Conventional orthopedic surgery relies heavily on mechanical tools like saws, chisels, and drills to cut bone. While these ...

Lasers cut precisely and without contact—ideal for surgery. The problem is that in hard tissues such as bone, they are too ...

The Basel team modified its laser pulse from a Gaussian profile to a top-hat shape, theorizing that a beamshaping operation ...

Cochlear implant surgery helps people with severe hearing loss by placing an electronic device inside the inner ear. To reach ...

Campaigners say the news is a ‘crushing blow’ to patients waiting for surgeries ...

Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Fla., offers a minimally invasive procedure to stabilize bones weakened by metastatic cancer, a technique available at few U.S. centers. The photodynamic bone ...

Collarbone surgery involves repairing a broken clavicle bone. Surgeons will try to realign the displaced bone and fix it in place to help it heal. People can usually return to their usual activities ...

Francisco Lindor had the stitches removed from his hamate bone surgery this morning, which leaves him potentially days away ...