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Study: Surgeons could save lives, $20B by using checklist

Eight hospitals reduced the number of deaths from surgery by more than 40% by using a checklist that helps doctors and nurses avoid errors, according to a report released online today in the New...

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Surgeons remove healthy kidney through donor’s vagina

It is indeed an amazing first ever operation for kidney donation – using “natural opening surgery techniques”. CNN reports Although the procedure has been previously done to extract cancerous and...

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Video: 10 Gory Surgical Triumphs on YouTube

If Monday blues are getting to you, you might want to watch these 10 Gory Surgical Video Clips The most gory one IMO would be the Autopsy video (warning – it’s NSFW!) so make sure you’re not watching...

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VIDEO: Traumatic hand injury surgery

Not for the squeamish. Flickr videos stream quite well I must say. (via Unboundedmedicine) from the Malaysian Medical ResourcesVIDEO: Traumatic hand injury surgery

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Another “Miracle surgery” scam in Malaysia?

CyberSetan pointed out in this thread in the LowYat.net forums yet another possible medical scam in this country. The post details the alleged “doctor” and the nature of his practice which claims to...

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Brain surgery (funny video)

Got this video link from a twitter friend. It’s really funny considering we physicians know how some surgeons think they are God’s gift to mankind Anyway if any surgeon is reading this, it’s really...

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Dr. Who and another sad tale of quack surgery

Ms Forty5 relates this story in the MMR Forums Dr Who operates in a shophouse somewhere in ShahAlam. His klinik is busy with patients, new & follow-ups. Nurses swears by miracle treatment, don’t...

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Reading of the week: The Knife

We take a break from the usual medical news to point you to this beautiful essay “The Knife” by Richard Selzer. Here’s an excerpt: There is sound, the tight click of clamps fixing teeth into severed...

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Woman with liver cancer conned by “doctor”

The Star reports Desperate for a cure for cancer, a mother sought traditional help but her condition ended up far worse and she was RM4,000 poorer after being duped by a bogus medicine man. Ng Peck,...

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Featured site: Hand surgery manual

The Hand Surgery Manual is an online educational site which orthopaedic surgeons and trainees might find useful. It contains videos, lectures, podcasts, instructional cases making full use of the rich...

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Miracle bloodless, sutureless neurosurgery

This picture was sent to us by a medical practitioner It is photo of a purported bloodless and sutureless surgery done at a TCM clinic in KL for a brain tumour. We don’t have any details but be warned...

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Color-coded surgery

At TEDMED Quyen Nguyen demonstrates how a molecular marker can make tumors light up in neon green, showing surgeons exactly where to cut. pluginspace="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer"...

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