rare surgery

More than 600 iron nails surgically removed from man's stomach in Bengal

The doctors claimed the operation was successful and the patient is stable.

Oct 31, 2017, 11:24 AM IST

Pune doctors perform surgery on baby's walnut sized heart

The newborn was born premature at 33 weeks at a hospital in Baramati and was suffering from extreme congenital heart defect.

Jun 02, 2017, 09:22 AM IST

Child with rare craniovertebral junction cured through complex surgery

According to doctors, such abnormalities can often prove to be life threatening as nerves inside the spinal cord leading to the brain and the brain stem get damaged or squeezed during surgery.

Apr 29, 2017, 18:35 PM IST

Doctors remove rare parasitic twin from 10-month-old girl's back

Doctors say parasitic twins - asymmetric conjoined twins in which one depends on the other's bodily functions -- are extremely rare.

Mar 26, 2017, 13:11 PM IST

Rare surgery enables bed-ridden lungs-spine cancer patient walk again

When Jiwan Chandra, from Pithorgarh, Uttarakhand, was brought to the team of doctors, he had a spinal fracture and was practically bed-ridden due to severe pain.

Jan 17, 2017, 22:35 PM IST

Haryana doctors perform rare wind pipe surgery on 3-year-old

Doctors said the child's entire trachea was reconstructed, using his own rib cartilage and folding the wind pipe on itself.

Oct 27, 2015, 18:16 PM IST