Surgery

From heart surgery to spinal tap: Physician ranks medical procedures by pain

Procedures that most commonly rate high on the pain scale involve bones and nerves, such as spinal fusion, open-heart surgery, and total knee replacement.

Anesthesia before surgery
 An illustrative image of surgeons conducting surgery.

January sets record for organ transplants in Israel with 54 procedures

Virtual reality headsets and dedicated haptic gloves, In3D.

The future is already here: Cancerous tumors removed using 3D technology

Thirteen pediatric and heart patients from Zambia are spending Christmas in Israel as part of SACH’s humanitarian medical program, which provides free cardiac surgery to children from developing countries.

Zambian children celebrate Christmas in Israel after Save a Child's Heart surgeries


Twin sisters spend $200,000 to turn themselves into Barbie dolls

British twins Daisy and Dolly Simpson have undergone extensive plastic surgery over 3 years with the hope of turning themselves into real-life dolls.

 What would you do in order to transform into a Barbie doll?

Jerusalem doctors carry out revolutionary AR robotic spinal surgery

Doctors at Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center used augmented reality and a surgical robot to carry out incredibly complex spinal surgery.

 Dr. Cezar Mizrahi is seen AR surgery at Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

Israeli teens are getting hooked on plastic surgery - report

Experts believe the rise in plastic surgery among Israeli youth can be partially attributed to unrealistic societal standards regarding beauty, which are amplified by social media.

 Cosmetic surgeries, such as rhinoplasty, are on the rise among Israeli youth.

Israeli surgeons save newborn baby from rare ovarian torsion

Ovarian torsion is the most common complication of an untreated ovarian cyst. It is an emergency that must be treated as quickly as possible.

 In the photo from left: Dr. Shai Porat; Dr. Dan Arbel; and Noa Ofek-Shloma’i, with the baby in her arms.

Five mistakes you make when enlarging your lips

Avoid these lip augmentation mistakes: silicone injection, lack of proportion, and underestimated recovery. Insights from Dr. Moshe Rosen.


Jordanian child receives life-changing surgery in Israel

Surgeons at Haifa’s Rambam Health Care Campus have this week performed very difficult but successful surgery on a seven-year-old girl from Amman.

 Surgeons at Haifa’s Rambam Health Care Campus have this week performed very difficult but successful surgery on a seven-year-old girl from Amman who was born with a severe and increasingly painful congenital deformity.

Gender affirming surgery performed for first time in northern Israel

The Galilee Medical Center conducted the gender affirming surgeries in collaboration with the Sheba Medical Center.

Medical staff at Galilee Medical Center after completing three gender affirmation surgeries.

Israeli doctors complete life-saving surgery in Ethiopia amid power cut

Finally, the power returned so they continued to work, and the operation ended successfully.

 When the lights went out, and then went on again, at St. Peter’s Hospital in Addis Ababa

Brain surgery performed in-utero saves baby's life after birth

The baby ended up being born in March and she did not need any medications or treatments since she was discharged.

 A gynecologist performs an ultrasound scan at Robert Karoly Private Hospital in Budapest, Hungary, July 4, 2019. Picture taken July 4, 2019.

Man with world's largest kidney stone wins Guinness World Record

The 1.76 pound kidney stone – roughly the same weight as five baseballs – is the largest kidney stone ever recorded.

 A kidney stone. These form from crystalized minerals in urine that cause severe pain when exiting the urinary tract (Illustrative).