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Girls are saved by 3D heart
Doctors in the UK create 3D copies that simulate the defective heart of a two-year-old girl to find a solution before surgery to save her life.
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The first stem cell transplant performed successfully
A group of Japanese scientists on September 12 successfully implanted retinal cells developed from pluripotent stem cells (iPS) for a woman of about 70 years of age.
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New research confirms the economic effectiveness after cataract surgery
The study showed that, one year after cataract surgery, 17% of patients in Vietnam experienced less economic difficulties than before surgery.
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See artificial ear from human ribs
An English boy born without ears, was extremely happy to have implanted a pair of artificial ears born from his own ribs.
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3D prosthesis for 6 year old baby
The 6-year-old Alex Pring, who lives in Florida, USA, has just undergone a surgery to assemble the prosthetic parts that follow 3D printing technology, according to Reut…
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Treatment technique for patients with heart failure, mitral valve defects
A group of doctors from Upper Silesian Medical Center in the Polish city of Katowice on July 15 successfully performed a pioneering heart surgery.
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Diagnosis of mummies
Today if you have a hernia, the organs are in the wrong position, it can be easily solved by surgery. But in the seventeenth century, patients were very painful and easy…
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Biological heart rhythm by gene therapy
The implantation of a pacemaker into the body is a complicated, expensive and risky surgery, dangerous complication.
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The risk of replacing hip joints has biological cement
Biological cement (a chemical glue) used in hip replacement surgery is considered to be the cause of many patients' deaths.
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Hospital infections cause many dangerous complications
The level of toxicity, causing complications and deaths of hospital infections is higher than that of community infections.
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Newborn babies are saved by cow's heart
A boy born with 2 life-threatening heart holes survived miraculously by a cow heart.
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Gastrectomy - A solution for obese people with diabetes
US scientists have published a study that showed that surgery to remove part of the stomach or cut gastric flap is the most effective solution for obese patients with ty…
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Netherlands: Successfully implanted 3D skull for a woman
A 22-year-old Dutch woman suffers from a disease that causes her skull to thicken and squeeze her brain. Fortunately, she became the first person in the world to replace…
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The first patient in the world to install an artificial heart died
The first patient in the world to receive an artificial heart replacement died on March 3, 75 days after the operation in December 2013.