Digestive system surgery

One in seven National Health Service (ESY) permanent doctors have reportedly stated their intention to open a private practice or collaborate with a private clinic or diagnostic center, taking advantage of the new institutional framework that permits them to work privately outside of their regular duty hours.

The operation, known as a component separation, is recommended only for large or complex hernias that are tough to close

Lisa Marie Presley died from complications from bariatric surgery she had several years ago, authorities said Thursday.

The January 12 death at age 54 of the singer, songwriter and heir of Elvis Presley was ruled as being from natural causes due to effects of a small bowel obstruction.

Two surgeons were sentenced to 14 and 11 months in prison respectively, after being found guilty of causing bodily harm through negligence as they forgot a 12.5-centimeter-long surgical needle in the abdomen of a patient during a gynecological operation in a private clinic in Thessaloniki five years ago.

According to the NHS, your Body Mass Index (BMI) should sit somewhere between 18.5 and 24.9. Anything over that, and you're overweight.

So something's gone seriously wrong when you're just 14 years old and your BMI is a whopping 100.

The world's heaviest man, who at one point weighed almost 600 kilograms, has undergone successful gastric bypass surgery, his doctors in Mexico said.

During June 7-11, 7 patients contracted infections accompanied by complications at the surgical ward of the Clinical Center of Serbia (KSC) Emergency Center.

Two patients died of these complications, it was reported on Wednesday. A total of 103 persons underwent surgery at this clinic in the said period, B92 has been told.