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Understanding the Stages of Prostate Cancer: What Every Man Should Know
The TNM staging approach, which stands for tumour, nodes, and metastasis, is the most widely used method for staging prostate cancer.
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US Surgeons Transplant Pig Kidney To Patient In World First
A team of surgeons have successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a living patient for the first time, Massachusetts General Hospital said Thursday.
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Doctor Performs Lung Transplant In Chennai Despite Getting Hurt In Pune Accident
A cardiothoracic surgeon suffered injuries in an accident while travelling with a medical team in ambulance carrying harvested lungs from a hospital for transplant on a patient in Chennai and performed the lifesaving surgical procedure hours later.
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US Army Veteran Regains Sight After World's First Eye Transplant In New York
Doctors in New York have conducted what they claim to be the first-ever complete eye transplant on a man, though the restoration of his vision remains uncertain.
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"Tremendous Feat": World's First Whole Eye Transplant Performed In US
A team of surgeons in New York said Thursday they had performed the world's first transplant of an entire eye in a procedure described as a medical breakthrough, although it isn't yet known whether the patient will actually regain his sight.
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US Surgeons Transplant Pig Kidney In Brain-Dead Human In 61-Day Experiment
US surgeons who transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a brain-dead patient announced Thursday they had ended their experiment after a record-breaking 61 days.
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Cats Get Second Chance At Life As Surgeons Perform Kidney Transplant
The demand for advanced veterinary care is rising as pet ownership has surged over the last 30 years.
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Surgeons In France Successfully Transplant Nose Grown On Woman's Arm To Her Face
Surgeons in France have successfully grown a nose on a woman's arm and transplanted it on her face after she lost a large portion of her own during cancer treatment.
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Why "Hurry To Arrest Highly Qualified Doctors": High Court To Pune Cops
The Pune police on Tuesday told the Bombay High Court that it will not arrest or take any coercive action against a robotic surgeon and three other doctors of a private hospital who were named in an FIR earlier this year.
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Disgraced Surgeon Defends Windpipe Transplants At Swedish Trial
An Italian surgeon once hailed for pioneering windpipe surgery but now charged with assault told a Swedish court Thursday the experimental procedures were the result of "teamwork" and that he just wanted to save lives.
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Italian Surgeon On Trial In Sweden Over Windpipe Transplants
An Italian doctor who made headlines for pioneering windpipe surgery went on trial in Sweden on Wednesday, charged with assault for performing the experimental procedure.
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In a First, US Surgeons Successfully Implant Pig Heart in Human
US surgeons have successfully implanted a heart from a genetically modified pig in a 57-year-old man, a medical first that could one day help solve the chronic shortage of organ donations.
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In Transplant Breakthrough, Pig Kidney Attached to Human Successfully
Surgeons have successfully attached a pig kidney to a human in a breakthrough case of animal-to-human transplant.
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Pig Kidney Works In Human For 1st Time; "Potential Miracle," Says Surgeon
A US medical team has succeeded in temporarily attaching a pig's kidney to a person, a transplant breakthrough hailed as a "potential miracle" by the surgeon who led the procedure.
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Surgeon Behind World's-First Face And Hand Transplants Dies At 80
A pioneering French surgeon who undertook the world's first successful hand and face transplants has died at the age of 80, a friend told AFP on Sunday.
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Understanding the Stages of Prostate Cancer: What Every Man Should Know
The TNM staging approach, which stands for tumour, nodes, and metastasis, is the most widely used method for staging prostate cancer.
-
US Surgeons Transplant Pig Kidney To Patient In World First
A team of surgeons have successfully transplanted a pig kidney into a living patient for the first time, Massachusetts General Hospital said Thursday.
-
Doctor Performs Lung Transplant In Chennai Despite Getting Hurt In Pune Accident
A cardiothoracic surgeon suffered injuries in an accident while travelling with a medical team in ambulance carrying harvested lungs from a hospital for transplant on a patient in Chennai and performed the lifesaving surgical procedure hours later.
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US Army Veteran Regains Sight After World's First Eye Transplant In New York
Doctors in New York have conducted what they claim to be the first-ever complete eye transplant on a man, though the restoration of his vision remains uncertain.
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"Tremendous Feat": World's First Whole Eye Transplant Performed In US
A team of surgeons in New York said Thursday they had performed the world's first transplant of an entire eye in a procedure described as a medical breakthrough, although it isn't yet known whether the patient will actually regain his sight.
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US Surgeons Transplant Pig Kidney In Brain-Dead Human In 61-Day Experiment
US surgeons who transplanted a genetically modified pig kidney into a brain-dead patient announced Thursday they had ended their experiment after a record-breaking 61 days.
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Cats Get Second Chance At Life As Surgeons Perform Kidney Transplant
The demand for advanced veterinary care is rising as pet ownership has surged over the last 30 years.
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Surgeons In France Successfully Transplant Nose Grown On Woman's Arm To Her Face
Surgeons in France have successfully grown a nose on a woman's arm and transplanted it on her face after she lost a large portion of her own during cancer treatment.
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Why "Hurry To Arrest Highly Qualified Doctors": High Court To Pune Cops
The Pune police on Tuesday told the Bombay High Court that it will not arrest or take any coercive action against a robotic surgeon and three other doctors of a private hospital who were named in an FIR earlier this year.
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Disgraced Surgeon Defends Windpipe Transplants At Swedish Trial
An Italian surgeon once hailed for pioneering windpipe surgery but now charged with assault told a Swedish court Thursday the experimental procedures were the result of "teamwork" and that he just wanted to save lives.
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Italian Surgeon On Trial In Sweden Over Windpipe Transplants
An Italian doctor who made headlines for pioneering windpipe surgery went on trial in Sweden on Wednesday, charged with assault for performing the experimental procedure.
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In a First, US Surgeons Successfully Implant Pig Heart in Human
US surgeons have successfully implanted a heart from a genetically modified pig in a 57-year-old man, a medical first that could one day help solve the chronic shortage of organ donations.
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In Transplant Breakthrough, Pig Kidney Attached to Human Successfully
Surgeons have successfully attached a pig kidney to a human in a breakthrough case of animal-to-human transplant.
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Pig Kidney Works In Human For 1st Time; "Potential Miracle," Says Surgeon
A US medical team has succeeded in temporarily attaching a pig's kidney to a person, a transplant breakthrough hailed as a "potential miracle" by the surgeon who led the procedure.
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Surgeon Behind World's-First Face And Hand Transplants Dies At 80
A pioneering French surgeon who undertook the world's first successful hand and face transplants has died at the age of 80, a friend told AFP on Sunday.
