Surgery

A pig heart is now beating in the chest of a man in Maryland, marking a huge step forward for xenotransplantation research.

Chicago’s Surgical Innovation Training Lab is developing the robots, surgeons, and digital surgeries of the future.

A U.K. hospital is using VR to help parents see the potential impact skull-reshaping surgery could have on their baby’s appearance.

A procedure that used frozen testicular tissue to restore fertility in animals could soon do the same for childhood cancer survivors.

A treatment that could dramatically extend the lives of children born with the rare condition athymia has been approved by the FDA.

The next new surgical tool may come from an odd place: parasitic wasps whose eggs eat their hosts inside-out.

A coating for donor organs that minimized the chance of transplant rejection in mice might one day eliminate the need for immunosuppressants.

Researchers at Harvard have developed a 3D-printed graft they hope will make ruptured eardrum surgeries safer, faster, and more effective.

In partnership with Intuitive

Many of the world’s top surgeons are learning first-hand what they can do with surgical robots — and it’s unlocking a new era in health care.

Jack Berning

Kidney donation vouchers appear to be working as hoped, increasing the number of donations and decreasing wait times for needed organs.