Cochlear implant surgery helps people with severe hearing loss by placing an electronic device inside the inner ear. To reach the inner ear, surgeons must first remove part of a bone behind the ear, ...

New AI-based medical imaging method that can accurately predict the bone to be removed during cochlear implant surgery using only pre operative CT scans Cochlear implant surgery helps people with ...

Lasers cut precisely and without contact—ideal for surgery. The problem is that in hard tissues such as bone, they are too slow and do not cut deep enough. Researchers at the University of Basel have ...

Primary bone tumors, such as osteosarcoma, have seen stagnant survival rates over the past four decades. Surgical removal of the tumor is critical, but local recurrence may occur when tumours are ...

Italian surgeons had to reconstruct a man’s face using his leg bone after removing a massive 3-pound tumor on his jaw that was impeding his quality of life. “It is a demanding and complex operation,” ...