This Wednesday, the Cantor Art Museum is launching a first-of-its-kind exhibit, “Inside Rodin’s Hands: Art, Technology, and Surgery.” This unique exhibit uses 21st Century technology …
Category: Surgery
Living long term with transplanted organs: One patient's story
Organ transplant has been a life-saving option for decades now, but its science is still evolving. One of the most pressing questions is why some …
Students launch Stanford Life Savers initiative to boost organ donation
In the United States, approximately 18 people die each day waiting for a life-saving organ transplant, and every 13 minutes a new name is added …
Innovative new treatment for those who can't swallow
Marjorie McFadden is not your typical 90-year-old. McFadden retired from her public-school job at the age of 85 and remained very social afterwards, regularly attending social gatherings …
Stanford general surgeon discusses the importance of surgery in global health care
In this recently posted TedxStanford talk, Sherry Wren, MD, a general surgeon at Stanford, offers some staggering statistics about surgery and global health. One particularly eye-opening …
Hope for those suffering from a rare throat disease
A story in today's San Francisco Chronicle highlights a new surgical approach for treating achalasia, a rare throat disease that affects the ability of the esophagus …
How orthopedic surgery straightened out one man's life
Scoliosis is a painful and debilitating condition that causes the spine of an individual to curve like an "S." For Jerry Stark, having degenerative scoliosis meant he …
Image of the Week: Skin cake
Last weekend, specialty bakers and pathologists from across the United Kingdom joined forces for a disease- and anatomy-themed cake festival at St Bartholomew's Pathology Museum at Queen …
Release of WWI medical records may help reconstruct historical developments in plastic surgery
An article that appeared in The Telegraph today announced the release of medical records documenting World War I plastic surgery operations on wounded British soldiers. Although …
Ed Gavagan speaks about his near-death experience and the medical expertise that saved his life
A new TEDMED video features the captivating and emotional story of speaker Ed Gavagan, who recalls his experience as the victim of random violence. In …
Family ties: One sister saves another with live liver donation
Organ transplantation is never simple, particularly when the procedure involves a living donor, and even more so when the transplant is being done on the liver. …
Surgeons use Kinect touch-based system in the operating room to navigate medical images
A handful of hospitals in the United Kingdom are partnering with Microsoft Research Cambridge to test the use of Xbox Kinect to view images such …
The trials of the plastic surgeon
Here's a very funny post from Keith Humphreys, PhD, over on The Reality-Based Community in which he recounts a rather awkward (overheard) dinner conversation: At …
A surprise message from Marilyn Monroe to her doctors
I missed this last Friday, but Letters of Note has an historical letter from Marilyn Monroe to her physicians written shortly before she had an …
Using fluorescent peptides to shine a light on tissues and tumors during surgery
Accidental damage to nerves during surgery can sometimes result in chronic pain, paralysis and other adverse events. To help surgeons be more precise, a group …
California hand-transplant patient talks about procedure and adjusting to life
Emily Fennell lost her right hand after it was crushed in a roll-over car accident five years ago. But last month she underwent a 14-hour …