Scientists have performed the world’s first stem cell therapy on unborn babies with spina bifida, and every child in the trial was born healthy. The breakthrough could change how one of America’s most ...

For the first time ever, surgeons at National Taiwan University Hospital (NTUH) successfully performed a heart transplant in which the donor organ never stopped beating. This revolutionary procedure ...

The future of surgery is within reach. The first-ever augmented reality (AR) abdominal surgery was performed on March 11 in Santiago, Chile, by Dr. Alberto Rodriguez. A surgeon as well as the CEO of ...

A new prosthetic thumb surgery, the first of its kind performed in East Tennessee, has given a woman the use of her thumb back. The new technique has a shorter recovery time than other types of ...

DAKAR, Senegal--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Four-year-old Amadou was the first patient to receive a surgery on board the world’s largest civilian hospital ship, the Global Mercy® today. Born with one windswept ...

A Tulsa-area patient says robotic surgery dramatically reduced his recovery time from hernia surgery, as doctors say the technology is improving outcomes for many common procedures.