The Texas woman who suffered severe brain damage from surgical complications tied to plastic surgery in Mexico has died. TMZ reported Saturday that Laura Avila, 35, died just days after her family made the decision to move her to hospice care. She had been in…
Category: Surgery
Conjoined Twins Successfully Separated In 6-Hour Surgery
Twin sisters are recovering and sleeping apart for the first time in their 15 months of life after undergoing a six-hour separation surgery. Nima and Dawa Peldon, of Bhutan, were born joined at the torso and shared a liver, but as they grew it became…
Different Types of Procedures Offered By A General Dentist
Scheduling an appointment for the dentist is the first step to fighting oral health problems. A general dentist offers a variety of services to keep your teeth clean and your gums healthy. Your dentist uses instruments, radiographs and tests to check for an dental problem,…
NYPD Officers Help Save Man With Severed Arm After Chainsaw Mishap
Two NYPD officers are being credited with saving a man’s life after they found him profusely bleeding from a chainsaw mishap. Officers Amauris Rodriguez and Thomas Natoli were on patrol in the Bronx last Tuesday when they were flagged down by a speeding car. “He…
‘More Cures, Fewer Side-Effects’ With Pioneering Radiotherapy Machine
The first patient in the UK has been treated with a pioneering new radiotherapy machine. The MR Linac simultaneously scans tumours inside the body while delivering X-ray radiation beams. It means clinicians can plan and adjust radiotherapy in real time, allowing it to be more…
The Pathfinder Laser Simplifies BPH Surgery
Few people look forward to a trip to the operating room no matter how simple the procedure, so the option of minimally invasive surgery that can be done in the doctors office is very appealing to most people. The bph laser is a recently developed…
Boy With Deformed Legs Undergoes Life-Changing Surgery At Tebow Cure Hospital
An 11-year-old boy in the Philippines is recovering from a life-changing corrective surgery on his legs that was made possible by the Tim Tebow Foundation and CURE International. Aldrin, whose last name was not disclosed, was born with a severe leg deformity that left him…
Surgeons Reattach Teen’s Severed Arm After UTV Accident
A 13-year-old North Carolina boy is working to gain full-range of his left arm after a UTV accident left him with a severed limb. Tyler Hughes, who was out riding with friends in January when the vehicle’s roll bar landed on his arm, has undergone six…