


Devoted Denver zookeeper enlists team of doctors to save orangutan's life Denver Post By Douglas Brown Surgeons work on Sally the Sumatran orangutan in June. The operation lasted six hours and was "nerve-wracking" and "inspiring," said zoo veterinarian Diana Boon. "It still gives me chills." Sally is back at the zoo and has recovered ... |
![]() New York Daily News | Brooklyn's Dr. Clifford Cohen, 90, seeing patients again after innovative ... New York Daily News A Brooklyn doctor who has been practicing medicine since Harry Truman was president is back to seeing patients thanks to a groundbreaking heart operation. Internist Dr. Clifford Cohen, 90, had a heart valve implanted without open heart surgery and went ... |
Workshop highlights use of ultrasonic bone scalpel in spine surgeries Times of India In another case, kythoplasty technique was used to repair the two-month-old fracture of L1 vertebrae in an elderly patient. Kythoplasty is a type of minimally invasive back surgery used in cases of vertebral fracture. The purpose of a kyphoplasty is to ... |