Few things are as complicated as surgery, and one of them is definitely brain surgery. Cracking through the skull and cutting right into what is arguably the most ...

CHICAGO -- An invention by a Northwestern University student is changing the way doctors perform brain surgery. Created by Casey Qadir, CEO of Hubly Surgical, and neurosurgeon Dr. Amit Ayer, the ...

A computer-driven automated drill, similar to those used to machine auto parts, could play a pivotal role in future surgical procedures. The new machine can make one type of complex cranial surgery 50 ...

CHISINAU, MoldovaOfficials at a hospital in Moldova are investigating a surgeon's claim that he had to use a handyman's drill to perform an operation because proper equipment was unavailable. Grigore ...

The installation of a cochlear implant is a tricky procedure, in which certain nerves may be damaged if the surgeon isn't sufficiently careful. A new "smart" surgical drill is designed to help, by ...

Dr. Demetrius Lopes snaked a thin wire with a tiny magnet on its tip into an artery in Paul Kelsey's groin and threaded it all the way up into his brain. Aided by a helmet-shaped magnet hung over ...

A 60-year-old woman undergoing dental implant surgery had to have her dentist's drill bit removed from her right lung after it fell into her mouth and she swallowed it, according to an article in the ...

A computer-driven automated drill, similar to those used to machine auto parts, could play a pivotal role in future surgical procedures. Researchers developed the drill that produces fast, clean, and ...