A Palestinian surgeon, a Jewish patient, a Nazi medical text — and an unlikely bond.
Tag: Surgery and Surgeons
Smokers Should Quit at Least 4 Weeks Before Surgery, W.H.O. says
In a new study, the health agency urges hospitals and surgeons to play a bigger role to help the world’s 1 billion smokers kick the habit.
Where Surgeons Don’t Bother With Checklists
In many poor countries, older surgeons resist being questioned, and operations are more often emergencies, which leaves less time to review checklists.
New Zealand Seeks Human Skin to Treat Volcano Burn Victims
The country’s need highlights a little-known type of organ donation.
Conjoined Twins, Linked at Skull, Are Separated in London Hospital
Safa and Marwa Ullah, who were born in Pakistan, were separated in a 50-hour series of operations at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
4 Women With Lives Scarred by Genital Cutting: Could a Surgeon Heal Them?
Over 200 million women and girls alive today have been circumcised. Four of them shared with The Times their pain, emotional trauma and sexual struggles — and their journey to feel whole.
He Performed Surgery in Romania, but Is He a Doctor?
An Italian man adopted a new name and set himself up in Bucharest as a cosmetic surgeon. Romanian officials say he was not authorized to practice medicine.
Guitarist Has Brain Surgery, and Strums All the Way Through
Musa Manzini, a jazz bassist, was awake and playing slowly as surgeons performed an “awake craniotomy,” which allowed them to remove a brain tumor without causing damage.