What can we learn from once-popular surgical procedures that have subsequently been abandoned? How did they get started, and what caused them to be discarded? This report provides examples of ...

The finding reveals the earliest example of trephination in the ancient Near East, scientists said. The two brothers discovered were likely elite or even royal members of their society. While ...

Trephination of Individual 1. A-B: Magnified edges of the trephination, each with a 2 mm scale bar. Images captured with a Leica EZ4D stereo microscope. C: All four edges of the trephination, scale ...

CNN — When archaeologists uncovered the burial site of two brothers who lived during the 15th century BC in Israel, they were surprised to discover that one of them had brain surgery shortly before he ...

During the Bronze Age some 3,500 years ago, the town of Megiddo, currently in northern Israel, was a thriving center of trade. "It was already quite influential and powerful in the region, and had a ...

Photos show the skull of the patient, which has a 1.2-inch square-shaped hole cored into it like a skeletal sunroof. Jam Press/Kalisher et al. When it comes to ancient medical techniques, people need ...

NÜRNBERG, Germany — A postoperative clear cornea with high and/or irregular astigmatism following penetrating keratoplasty (PKP) can no longer be considered a surgical success, according to PD Dr. med ...

Why did ancient peoples cut holes in their heads? The Woman of Pritschoena died around 4,500 years ago in what's now Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Her skeleton was discovered in 1913 by a local ...

Femtosecond laser zigzag incision penetrating keratoplasty resulted in faster recovery of best corrected visual acuity and less induced astigmatism than conventional blade trephination incision ...

In 1939, a single patient with angina appeared to improve after ligation of the internal mammary artery. In 1959, on the basis of 304 Italian patients with angina, Battezzati and coworkers [9] ...