The Technological advances in transplantation have enabled thousands of procedures that benefit organ and tissue recipients worldwide. Transplantation benefits patients who need solid organs, tissues and cells by means of the development and improvement of surgical techniques, inputs, equipment and immunosuppressive drugs needed to this therapy. The number of kidney transplant performed has increased significantly. […]

Total Knee and Total Hip replacements are highly successful operations that can dramatically improve the quality of life of a person riddled with end- stage arthritis. An increasing number of people are having these now as the technology and expertise has become easily available across our country. At the same time, the rapid expansion of […]

A new microscope could provide accurate real-time results during cancer-removal surgeries, potentially eliminating the 20 to 40 percent of women who have to undergo multiple lumpectomy surgeries because cancerous breast tissue is missed the first time around. When women undergo lumpectomies to remove breast cancer, doctors try to remove all the cancerous tissue while conserving […]

In 2002, when Tim Copeland was just 12 years old, he started having seizures and difficulty speaking. His physician in San Diego couldn’t figure out what the problem was. When Copeland eventually went to see a neurosurgeon in Escondido, California, he was diagnosed with cerebral cavernous malformation, a disorder of the blood vessels that causes […]

Nineteen years ago, I had a laminectomy, a major spine operation that removes a portion of the vertebral bone. I didn’t have any problems until this past year when I started experiencing intense back pain that would radiate down my legs all the way to my ankles. I tried taking over-the-counter pain relievers and tried […]

50-year-old woman suffered a cardiac arrest just before the surgery.When 50-year-old Saraswati Devi from Uttar Pradesh was revived on the operating table, 20 minutes after her heart stopped beating, it was nothing short of a miracle. On August 14, Devi, a resident of Sonebhadra district, was undergoing a bypass surgery at the Fortis Escorts Heart […]