time it spent nestled inside the man's body, the worm grew to measure about 1 meter (3 feet) in length

Current treatments being what they are, this is a godsend

The new technology means surgeons can save patients who, until not long ago, had little or no hope of living

3D printed models helped plan for every eventuality

No more of those painful bone grafts to live through

The girl's mother took her to see a doctor after the girl started complaining about how her gums were hurting

The surgical intervention was carried out by 25 medical professionals, took well over 12 hours to complete

Kerisha Mark suffered from gigantomastia, eventually went to Houston’s best plastic surgeon when life became unbearable

The maggots are believed to have worked their way inside the man's body while he was living in Africa

Man discovers just how bad the condition of his spine is

They say it's all in the name of safer surgeries

Study finds people who undergo weight loss surgery can drastically reduce their risk to develop type 2 diabetes

His spinal marrow is no longer being choked

The man, who once suffered from arachnophobia, can now stand freakishly close to spiders, even touch them