Jolie’s Double Mastectomy Not Always a Lifesaver
Tickingtimebombsblog.com(LOS ANGELES) — Rachel Joy Horn’s breasts were ticking time bombs. She lost trust in her body and no longer felt comfortable in her own skin.That is how she felt, she said, when her doctor broke the news to her that she’d teste…
Kobe Bryant Has Successful Surgery to Repair Achilles’ Tendon
Ronald Martinez/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Kobe Bryant’s surgery to repair a torn Achilles’ tendon was successful, however the Los Angeles Lakers star will be sidelined for at least six to nine months as he recuperates, the team and docto…
Kevin Love Out 8-10 Weeks With Broken Hand
Minnesota Timberwolves/NBA(MINNEAPOLIS) — Minnesota Timberwolves forward Kevin Love is expected to miss eight to ten weeks after finding out he will require surgery on his broken right hand, the team announced Wednesday.Love, who broke the same han…
Surgeons Still Make Preventable Mistakes
Image Courtesy The Turkewitz Law Firm(NEW YORK) — There are certain mistakes that should never happen to you during surgery. The surgeon should never accidentally leave a sponge in your body after he sews you up, perform surgery on the wrong pa…
Mandela Undergoes an Operation to Remove Gallstones
Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images(JOHANNESBURG) — Former South African President Nelson Mandela is not only recovering from a lung infection, but also from a surgery on Saturday morning to remove gallstones.The 94-year-old anti-apartheid hero was flown to an…
Heart Surgeon Gives Patients Infection When Glove Rips
Jochen Sand/Thinkstock(LOS ANGELES) — A heart surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center accidentally gave cardiac infections to five patients because his latex gloves tore during surgery, hospital officials confirmed.Of the five patients who were diagnos…
Hugo Chavez to Undergo Third Cancer Surgery, Names Successor
Sasha Mordovets/Getty Images(NEW YORK) — Venezuela’s president Hugo Chavez, 58, announced Saturday night on state television that his pelvic cancer had “returned” and that he is heading to Cuba on Sunday to undergo surgery in the coming days. Chavez h…
Brooke Burke-Charvet Recovering After Cancer Surgery
Frazer Harrison/Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Dancing with the Stars co-host Brooke Burke-Charvet says she has undergone surgery to remove a cancerous thyroid and is recovering well.”Thank God it’s over. I’m clean, surgery went well and I can talk…
Baby Born with Heart Outside Her Chest Saved by Surgery
Photodisc/Thinkstock(HOUSTON) — Five weeks ago, Audrina Cardenas was born with her heart outside her body. The condition is usually fatal. But Audrina has survived, and doctors are hopeful after they performed surgery to tuck her heart back where it b…
Post-Surgery Baby Pic Goes Viral
Joseph Powling / Facebook(NEW YORK) — Three-month-old Joey Powling is the latest Internet meme, thanks to his cool smirk just five days after open-heart surgery.The baby best known to the world as “Ridiculously Good-Looking Surgery Baby” w…
Packers Receiver Greg Jennings Will Have Surgery
Jeff Gross/Getty Images(GREEN BAY, Wis.) — Green Bay Packers receiver Greg Jennings will have surgery Tuesday to repair a torn abdominal muscle. There has been no timetable set on his return, but usually it takes pro athletes three to six weeks to r…
Death After Surgery May Be More Common Than We Think
Keith Brofsky/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — In 2006, an otherwise healthy 53-year-old Ezekiel C. Mobley Jr. underwent routine surgery to remove an infected appendix. A Los Angeles native, he was planning to get back to hosting Pittsburgh’s first Spanish-spea…
Baby Needs Surgery After Swallowing Expanding Ball
Keith Brofsky/Thinkstock(NEW YORK) — Little kids have been in the news for swallowing magnetic “Bucky Balls” and detergent pods. And now there’s a case report of an 8-month-old baby girl named Aunraya, who was brought to Texas Children’s Hospital beca…
Paul Undergoes Successful Thumb Surgery
Andrew D. Bernstein/NBAE via Getty Images(LOS ANGELES) — Los Angeles Clippers point guard Chris Paul had successful surgery on a torn ligament in his right thumb Tuesday, the team announced.
The surgery was performed by Dr. Steven Shin, a hand special…
Meszaros Undergoes Achilles Surgery
Bruce Bennett/Getty Images(PHILADELPHIA) — Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Andrej Meszaros had surgery Tuesday to repair a torn right Achilles tendon.
“Andrej was injured last week during summer training in Slovakia,” Flyers general manager Paul Holmgr…
Rare Spinal Surgery Cuts Chronic Pain for Wounded Marine
Jupiterimages/Thinkstock(BETHESDA, Md.) — Mark Burleson awoke to unimaginable pain a month after the bomb he had been disarming detonated in his hands.”My injuries were extensive, to say the least,” said the 31-year-old Marine staff sergeant, who had …
Boston Mayor Recovering from Droopy Eyelid Surgery
Paul Marotta/Getty Images(BOSTON) — Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is recovering from surgery to lift his droopy eyelids, his office said.Menino, 69, was diagnosed with dehiscence ptosis, a condition caused by the slow stretching of tiny tendons that hold…
Boston Mayor Undergoing Droopy Eyelid Surgery
Paul Marotta/Getty Images(BOSTON) — Boston Mayor Thomas Menino is undergoing surgery today to lift his droopy eyelids, his office said.Menino, 69, was diagnosed with dehiscence ptosis, a condition caused by the slow stretching of tiny tendons that hol…
Two Surgeons Banned After Human Experiments
Stockbyte/Thinkstock(WASHINGTON) — Two University of California at Davis surgeons have been banned from doing human research after they injected bacteria into the head wounds of consenting terminally ill patients without university authorization, acco…
Surgery for Fat Toes on the Rise
E.R. recently went in for surgery to reshape his big toe. (Courtesy Dr. Oliver Zong)(NEW YORK) — When patients seek out cosmetic surgery from New York-based Dr. Oliver Zong, they’re often looking to remove fat, but not from their bellies or thighs. Z…