A common knee operation meant to erase the nagging pain of a torn meniscus has just failed its longest and toughest test.

New research has found no evidence of a difference between recovery time and complications when comparing standard and keyhole surgical incisions for the treatment of esophageal cancer (cancer of the ...

Results from a study on bronchoscopic lung volume reduction and lung volume reduction surgery may aid medical professionals in selecting the best treatment for patients with emphysema. A recent study ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In a U.K. medical first, 40-year-old Ruvimbo Kaviya successfully underwent a procedure to remove a tumor through her eye socket.

How can camera images be used during minimally invasive surgeries to assess whether the operated organ is sufficiently perfused with blood? Scientists from the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) and ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - An enlarged prostate due to benign prostatic hyperplasia, or BPH, can be safely and effectively removed using a type of minimally invasive single-keyhole surgery, ...

Lorraine Kelly has shared a health update after undergoing surgery to remove her ovaries and fallopian tubes. The Scottish TV presenter, best known for hosting the ITV morning programme Lorraine, told ...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona playmaker Gavi will have keyhole surgery to treat a meniscus injury in his right knee, the club said Monday. Barcelona said the decision to have the procedure was ...

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Operations on the kidney can be performed safely via laparoscopy in elderly patients, even those older than 80 years of age, investigators report. Laparoscopic operations ...