The history of cataract surgery over the past 40 years has seen a progression toward ever-smaller incisions. Now the profession seems poised for another step along that path, pushing the incision size ...

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Technological advances have enabled the use of minimally invasive surgery (MIS) in a broad range of surgical specialties in recent years. From early applications, such as arthroscopic meniscectomy and ...

AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--On February, 5, orthopaedic surgeon Thomas Ferro, MD, successfully performed a total knee replacement procedure using Insurgical single-use orthopaedic power tools.

In order to lay their eggs, female sawflies must cut into plants without killing their plant host. The plants then provide food for their developing larvae, so must be kept alive. The fly’s ...

One tool doesn't fit all when it comes to surgery. Pediatric surgeons know this all too well when it's time to operate on a baby. Some infants are born prematurely. Others have congenital defects — ...

In their article "Mathematics in Facial Surgery," Peter Deuflhard, Martin Weiser and Stefan Zachow, of the Konrad Zuse Zentrum, Berlin, describe the mathematical techniques they have used to assist ...