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 ...
New Delhi, A 34-year-old Delhi woman who lost a portion of her thigh bone while shielding her infant during a road accident has regained the ability to walk after doctors reconstructed the missing ...
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, ...
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 ...
A research team from the Department of Orthopedics and Traumatology at the University of Hong Kong's LKS Faculty of Medicine (HKUMed) has successfully developed a novel elastic calcium phosphate ...
A bone regeneration device using bioactive materials pioneered by Querrey Simpson Institute for Regenerative Engineering at Northwestern University (QSI RENU) director Guillermo Ameer was recently ...