Surgical

Daphne Keith was 107 years old when she went under general anaesthesia in Wollongong to partially replace her hip, the oldest Australian to have the surgery.

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So what’s wrong with textured implants? And Why is Allergan withdrawing them? Dr Ross Farhadieh, leading plastic surgeon, explains...

A 20-year study by Monash University researchers has demonstrated that lap-band surgery provides substantial weight loss to obese people for at least 20 years.

The devoted mother of Bhutan-born conjoined twins has confidence that Melbourne surgeons will be able to separate her beloved daughters. Devoted

The NSW Labor party wants new legislation to prevent people with only a bachelor of medicine from using the title of surgeon. A spike in botched

A device that can help restore hearing for those suffering chronic middle ear impairment has been successfully implanted for the first time in Queensland by Sunnybank Private

Trusted Surgeons, an online platform connecting patients with board certified plastic surgeons, has taken the bold move of becoming a ‘not for profit’. Trusted

A major new Australian research project using 3D implants and robotic surgery is set to radically advance the way physicians surgically treat tumours and bone cancer.

 Epworth HealthCare (Epworth) and Baxter Healthcare Pty Ltd (Baxter) are joining forces to divert an estimated 12 tonnes of hospital waste from landfill each year, with

A knee replacement should only be considered after all non-surgical treatments for osteoarthritis of the knee have failed, say health authorities.

By Lisa Yang and Toni Hains “A nurse practitioner is a registered nurse educated to a post graduate Masters level and authorised

QUT is spearheading the development of a new class of medical robotics that can see soft tissue, to make keyhole surgeries simpler, safer and cheaper.

An Auckland mum has safely returned home from Australia after becoming the first New Zealand woman to undergo in-utero spinal surgery for her unborn baby diagnosed with spina

An operating theatre on wheels is changing the face of day surgery in rural New Zealand. The 20m-long and 4.2m-high Mobile Health bus, which is 2.5m wide when

A US firefighter has received a full scalp and face transplant, including ears, nose, lips and upper and lower eyelids. A volunteer firefighter

More than 50 per cent of surgical operations are performed against a backdrop of music, but its safety has been questioned in a new study.

Patients waking up during surgery is more common than previously thought, a study has found. Many more people may be waking up during operations

A Danish study has cast doubts about the long term benefit of knee arthroscopy, saying the surgery is potentially harmful. The long-term benefits

Doctors in Houston have successfully performed the world's first partial skull and scalp transplant. Texas doctors have performed the world's