With just an inexpensive micro-thin surgical needle and laser light, University of Utah engineers and biologists have collaborated to discover a minimally invasive, inexpensive way to take ...

Surgeons are increasingly turning to less-invasive techniques, such as utilizing long, thin needles – instead of scalpels – to access targets within the body. A new needle, with a steerable tip, could ...

In a heartbreaking case of medical negligence, a woman from Rewa, Madhya Pradesh, has uncovered a shocking error: a surgical needle was left inside her abdomen following her first childbirth in 2023.

Scientists of the Nizhny Novgorod State Technical University named after R.E. Alekseev (NSTU) have created a surgical needle that minimizes damage to stitched tissues and reduces the time of ...

Current Surgical earned $3.2 million to create a 'smart needle' to treat malignant tumors. National Cancer Institute on Unsplash Current Surgical, a medical device developer based in Washington, DC, ...

TriStar Centennial Hospital is facing a $5 million lawsuit that claims a surgeon forgot a surgical needle inside their loved one. The family of John Johnson says he had gone to the hospital for heart ...