Surgery

Weight-loss surgery may halve risk of death in adults

Weight loss is achieved by reducing the size of the stomach with a gastric band or through removal of a portion of the stomach (sleeve gastrectomy or biliopancreatic diversion with duodenal switch) or by resecting and re-routing the small intestine to a small stomach pouch or (Roux-en-Y gastric bypass(RYGB)surgery).

Jan 17, 2018, 16:29 PM IST

Obese people more likely to suffer from disability after joint surgery

Researchers calculated that obese joint surgery patients had a 35 percent higher risk of dependence after surgery.

Jan 10, 2018, 17:59 PM IST

Boy, who lost 22 litres of blood due to hookworms, now cured

According to doctors, the boy was referred to Sir Ganga Ram Hospital (SRGH) in August last year with complaints of passage of blood in his stool.

Jan 09, 2018, 09:08 AM IST

Weight-loss surgery may cut heart disease risk among adolescents

The study, published in the online journal Pediatrics, was conducted over 242 adolescents who were diagnosed with heart risk factors at the baseline.

Jan 08, 2018, 18:52 PM IST

AIIMS doctors successfully remove ice pick lodged in man's chest

Surgeons pulled out the ice pick by performing VATS (video-assisted thoracic surgery), which is a type of minimally invasive thoracic surgery.

Dec 31, 2017, 15:09 PM IST

UK surgeon pleads guilty of branding patients' livers with his initials

While 53-year-old Simon Bramhall admitted to assault, he pleaded not guilty to charges of assault causing actual bodily harm.

Dec 14, 2017, 14:27 PM IST

This 'black box' recorder can measure surgeons' proficiency

To measure the recorder's ability, four basic prostate surgery steps were analysed. Data from 100 procedures performed by both novice and expert surgeons were recorded.

Dec 12, 2017, 17:46 PM IST

World's largest reported cyst removed from 5-year-old girl in Jaipur

Only 56 cases of GCC have been reported across the world. The largest was reported from Canada in 2016 measuring 17mm.

Dec 04, 2017, 13:54 PM IST

Indian doctors successfully perform first ever kidney transplant in Tanzania

The doctors also acknowledged the support of a team of doctors at Muhimbili National Hospital in conducting the surgery.

Nov 28, 2017, 08:31 AM IST

Doctors remove 263 coins, 100 nails from man's stomach in MP

The operation was performed at Sanjay Gandhi Hospital in Satna, Madhya Pradesh wherein a whopping 7kg of foreign objects were removed from Khan's stomach.

Nov 26, 2017, 19:12 PM IST

India can become second largest market for robotic surgery

India currently has over 50 surgical robots and a pool of over 300 trained robotic surgeons and an estimated 700 robotic-assisted surgeries a month are conducted in the country.

Nov 19, 2017, 16:21 PM IST

Robotic surgery has picked up pace in India: Study

With over 50 surgical robots and a pool of over 300 trained robotic surgeons in India, an estimated 700 robotic surgeries a month are conducted in the country.

Nov 17, 2017, 19:25 PM IST

Migraine is treatable. AIIMS, Army doctors propose method

They have arrived at this conclusion after follow-up results of 30 patients who underwent surgery and out of them, 14 felt completely fine in a span of a year.

Nov 13, 2017, 13:53 PM IST

Will decide if I need surgery or not, says injured Sania Mirza

Sania, the country's finest woman doubles player, who began the year with the number one ranking, closed it at number 9.

Nov 12, 2017, 11:54 AM IST

Chinese doctors to conduct 500 free eye surgeries in Pakistan

This is in pursuance of the collaboration of the medical associations of the two countries to strengthen the Pakistan-China medical corridor, says an expert.

Nov 09, 2017, 12:33 PM IST