#Surgery

Orthopaedic patients in Cyprus can now access robot-assisted joint replacement surgery through the public health system, following the installation of the Cori surgical system at Nicosia General Hospital, Okypy announced ...

For the first time ever in a human, doctors have performed coronary artery bypass grafting without having to cut through the patient’s chest, similar to how many aortic valve ...

An operation to surgically implant a bionic hand prosthesis on a 45-year-old patient has been successfully completed at the American Medical Centre, giving him the chance to regain a functional ...

By Antonis Glykis and Christina Avgousti From fuller lips to BBLs (Brazilian Butt Lifts), patients seek the perfect celebrity/influencer-inspired look. However, when reality falls short of expectations, the red-carpet ...

The north’s ‘prime minister’ Unal Ustel underwent abdominal surgery on Saturday after having been admitted to hospital with complaints of “severe abdominal pain” on Friday. Doctors at the private ...

A man is suing a doctor and the hospital at which he was treated after undergoing an operation on his left knee when he had intended to undergo an operation ...

Tiger Woods said he underwent successful surgery on his lower back on Friday that he hopes will reduce the back pain and spasms that hindered him this season. Woods, 48, underwent ...

The Cyprus Turkish Medical Association (KTTB) said on Monday it had received numerous complaints regarding cosmetic procedures performed by unqualified people. They said the complaints pertained to procedures such as ...

Pope Francis’ overall condition is progressively improving and his post-surgical recovery is normal, allowing him to get out of bed, be detached from intravenous tubes and resume handling some Church ...

The Euro-Mediterranean Conference on Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery (MEDomfs23) will be held in Limassol, next September and keynote speakers and participants include scientists of high calibre in the field from ...

Public hospitals will be equipped with three new surgical beds within 60 days as the tender and procurement process have been completed. In response to the news that the operating theatre ...

The four pillars of medical ethics should hold firm under a national health service According to the Modern Hippocratic Oath there is art to medicine. It is the gift of ...

The health ministry on Thursday decided the cancellation of all scheduled non-urgent surgeries, and also commandeered bed capacity in private healthcare facilities – measures taken in anticipation of a potential surge ...

An autopsy was carried out on Thursday on the body of a six-year-old boy who had died a day earlier after undergoing heart surgery at a private clinic in Nicosia. ...

A six-year-old died on Wednesday morning following a surgery at a private clinic in Nicosia, a source close to the matter confirmed. The surgery reportedly took place on Tuesday and ...

The state health services (Okypy) is postponing all non-urgent operations in anticipation of a rise in hospital admissions as a result of the recent surge in coronavirus case, spokesman Charalambos ...

Pope Francis returned to the Vatican on Wednesday, 11 days after surgery to remove part of his colon, starting a period of near-total rest and rehabilitation expected to last at least ...

Pope Francis is alert, breathing without assistance, and in a good overall condition following surgery to remove part of his colon, the Vatican said on Monday. The 84-year-old pope is ...

President Nicos Anastasiades has been discharged from a private hospital after Friday’s successful minor spinal surgery. The president was discharged on Saturday morning after remaining in hospital overnight for ...

President Nicos Anastasiades successfully underwent a minor spinal operation on Friday, government spokesperson Kyriakos Koushos said on Friday. The president is feeling well and will remain in hospital until tomorrow ...