Surgery

Bone to fix! Doc creates spinal remedy for 80 percent of globe’s sufferers

Neurosurgeon Piotr Szydlik has developed a system of screws and rods which will provide stability to the spine while still allowing flexibility of movement. Dr Piotr Szydlik

The new  implants can be inserted in all regions of the spine and could help hundreds of millions of people worldwide who suffer from back pain.

Ninio the elephant proves to be a Zooperstar after having his only remaining tusk removed with power tools, chisels and hammers

It took vets especially flown in from South Africa five hours to deal with the 20-year-old Israeli-born African Elephant’s teeth and last tusk after it was discovered to be in “very bad condition.”

Docs reconstruct boy’s throat in ground-breaking transplant surgery

After swallowing toxic chemicals, the boy had to be fed directly via his intestines, breathed through a tracheostomy tube and never learned to speak. Now surgeons have carried out a world-first by completely rebuilding his internal organs.

Docs perform incredible 3-in-1 op to reconstruct man’s shattered face in ground-breaking surgery

Using a carefully designed implant based on the computed tomography of the healthy part of the man's face, a mirror image of his surviving bone structure was fashioned into a single polyethylene implant.

Doctors carry out ‘miracle’ surgery on boy born without eyes and nose

Warsaw surgeons took six hours to carry out the operation, the first stage in a process to reconstruct the boy’s face.

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