News tagged with belly button

Surgeons offer procedures through belly button

There's a novel way to remove a gallbladder: Use a surgical robot to take it out through the navel.

Surgery Sep 23, 2012 | not rated yet | 0

Single-port kidney removal through the belly button boosts living-donor satisfaction

In the largest study of its kind, living donors who had a kidney removed through a single port in the navel report higher satisfaction in several key categories, compared to donors who underwent traditional multiple-port ...

Surgery Sep 12, 2012 | 5 / 5 (1) | 0 |

Separated Philippine twins doing well after US op

A pair of 2-year-old formerly conjoined twin girls from the Philippines are recovering well after an operation to separate them in California, a hospital spokeswoman said Wednesday.

Other Nov 03, 2011 | not rated yet | 0