Surgery

Many women suffer from arm pain after breast cancer surgery – and now a solution has been found

A new Israeli study found that most women who underwent surgery for breast cancer suffered from pain, restricted movement, or impaired function. The study's findings will help improve rehabilitation.

A patient after surgery. Sleep affects recovery.
The medical teams from Clalit Schneider and Clalit Beilinson, together with Mark.

Israeli surgeons use custom 3D-printed implant to remove tumor deemed inoperable

Turkey offers world-class hair restoration - the key to natural results is choosing the right doctor, not just the lowest price.

Restore fuller hair with a hair transplant

Staples found in a six-month-old's esophagus.

Six-month-old baby receives surgery months after swallowing package of staples


Innovative surgery helps Israeli woman talk again after 10 years

She was diagnosed with spasmodic dysphonia, also known as laryngeal dystonia – a neurologic disorder that can affect the voice and speech.

 A surgery is performed (illustrative)

Smokers beware: Plastic surgery risks you need to know

Plastic surgeons caution against the risks of combining smoking with plastic surgery, urging smokers to quit for better outcomes and health.

If you need surgery, it may be time to quit smoking (illustrative)

Israeli doctors save pregnant woman, baby from ruptured artery

The operating room was a battlefield for the lives of the mother and her son as a crisis developed surrounding a ruptured artery in the spleen.

 Tatiana Cohen is seen with her child at Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center after lifesaving surgery.

Twin sisters spend $200,000 to turn themselves into Barbie dolls

British twins Daisy and Dolly Simpson have undergone extensive plastic surgery over 3 years with the hope of turning themselves into real-life dolls.

 What would you do in order to transform into a Barbie doll?

Jerusalem doctors carry out revolutionary AR robotic spinal surgery

Doctors at Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center used augmented reality and a surgical robot to carry out incredibly complex spinal surgery.

 Dr. Cezar Mizrahi is seen AR surgery at Jerusalem's Shaare Zedek Medical Center.

Israeli teens are getting hooked on plastic surgery - report

Experts believe the rise in plastic surgery among Israeli youth can be partially attributed to unrealistic societal standards regarding beauty, which are amplified by social media.

 Cosmetic surgeries, such as rhinoplasty, are on the rise among Israeli youth.

Israeli surgeons save newborn baby from rare ovarian torsion

Ovarian torsion is the most common complication of an untreated ovarian cyst. It is an emergency that must be treated as quickly as possible.

 In the photo from left: Dr. Shai Porat; Dr. Dan Arbel; and Noa Ofek-Shloma’i, with the baby in her arms.

Five mistakes you make when enlarging your lips

Avoid these lip augmentation mistakes: silicone injection, lack of proportion, and underestimated recovery. Insights from Dr. Moshe Rosen.


Jordanian child receives life-changing surgery in Israel

Surgeons at Haifa’s Rambam Health Care Campus have this week performed very difficult but successful surgery on a seven-year-old girl from Amman.

 Surgeons at Haifa’s Rambam Health Care Campus have this week performed very difficult but successful surgery on a seven-year-old girl from Amman who was born with a severe and increasingly painful congenital deformity.

Gender affirming surgery performed for first time in northern Israel

The Galilee Medical Center conducted the gender affirming surgeries in collaboration with the Sheba Medical Center.

Medical staff at Galilee Medical Center after completing three gender affirmation surgeries.