Operated on the brain, he plays the violin to guide the surgeon
To ensure that the operation did not damage areas of the brain necessary for his profession as a musician, a ...
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Unusual: a doctor removed a cell phone from a prisoner’s stomach
It took a two-hour operation for surgeons to remove the cell phone stuck in the stomach of a detainee in ...
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Pope Francis has left the hospital: what is he suffering from?
Pope Francis spent ten days in hospital in Rome for a colon operation. THE ESSENTIAL In 80% of cases, diverticulitis ...
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Bariatric surgery: how are the patients doing ten years later?
Nearly twenty people confided in their state of health and their psychological state ten years after having undergone bariatric surgery. ...
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World Ovarian Cancer Day: “significant progress in treatment”
On the occasion of World Ovarian Cancer Day, Why Doctor collected the words of Dr. Jean-Claude Darmon, gynecological and breast ...
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Rupture of the cruciate ligaments: a new surgical technique proves its worth
A new operating technique has been proven to treat cruciate ligament ruptures. THE ESSENTIAL Thanks to this technique, the surgeon ...
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Melanoma: immunotherapy before surgery limits the risk of relapse
Administering immunotherapy just before an operation drastically eliminates any risk of relapse. This risk is almost nil if the patient's ...
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First in the USA: augmented reality used for knee surgeries
The surgeon was able to visualize the 3D models of the legs of his patients, with the diagrams of the ...
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European premiere in France: a robot performs a heart operation 100 kilometers away
Cardiologists have successfully performed coronary angioplasty more than 100 km away, between Rouen en Caen. An interesting process to overcome ...
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If you are elderly and your surgeon is celebrating his birthday, postpone the operation!
The mortality rate in a patient operated by a surgeon on his birthday is 6.9% in the 30 days following ...
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A block, surgeons assisted by … a pianist!
The care team was more relaxed. As for the patient, operated under general anesthesia, he reacted to the variations of ...
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Appendicitis: depending on the patient, it is better to favor antibiotics or surgery
A large randomized trial in the United States compared the effectiveness of treating appendicitis with surgery or taking antibiotics, and ...
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Coronavirus: a 6-month-old baby contracts the virus after heart surgery
A 6-month-old baby who has already had open-heart surgery has contracted Covid-19 in the UK. THE ESSENTIAL The baby girl ...
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Intrauterine tamponade by balloon would be effective in preventing bleeding after childbirth
Available since the early 1980s in the United States, this technique has proven effective in preventing maternal mortality. Giving life ...
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Surgeons warn of risks associated with knee surgery
The removal of the menisci, located in the knees, is an operation too often performed according to some surgeons. They ...
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India: A man with polycystic kidney disease has a 7.4 kg kidney removed
Suffering from polycystic kidney disease, a rare and incurable genetic disease, the 56-year-old man was operated on last month in ...
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United States: a patient “resuscitated” for the first time
The patient was placed in a state of near brain death for more than two hours.An unprecedented experiment was conducted ...
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Accelerated recovery after surgery, a way to make patients more independent
Increasingly in France, surgeons are implementing accelerated recovery after surgery (Raac). It allows the patient to return home more quickly, ...
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Siamese sisters successfully separated in Lyon
The two one-year-old Cameroonian girls were bound at the abdomen. Their operation, which took place on Wednesday, went “successfully”.It was ...
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Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: the message of hope from Clémence, 24 years old
Suffering from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, Clémence Gualy, a 24-year-old young man from Montpellier, told Why Doctor her moving testimony which is ...
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