8 Inches Long Loa Loa Worm Removed from Eye of Patient in India

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Eye surgeon in this video claims that this is the longest Loa Loa worm that’s been removed from an eye of a human patient and filmed on camera ever. At 8 inches, the worm was certainly something to have inside … Continue reading

Surgeons Play with Huge Deflated Cyst

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Surgeons from the city of Yumurtalik in Adana Province, Turkey couldn’t help but film themselves playing with an extraordinarily large cyst they’d removed from a patient. To make the removal easier, the cyst was first partially drained which gave it … Continue reading

Video of Vasectomy – Surgical Sterilization of Male Human

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In this video, Dr. Bruce Sutherland from Warkworth Medical Clinic in Warkworth, New Zealand guides us through Vasectomy – surgical procedure for male sterilization. Vasectomy is a permanent birth control suitable for men who don’t want to leave any (more) … Continue reading

Large Ovarian Cyst Surgically Removed from Woman in Darfur, Sudan

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Surgeons from Darfur in Sudan removed large ovarian cyst weighing 15.7 kg from 26 years old woman. This is not the first time we’ve seen ovarian cysts of such enormous size removed from women. Here’s a video of one and … Continue reading

K-Wires Removed from Hand Broken in Motorcycle Accident

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Man had bones in his hand shattered after a motorcycle accident so surgeons used K-Wires to keep the bones temporarily fixated until the hand has healed. This video show the process of removal of said K-Wires. These pins are driven … Continue reading

Plastic Surgeon Performs Autosurgery on His Abdomen Under Local Anesthesia

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Brazilian plastic surgeon Dr. Luiz Américo de Freitas Sobrinho performed successful autosurgery on his own abdomen because he wanted to improve his own technique by experimenting on his own body. He said he had never been in the patient’s seat … Continue reading

Craniopagus Parasiticus – Story of Manar Maged and Her Parasitic Twin Islaam

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Manar Maged was an Egyptian girl who was born with her twin Islaam attached to her head, a condition known as Craniopagus Parasiticus, or Parasitic Twin. Islaam was basically nothing but a head and upper torso, but was able to … Continue reading

Reconstructive Surgery on Fingers of Hand Degloved in Accident

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An Indian man in his 30′s suffered severe hand trauma that left his thumb, index, middle and ring fingers degloved. Little finger on that hand was not degloved, but was also injured. Unfortunately I do not have any info on … Continue reading

Video of Semi-Rigid Penile Implant Surgery

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In this video, Dr. Franklin Lowe, MD MPH, Professor of Clinical Urology at Columbia University describes how a surgery involving implantation of a semi-rigid penile prosthesis is performed. Each undertaken step is explained with easy to understand language and is … Continue reading

Two Cardiac Arrests in the ER – One Survives, One Dies

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Since Open Thoracotomy video was generally well received, here’s another video from the same team of ER professionals, although this one is nowhere near as intense or graphic. In this video, the ER received two patients with cardiac arrests at … Continue reading