In The Pitt Episode 6 “12 PM,” eager intern Dr. Trinity Santos ( Isa Briones) finally gets her chance to attempt a chest tube. The most ambitious and ruthless character in the new MAX medical drama ...

To do this, raise the fascia and then release it under direct vision with scissors or an inverted scalpel. Note that some surgeons extend the skin incision past the ulnar chevron at the start of ...

Right before the procedure, the surgeon says, “Relax, Jim. It’s just a small scalpel incision. No reason to panic.” Confused, the patient replies, “but doctor, my name isn’t Jim.” ...

Allison Ciaccio had a respiratory illness that wouldn't go away. Repeated follow-ups found Stage I lung cancer.

Abstract: The assessment of surgical skill is crucial for indicating a surgeon's proficiency. While motion analysis of surgical tools is widely used in endoscopic surgery, it is not commonly applied ...

Changing Surgery As long as medicine has been practiced, surgery has been a key tool for doctors to cure countless ailments and save lives from traumatic injuries. Until recently, surgery tools have ...

Review: Emilie Blichfeldt's feminist body horror fairytale 'The Ugly Stepsister' isn't more than skin deep, but it's ...

Four types of surgery are commonly used for osteitis pubis, which may be performed laparoscopically (using a lighted scope and small incisions) or with traditional open surgery (using a scalpel ...

The greatest advances in surgery of the era were detailed by Al-Zahrawi who invented a wide range of instruments: forceps, pincers, scalpels ... procedures such as incisions, setting fractures ...

And it’s extremely effective at preventing pregnancy — almost 100%. There are two types of vasectomies: the incision method, and the no-scalpel (no-cut) method. No-cut methods lower the risk of ...