Hacker News with Generative AI: Surgery

Prostate cancer surgery breakthrough offers hope for erectile function (theguardian.com)
A more precise form of prostate cancer surgery nearly doubles the chances of men retaining erectile function afterwards compared with standard surgery, according to the first comprehensive trial of the procedure.
Prostate Cancer, Medicine, Health, Surgery
7 points by c420 10 days ago | 0 comments
Duke doctors perform first living mitral valve transplant (medicalxpress.com)
In a groundbreaking series of surgeries, doctors at Duke Health have successfully performed the world's first living mitral valve replacement, saving the lives of three young girls across North Carolina.
Medical Advancements, Heart Health, Surgery, Transplants
11 points by PaulHoule 17 days ago | 0 comments
Patients with long Covid regain sense of smell and taste with pioneering surgery (theguardian.com)
Doctors in London have successfully restored a sense of smell and taste in patients who lost it due to long Covid with pioneering surgery that expands their nasal airways to kickstart their recovery.
Medicine, Health, Long Covid, Treatment, Surgery
5 points by pseudolus 27 days ago | 1 comments
Surgery implants tooth material in eye as scaffolding for lens (cbc.ca)
When Brent Chapman’s doctor first pitched him on the idea of having one of his own teeth surgically embedded in his eye to restore his sight, he says he felt “a little apprehensive.”
Surgery, Medicine, Health, Eye Care
152 points by qkeast 34 days ago | 56 comments
First UK patient has tumour removed through eye socket (leedsth.nhs.uk)
Surgeons at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust have performed a groundbreaking procedure, removing a tumour through the eye socket.
Medical Innovations, Healthcare, Surgery
40 points by HieronymusBosch 71 days ago | 5 comments
No-hole surgery: no keyhole, yet surgeons can now still operate under your skin (2023) (nibib.nih.gov)
What if a clinician could 3D print something through your skin, constructing an implant or replacement organ underneath layers of tissue? The world of medicine would be transformed: a host of surgical procedures, which come with a variety of risks, could be performed without ever lifting a scalpel.
Medical Technology, 3D Printing, Surgery
107 points by aniijbod 88 days ago | 38 comments
'A brain tumour the size of a tennis ball came out my eyebrow' (bbc.com)
Pioneering surgery to remove large brain tumours through the eyebrows of patients has been successfully carried out in Scotland.
Medical Advancements, Surgery, Brain Tumors, Health
7 points by tartoran 159 days ago | 0 comments
Why Surgeons Are Wearing the Apple Vision Pro in Operating Rooms (time.com)
Twenty-four years ago, the surgeon Santiago Horgan performed the first robotically assisted gastric-bypass surgery in the world, a major medical breakthrough. Now Horgan is working with a new tool that he argues could be even more transformative in operating rooms: the Apple Vision Pro.
Medicine, Surgery, Apple, Technology, Augmented Reality
95 points by williamstein 165 days ago | 80 comments
Why Surgeons Are Wearing the Apple Vision Pro (time.com)
Twenty-four years ago, the surgeon Santiago Horgan performed the first robotically assisted gastric-bypass surgery in the world, a major medical breakthrough. Now Horgan is working with a new tool that he argues could be even more transformative in operating rooms: the Apple Vision Pro.
Surgery, Technology, Apple, Healthcare
19 points by isaacfrond 167 days ago | 2 comments
Why Surgeons Are Wearing the Apple Vision Pro in Operating Rooms (time.com)
Twenty-four years ago, the surgeon Santiago Horgan performed the first robotically assisted gastric-bypass surgery in the world, a major medical breakthrough. Now Horgan is working with a new tool that he argues could be even more transformative in operating rooms: the Apple Vision Pro.
Medical Technology, Augmented Reality, Surgery, Apple, Healthcare
10 points by goldenskye 169 days ago | 0 comments
Man, 70, dies after Florida surgeon removed liver instead of spleen (globalnews.ca)
Medical Error, Florida, Health, Surgery
11 points by pinewurst 208 days ago | 1 comments
What It's Like to Remove a Brain Tumor (wsj.com)
Health, Medicine, Surgery
6 points by nradov 230 days ago | 2 comments
Surgeons Cut a Giant Tumor Out of My Head. Is There a Better Way? (bloomberg.com)
Medical Procedures, Health, Surgery
129 points by melling 231 days ago | 71 comments
Sony unveils advanced microsurgery assistance robot (aiacceleratorinstitute.com)
Robotics, Medicine, Surgery
40 points by andrewfromx 299 days ago | 8 comments
Real-time AI using scalable non-expert crowdsourcing in colorectal surgery (nature.com)
AI, Healthcare, Surgery, Crowdsourcing, Medical Research
22 points by zachwdc 335 days ago | 4 comments