Lasers cut precisely and without contact—ideal for surgery. The problem is that in hard tissues such as bone, they are too ...

Tens of thousands of Brits face having their hip and knee operations cancelled due to a global shortage of bone cement.

When a bone break is too severe to heal on its own, surgeons often rely on grafts or rigid metal implants — but both come with serious drawbacks. Now, researchers at ETH Zurich have created a ...

The Basel team modified its laser pulse from a Gaussian profile to a top-hat shape, theorizing that a beamshaping operation would prevent laser energy being consumed by the walls of the cut. A "capped ...

Campaigners say the news is a ‘crushing blow’ to patients waiting for surgeries ...

Collarbone surgery involves repairing a broken clavicle bone. Surgeons will try to realign the displaced bone and fix it in place to help it heal. People can usually return to their usual activities ...

Around 1,000 operations a week rely on the product as patients are warned delays are inevitable.

Cochlear implant surgery helps people with severe hearing loss by placing an electronic device inside the inner ear. To reach ...