Find uplifting stories about heroes, innovations, and solutions
3 results for "minimally invasive surgery"
A decade-long study of nearly 1,900 patients found that a minimally invasive procedure works just as well as surgery for small kidney cancers, with faster recovery and fewer complications. Most patients go home the same day.
Spanish doctors have developed a groundbreaking way to fix failing mechanical heart valves using only a catheter, sparing high-risk patients from dangerous open-heart surgery. The first three patients are thriving six months later with fully restored heart function.
A 60-year-old woman walked into a Chennai hospital barely conscious with a ruptured brain aneurysm and walked out weeks later thanks to a groundbreaking wrist-based procedure. The innovative approach avoided open brain surgery and helped her recover faster.