A Toronto plastic surgeon who may be filming patients in states of undress without their consent is being investigated by both the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario and the province’s privacy commissioner following a Marketplace investigation.
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‘An unspoken injury of war:’ U.S. surgeons perform extensive penis transplant
Johns Hopkins University surgeons rebuilt man’s entire pelvic region, transplanting a penis, scrotum and part of the abdominal wall from a deceased donor after ‘an unspoken injury of war.’
No, ‘Grey’s Anatomy,’ Surgeons Can’t Take Selfies in the Operating Room
Someone having a stomach full of worms is totally possible, though. https://media.wired.com/photos/5aa8371ef156f371db608ecb/master/pass/MedicalShows-GreysAnatomy.jpg
Researchers testing fluorescent dyes that make cancer cells glow and easier for surgeons to remove
Fluorescent dyes are being tested to make cancer cells light up so doctors can cut them out and give patients a better shot at survival — an advance that soon may transform how hundreds of thousands of operations are done each year.
Selfies distort face’s appearance, plastic surgeons warn
At 30 centimetres away, selfies increased nasal size by 30 per cent in males and 29 per cent in females. At 1.5 meters, however, the proportion of features is to real-life scale, plastic surgery researchers say.
Nails, screws & latches: Russian surgeons remove 152 objects from elderly woman’s stomach (PHOTO)
Published time: 26 Dec, 2017 23:04 Surgeons in the Russian Republic of Buryatia were shocked to discover 152 foreign objects, including nails, screws and latches, inside the stomach of a 74-year-old woman. The doctors at Semashko Republican Hospital in Ulan-Ude, located 100 km southeast of Lake Baikal, opted for an endoscopy to reveal the reasons […]
Here’s how the tax bill will affect people in different jobs, from bakers making $20,000 to surgeons making $250,000
Martin H. Simon – Pool/Getty Images • US President Donald Trump just signed the GOP’s enormous tax overhaul into law. • The plan is expected to boost take-home pay for most Americans — but not by much. • Career site Zippia broke down how the final tax bill could affect take-home pay in 2018 for people in […]
Surgeons find never-before-seen parasite in body of defector who was shot 5 times while escaping North Korea
REUTERS/Lee Jin Woo The North Korean defector who was shot five times while running across the border to South Korea has been found riddled with parasites, one of which has never before been seen in the country. North Korean defectors often come over to South Korea with parasites, once with more than 30 types of […]
Surgeons repair spina bifida in fetus for first time in Canada, hospitals say
For the first time in Canada, a team of surgeons has successfully performed in-utero surgery to repair a form of spina bifida, two Toronto hospitals say. CBC | Health News
FDA-approved robot assistant gives surgeons force feedback
Surgeons are trained to accurately operate on you when you need it, but robotic assistants could help them get to hard-to-reach areas and boost their accuracy even more. Senhance, the robotic surgical assistant that has just earned the FDA’s approval, was designed to accomplish both of those. The machine can help surgeons carry out minimally […]