New AI-based medical imaging method that can accurately predict the bone to be removed during cochlear implant surgery using only pre operative CT scans Cochlear implant surgery helps people with ...

Laser bone cutting, or osteotomy, is a potentially attractive route to precise removal of bone during surgery, but clinical translation remains limited by slower cutting speeds and ablation depths ...

Spinal surgery in 2026 has evolved from open procedures to highly precise, minimally invasive methods supported by robotics, AI, and advanced imaging. Innovations such as ultra-minimally invasive ...

Lasers cut precisely and without contact—ideal for surgery. The problem is that in hard tissues such as bone, they are too slow and do not cut deep enough. Researchers at the University of Basel have ...

Researchers at Tampere University, Finland, have developed a groundbreaking 3D-printed ceramic implant material that closely ...

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Traditional knee replacement surgery often comes with long recovery times. It can make treatment feel overwhelming for some ...

A project at Germany's LZH research center is developing a laser platform intended to simplify surgery for spinal canal stenosis, a narrowing of the spinal canal in the lower back. The condition ...

Italian surgeons had to reconstruct a man’s face using his leg bone after removing a massive 3-pound tumor on his jaw that was impeding his quality of life. “It is a demanding and complex operation,” ...

Results from a clinical trial by the ECOG-ACRIN Cancer Research Group (ECOG-ACRIN) show a striking improvement for patients who received chemotherapy before surgery to remove advanced squamous ...