Either a tiny incision of about five millimetres or a wound measuring quite a few centimetres: It is rather obvious which method is more gentle. However, minimal invasive surgery is not always the ...

Many of us are familiar with arthroscopic surgery. These are common surgeries performed in the knee, shoulder, or hip where a surgeon places a thin tube with a small camera at the end, also simply ...

Breaking new ground in what many surgeons consider the next frontier in minimally invasive surgery, Yale School of Medicine and Yale-New Haven Hospital surgeon Kurt Roberts, M.D., successfully ...

Bunions may appear as if they’re just a simple swelling on the side of the foot, but they’re a lot more complex than they look. A bunion is a full-on foot deformity caused by a shift in the foot’s ...

When surgery is required for the treatment of gynecologic conditions, women today have more options than ever before, with a growing emphasis on minimally invasive procedures – for good reason. At ...

A variety of minimally invasive techniques can remove genitourinary tumors. There was a time when open surgery was a given for certain genitourinary (GU) cancers — those of the bladder, kidney, ...

BOSTON — Coaxial microincision cataract surgery proved safer and more effective in a study group than conventional cataract surgery up to 1 month postop, a speaker said here. Rosa Braga-Mele, MD, ...

It is possible for cosmetic surgeons to treat ptosis without using incisions or manipulating the levator muscle, according to one ophthalmologist. Essam A. El Toukhy, MD, FRCOph, deputy director of ...

To assess the efficacy and predictability of a minimal incision posterior approach levator plication technique for correction of involutional ptosis. Forty-four lids of 27 patients were included.

Dr. McCarthy answers the question: 'Bypass Incision -- Size And Appearance?' — -- Question: How big is the incision for bypass surgery and how noticeable will it be after surgery Answer: Bypass ...