Surgery - Page 42

September 25, 2019

Pencil pierces girl's eye socket, narrowly misses her brain in terrifying injury: report

Her surgeon said it almost went through her forehead and "into her brain."

September 24, 2019

Grandma bitten by bug while gardening later loses legs, fingertips

She said she endured 60 surgeries during her eight-month hospital stay.

September 23, 2019

'Diehard' tanner left with hole in face after skin cancer diagnosis

She said she would tan up to six times per week.

September 19, 2019

Man’s foot severed in horrific motorcycle crash reattached during 7-hour surgery

A man whose left foot was completely severed from his leg during a horrific motorcycle crash will not lose the appendage thanks to doctors who worked tirelessly to reattach it. 

September 17, 2019

Man has 4-inch 'devil horn' removed from head

The man's barber had been shaving it down for him.

September 16, 2019

California man with 'Elephant Man' syndrome once joined circus, has had over 30 surgeries: 'I was dead inside'

At 47, Eddy Newton is now one of the oldest survivors of "Elephant Man" syndrome.

September 10, 2019

Drunk woman swallowed 6-inch spoon and forgot, report says

Fan said that if his patient had waited, or ignored the pain, the spoon could’ve caused ulcers or life-threatening infection.

September 9, 2019

Pressure cooker whistle shoots off, lodges into woman's skull

An Indian woman is now blinded in one eye after the whistle attached to a pressure cooker shot off the cooking device and lodged into her skull.

September 5, 2019

Surgeon separates patient’s skull from rest of skeleton in radical procedure

He cut through her mouth to separate her skull from the rest of her body before realigning her head and neck back to the original angle.

September 3, 2019

Illinois baby has 5-inch growth removed from neck hours after birth

By the time Bella-Rose was born on Aug. 27, the growth had reached over 5 inches in size, which left her father in shock.