Search results for: surgery
Doctors treat woman who swallowed 55 AA and AAA batteries
9-19-2022 |
16
The incident, which was evidently an act of self harm, has been described by doctors as a world first.
Skeleton of earliest known amputee discovered in Borneo
9-8-2022 | 16
The 31,000-year-old skeleton is believed to be the earliest known evidence of surgical intervention.
Man attempts to perform nose job... on himself
7-31-2022 | 7
Unable or unwilling to get it done professionally, one Brazilian man decided to take matters into his own hands.
Australian woman wakes up with Irish accent
VIDEO 5-12-2021 | 15
A woman from Australia who underwent tonsil surgery woke up to find that her accent had completely changed.
Doctors find dentures lodged in man's throat
8-13-2019 | 4
A man who experienced difficulty swallowing after surgery was found to have inhaled his own false teeth.
Man's chest catches fire during heart surgery
6-3-2019 | 13
Surgeons managed to accidentally set a man's chest cavity on fire during an operation in Australia.
'Head transplant' surgeons claim progress
3-31-2019 | 20
Two controversial surgeons aiming to transplant a human head have reported spinal surgery success in animals.
Scientists repair mutations in human embryos
9-29-2017 | 9
For the first time ever, a method known as 'chemical surgery' has been used to fix a faulty human gene.
Hypnotized patients undergo brain surgery
1-1-2016 | 7
Hypnosis has been found to be a viable alternative to anesthesia for patients undergoing brain surgery.
Embryonic twin found inside student's brain
4-26-2015 | 16
26-year-old Yamini Karanam had been undergoing neural surgery when her unborn twin was discovered.
Man finds car turn signal lodged in his arm
1-2-2015 | 12
Arthur Lampitt discovered that the bizarre object had been embedded in his left arm for over 51 years.
Accidental awareness or alien abduction ?
11-12-2014 | 14
Could a patient who awakens during surgery later believe that they had been abducted by aliens ?
Woman becomes 'hyper empath' after surgery
8-12-2014 | 21
A woman who underwent a brain operation is now believed to possess a heightened sense of empathy.
Boy has 232 teeth removed during surgery
7-24-2014 | 22
A rare medical condition saw a 17-year-old develop large numbers of teeth around a benign tumor.
Man is born with his heart in his abdomen
8-23-2013 | 12
Huang Rongming has undergone surgery to address a very rare case of congenital heart displacement.
Doctor offers surgical palmistry services
7-17-2013 | 15
A new trend in Japan is seeing people having surgery done on their palms to influence their reading.
Man attempts DIY hernia surgery
7-27-2011 | 18
A 63-year-old man made headlines this week by trying to fix his own hernia using a butter knife.
Author plans Shakespeare plastic surgery
4-23-2011 | 9
Best-selling author Zhang Yiyi is to have plastic surgery in order to look like William Shakespeare.
Sci-fi fans undergo surgery for elvish ears
4-8-2011 | 42
A new craze is seeing fans of Middle Earth having their ears sculpted to look like an elf.
Woman attacked by her own hand
1-30-2011 | 19
A woman who lost control of her left hand after surgery to cure her epilespy shares her story.
