More people are having unnecessary gall bladder operations simply because surgeons find the new surgical techniques easier to perform. ...
Faulty surgery by inept and untrained doctors is leaving many fracture victims unnecessarily disabled, according to a UK report.
Keyhole surgery can trigger gallbladder cancer or cause it to recur, researchers have found. The procedure, known as laparoscopic cholecystectomy, which involves the removal of the gall bladder, c ...
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Angioplasty the surgical technique for unblocking arteries is not quite the modern wonder of the medical world it has been claimed to be. ...
The latest research shows that all the aggressive drugs and surgery thrown at heart attack victims is far less effective than comprehensive change of lifestyle. ...
New research from the UK has prompted calls for a curtailment of laparoscopic hernia repairs, in favour of general surgery. ...
Many surgeons believe that some organs in the body really aren’t necessary, so when things go wrong, they can be removed with no harm done. A common example of this is a cholecystectomy - surgical removal of the gallbladder. The gallbladder...
Angioplasty, fast becoming the operation of choice for those with a heart condition, is probably no more effective than the bypass surgery it is superceding. ...
