Surgery

Zambian children celebrate Christmas in Israel after Save a Child's Heart surgeries

Thirteen pediatric and young heart patients from Zambia are spending Christmas in Israel after receiving free cardiac surgery as part of the Save a Child's Heart program in Holon.

Thirteen pediatric and heart patients from Zambia are spending Christmas in Israel as part of SACH’s humanitarian medical program, which provides free cardiac surgery to children from developing countries.
An ultrasound image of a tumor seen on a fetus (illustrative)

Israeli medical team removes 'largest-ever' facial tumor found on fetus

THE TEAM OF surgeons at Rabin Medical Center during the small intestine transplant surgery on Daniel Haim Biton.

New intestinal transplant procedure will allow patient to truly eat for the first time in 17 years

Irit Bahar Director, Prof. Yona Kosashvili, Prof Noa Eliakim-Raz Director, ex-hostage Alon Ohel, Pinhas Cohen - Chair of the Friends of Rabin Medical Center.

Freed hostage Alon Ohel gives a musical performance at Rabin Medical Center gala


Israeli start-up develops meniscus replacement of tomorrow

The next iteration of the company’s current implant will act as floating replacement for the natural meniscus.

 Active Implants is a med-tech start-up developing a new iteration of their currently-available artificial meniscus replacement, NUsurface.

Skull found in Turkey with neat hole may have been the work of mystics

Trepanation, a procedure which involves drilling a hole into the patient's skull, is one of the oldest known surgical procedures in human history.

 Trepanated skull of a woman-Tumb 3 Corseaux-En Seyton-on display 6, Cantonal Museum of Archeology and History.

Sleep apnea: What are the symptoms, causes and dangers? - explainer

What is sleep apnea? What are its symptoms and warning signs? Is it hereditary? Is it curable?  Here's everything you need to know about his potentially deadly sleep disorder.

Sleep disorder

Day after cancer: Everything you need to know about breast reconstruction surgery

October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month. Here's a guide on reconstructive surgery, which is much more than an aesthetic process.

 Illustrative image of a breast cancer ribbon.

Save a Child's Heart team attends wedding of girl they saved 15 years ago

As a show of gratitude for giving her a normal life, Sabrina invited the SACH team who saved her 15 years ago to her wedding in Zanzibar this week.

The Save a Child's Heart team attends the wedding of a woman in Zanzibar who they saved 15 years ago

Israeli doctors reconstruct girl's facial nerve, lets her smile

The girl suffered from congenital paralysis of the facial nerve on one side, which caused facial asymmetry and her inability to perform basic actions, such as smiling or closing an eye. 

 Galilee Medical Center doctors performed unique microsurgery to reconstruct the facial nerve of a 17-year-old girl

Lymph node transplant surgery performed for the first time in Israel

The surgery was performed at the Padeh-Poriya Medical Center in Tiberias.

 Photo of Rania’s operation.

Family donates corneas of soldier killed last week, restores sight for two

The two recipients, both in their 80s, were Binyamin Goren and Aviva Ra’anan, whose new corneas restored their sight. 

 The two recipients whose sight was restored from Ido Baruch's donated cornea.

This surgeon has helped children get heart surgery in Israel for decades

No. 30 on The Jerusalem Post's Top 50 Most Influential Jews of 2022: Save a Child's Heart president Prof. Arie Schachner.

 Prof. Arie Schachner, president of Save a Child's Heart.

Israeli man's cheaper ear surgery in Turkey doesn't end well

D. went to have surgery done on his ears in Turkey because it cost NIS 1,800 instead of NIS 20,000.

 Surgery tools (illustrative)