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FDA: Be cautious before deciding on breast augmentation
In the United States, there are two types of breast augmentation bags that can be sold that contain saline and silicone gel. Both have silicon outer casing and come in v…
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American soldiers lose their armored limbs
Speaking at a press conference on Jan. 29, Brendan Marrocco, the name of the veteran, said he felt like he had regained himself after this rare surgery.
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Glue helps wound heal after surgery
Experts of the Institute of Medicine collaborated with scientists from NEFU Department of Biology and Geography, successfully studied a composition used to treat skin le…
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Breast reconstruction for breast cancer patients from pig graft tissue
Many breast cancer patients in the UK are benefiting from new breast reconstruction surgery, which is using grafting from pigs.
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Hundreds of men have to remove their breasts
According to experts' estimates, in the last five years, the number of men in the UK who had to undergo surgery to remove their oversized breasts has doubled.
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The boy with a tumor as big as a grapefruit made his heart nearly explode
A boy with a tumor in his left breast is as big as a grapefruit. Without timely surgery, this 19-year-old heart will explode.
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She was born with a heart outside her body
Girl Audrina Cardenas, from Houston (USA), has extremely rare ectopia cordis syndrome, causing her heart to grow outside her body.
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Russia successfully assembled the latest artificial heart valve model
Russian heart surgeons have successfully transplanted the world's latest artificial heart valve model by self-study and fabrication by scientists in the country.
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Natural breast production for breast cancer patients
Doctors at University of O 'Brien (Melbourne - Australia) used fat cells to successfully implant breast tissue for 5 women with breast cancer.
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Weight loss surgery can weaken bones
Gastric bypass surgery - often applied to obese patients but unable to lose weight by other measures - can weaken their bones, Australian scientists warn.
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Synthes Rib Matrix - new surgical method that helps fracture to recover quickly
Synthes Rib Matrix - a new surgical technique for treating rib fractures that British scientists have developed - is able to shorten the recovery time of patients and ca…
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Sweden implants the uterus from mother to child
The Swedish University of Gothenburg on September 18 said the two women in the country had received a new uterus over the weekend, in the world's first mother to daughte…
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The first liver-kidney concurrent transplant in Japan
At the press conference on September 2, Professor Takahito Yagi in charge of this organ transplant said:
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Surgical tumor from the womb
Jackson Memorial Hospital surgeons in Florida performed a complicated operation: They successfully separated a malignant tumor around the mouth of a child since its birt…
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Cartilage tissue from the nose can cure arthritis
Scientists at the University of Hospital, Basel (Switzerland) have found a new technique to treat arthritis. Accordingly, the cartilage tissue taken from the nose of the…