Advanced Surgical Procedures

Images depicting advanced surgical techniques including eye, prostate, and robotic surgeries, showcasing medical professionals in sterile environments.

Reportage in an operating theatre during a hysterectomy using the da Vinci robot®. A nurse and the surgeon position the robots mechanical arm.
Reportage in an operating theatre during a hysterectomy using the da Vinci robot®. A nurse and the surgeon position the robots mechanical arm.
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Reportage in the interventional neuroradiology service in Pasteur 2 Hospital, Nice, France. Treating a cerebral aneurysm through embolization. This endovascular treatment consists of introducing a catheter into the brain and filling the aneurysm with platinum coils in order to clot it and prevent it splitting. The embolization is carried out under fluoroscopic guidance. The anesthetist nurse uses an oxygen mask before intubation.
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Medical intensive care unit at Jacques Cartier Hospital in Massy. All the beds in the service since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic have been reserved for the reception of patients needing respiratory assistance. Hospital workers, nursing assistants, nurses, interns and physicians are mobilized with patients to ensure continuous care. To avoid any contamination, all staff must comply with the rules for wearing masks, gowns, aprons, glasses, gloves. Care performed on an intubated patient on an artificial respirator.Preparation of the dialysis machine.
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Reportage in the orthopedic surgery operating theatre in Pasteur 2 Hospital, Nice, France. Medullary liberation and arthrodesis in a patient suffering from lumbar stenosis caused by arthritis. The operation consists of freeing boney elements from the vertebral canal that are compressing it, and consolidating the spine with an arthrodesis. This operation is carried out using the pre-op 3D imagery O-Arm system. The team of anesthetists.
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Surgical nurse speaking on telephone in surgical theatre. UK
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Medical resuscitation service at the Jacques Cartier hospital in Massy. All of the beds in the ward since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic have been reserved for the reception of patients requiring respiratory assistance. Hospital workers, nursing assistants, nurses, interns, doctors are mobilized with patients to ensure the permanence of care. To avoid contamination, all personnel must comply with the rules for wearing masks, coats, aprons, glasses, gloves.
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Ophthalmologist performing cataract surgery
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Stereotactic Neurosurgery operation, Pasteur 2 Hospital, Nice, France, Treating Parkinsons disease through deep brain stimulation, by implanting electrodes in brain, modulating abnormal cerebral electrical activity, Carrying out the pre-op MRI scan. The scan will enable electrode targets and trajectories to be established. (Photo by: BSIP/UIG via Getty Images)
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Pacemaker implantation, Limoges hospital, France.
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Doctor preparing for surgery on patient
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High technology digital vascular angiography unit, medical imagery center of Poitiers University Hospital, France. This scanner, combining the two highly evolved biplane and flat detector technologies, generates high quality images for diagnostic purposes and optimised therapeutic procedures. Here, treatment of a giant intracranial aneurysm by placement of a coil.
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Medical intensive care unit at Jacques Cartier Hospital in Massy. All the beds in the service since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic have been reserved for the reception of patients needing respiratory assistance. Hospital workers, nursing assistants, nurses, interns and doctors are mobilized with patients to ensure continuous care. To avoid any contamination, all staff must comply with the rules for wearing masks, gowns, aprons, glasses and gloves. Management of a patient who died of COVID 19 and transfer to a hospital death room.
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Sampling of amniotic fluid. Sterile preparation of the ultrasound probe.
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Medical intensive care unit at Jacques Cartier Hospital in Massy. All the beds in the service since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic have been reserved for the reception of patients in need of respiratory assistance. Hospital workers, nursing assistants, nurses, interns and doctors are mobilized with patients to ensure continuous care. To avoid any contamination, all staff must respect the rules for wearing masks, gowns, aprons, glasses and gloves. Management of a Covid 19 patient, transferred by Samu 91. First examinations and analyzes carried out by the doctor and all the nursing staff, Preparation of equipment, ventilator, anti-decubitus mattress.
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Hands, monitor and operation with a team of doctors at work during surgery with equipment or a tool in a hospital. Doctor, nurse and collaboration with a medicine professional group saving a life
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two cardiac surgeons operating on a patient
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surgery, medicine and people concept - nurse assisting surgeon and helping with gloves in operating room at hospital. surgeons in operating room at hospital
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Report at Nice University Hospital, Pasteur Hospital, for a radical prostatectomy with lymph node dissection on a 66-year-old patient suffering from high-risk prostate cancer according to the D'Amico classification. Here, installation of the Da Vinci robot. FRANCE
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Ophthalmology surgery, Pasteur 2 Hospital, Nice, France, treatment of a retinal detachment through vitrectomy, The doctor is helped by an intern. (Photo by: BSIP/UIG via Getty Images)
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Reportage in the interventional neuroradiology service in Pasteur 2 Hospital, Nice, France. Treating a cerebral aneurysm through embolization. This endovascular treatment consists of introducing a catheter into the brain and filling the aneurysm with platinum coils in order to clot it and prevent it splitting. The embolization is carried out under fluoroscopic guidance. On the screen, a cerebral arteriography to visualize the patients aneurysm.
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A premature baby is placed under blue light to treat jaundice.
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Reportage on a cesarean under hypnosis, in the maternity ward of Saint-Grégoire hospital in Rennes, France. The anaesthetist hypnotises the patient while setting up the spinal anesthesia, then maintains the hypnotic state during the entire operation
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83-year-old patient present at the hospital for a pulmonary puncture under CT control. Equipment is shared between emergencies.
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Medical resuscitation service at the Jacques Cartier hospital in Massy. Room of a patient on artificial respiration affected by Covid 19. Placement of a peripheral venous catheter allowing to have a vascular route to administer therapies.
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Nurse preparing equipment for medical procedure
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Reportage in a sterilisation unit in Thonon-les-Bains hospital, France. All the hospital services send their equipment here to be sterilised. Each instrument has a tracking form which allows each stage of sterilisation to be retraced.
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Photo essay at Lyon hospital, France. Department of urology. Vaginoplasty, operation of plastic surgery to create a vagina, required to complete a change of sex, following a emasculation (transgender MtF).
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Reportage in the gynecology surgery theater in Lenval Clinic, Nice, France. Diagnosis laparoscopy for a suspected endometriosis in a patient experiencing very painful periods. The images show a healthy uterus.
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Cardiac surgery at Hotel Dieu de France hospital in Beirut, Lebanon.
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Surgeons in hospital operating room
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Doctors caring for patient in emergency care unit of a hospital taking blood sample
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Army Surgeon Maj. (Dr.) Morgan Barron, a general surgeon at Blanchfield Army Community Hospital sits at the surgeon console of a robotic surgical system, July 6. Barron began performing robotically-assisted surgery more than 10 years ago during his general surgery residency training at Madigan Army Medical Center, Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington and he is working to bring the capability to Fort Campbell. U.S. Army photo by Justin Moeller.
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Doctors giving artificial respiration to patient in emergency care unit of a hospital
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Medical resuscitation service at the Jacques Cartier hospital in Massy. All of the beds in the ward since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic have been reserved for the reception of patients requiring respiratory assistance. Hospital workers, nursing assistants, nurses, interns, doctors are mobilized with patients to ensure the permanence of care. To avoid contamination, all personnel must comply with the rules for wearing masks, coats, aprons, glasses, gloves.Preparation by a nurse of the treatment to ensure sedation of intubated patients.
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Reportage at the New Vision clinic in Nice, France. This clinic is one of the main centres for refractive surgery in France, with cutting-edge technology for all eye laser operations. Treatment of short-sightedness using the Lasik technique. The femtosecond laser creates a corneal flap which is raised so that the deep layers of the cornea are accessible. These layers are then remodeled by the action of the Excimer (EX500 Alcon) laser. Once the cornea has been remodeled, the surgeon lowers the flap and repositions it in its initial place.
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Doctors caring for patient in emergency care unit of a hospital taking blood sample
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U.S. Navy Lt. Cmdr. Charlotte Hughes, left, from Clifton Park, New York, places an ear pressure equalizing tube into a pediatric patient's left ear during a bilateral myringotomy with tympanostomy tube placement surgery aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), anchored off Chuuk, Federated States of Micronesia, as part of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Jan. 12, 2024. Pacific Partnership, now in its 19th iteration, is the largest multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific and works to enhance regional interoperability and disaster response capabilities, increase security stability in the region, and foster new and enduring friendships.
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Photo essay from the Diaconesses hospital in Paris, France. Department of urology. Da Vinci® Robotic prostatectomy. The da Vinci System enables the doctor to perform a minimally invasive surgery with enhanced vision, precision, dexterity and control. While sitting at the ergonomic console, the surgeon controls the system, which translates his hand movements into smaller, more precise movements of tiny instruments inside the patients body.
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Reportage in the reproductive biology service in Nice hospital, France. In the ART (assisted reproductive technology) lab. After the embryo transfer, the technician checks that the embryos have been inserted into the uterus by examining the catheter.
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Reportage in the Interventional Cardiology and Rythmology service in Saint George Clinic in Nice, France. Radiofrequency ablation of cardiac arrhythmia using the Stereotaxis robotic system. This operation consists of inserting a catheter into the heart, emitting radio waves that will cauterize cardiac tissue responsible for rhythmic irregularity. The Stereotaxis robotic system is a magnetic navigation system. It uses a rotating magnetic field enabling the ablation catheter to be guided from a distance. The system consists of two giant magnets placed on each side of the operating table. The operation is carried out under radioscopic control. It is a more precise technique that reduces the risk of complications, procedure length and the patients and radiologists exposure time to x-rays. A patient suffering from atrial fibrillation. Transseptal puncture needle: puncture of the interauricular septum to reach the left atrium.
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Reportage in Robert Ballanger hospital's Intensive Care Unit in France.
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Reportage in the Cardiology Department of Lille hospital, France. Hybrid cardiac surgery operating theatre equipped with the Discovery IGS 730 imaging system. Treatment of a thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm (celiac artery) by endovascular means by Professor Stephan Haulon and his team.
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Patient in the shock ward in the intensive care unit of a university hospital. Transosseous traction is performed in anticipation of an operation that will take place the next morning.
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surgery, medicine and people concept - group of surgeons in operating room at hospital talking and preparing to operation. group of surgeons in operating room at hospital
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Photo essay at Lyon hospital, France. Department of urology. Sex reassignment sugery (transgender FtM). Here hystero-ovariectomy under laparoscopy. Operation which precedes the phalloplasty (hysterectomy, ovariectomy, vaginectomy).
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Reportage on the removal of a cerebral tumor (glioma) while awake at Nice Hospital, France. Awake surgery consists of waking the patient during the operation in order to precisely locate, using electrical stimulation, crucial areas for vital functions (language, motor function etc.), with the aim of preserving them during the ablation of the tumor. The patient is awake and the speech therapist carries out cognitive tests. The electrical stimulation on contact with the neuronal network disturbs these tests and leads to a failure in the requested tasks. This enables the surgeon to know if he is in a vital area.
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Operating room nurse bringing baby to mother while team finishing c-section
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Anesthetist giving medical gasses to put patient to sleep
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Reportage in an operating theatre during a hysterectomy using the da Vinci robot®.
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Modern well equipped operating theatre in a new hospital.
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Report at Nice University Hospital, Pasteur Hospital, for a radical prostatectomy with lymph node dissection on a 66-year-old patient suffering from high-risk prostate cancer according to the D'Amico classification. Here, surgeon operating the Da Vinci robot. FRANCE.
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Reportage in the maternity service of Métropole Savoie hospital in Chambéry, France. A planned cesarean delivery. The anesthetist places the epidural with the help of a nurse.
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Doctors wearing masks washing hands in hospital
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Marina Clément, cardiac surgeon, in the absence of activity in her specialty intervenes in the medical resuscitation service to provide support and give information to families of patients with Covid-19. Medical resuscitation service - Jacques Cartier Hospital - Massy .
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Radiofrequency ablation of a liver tumor.
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Reportage in the orthopaedic surgery unit in the Diaconesses Croix Saint Simon hospital in Paris. Placing a second hip prosthesis. Checking out using x-ray after the operation.
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Orthodentist and assistant treating little girl
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BROOKLYN, N.Y. U.S. Army 1st Lt. William Wilson, registered nurse, assigned to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center out of Washington, D.C., views patient information at the New York City Health + Hospital-Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York, Jan. 24, 2022. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing flexible Department of Defense support to the whole-of-government COVID response. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tiffany Banks)
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The micro-herniaectomy assisted by scanner and fluoroscopy consists in removing a slipped disk with an aspiration tube introduced through a 2 mm incision under local anesthesia. This new technic is quick, painless and little invasive. The surgeons vacuums the fragment of the disk with a succion tube, assisted by the fluoroscope.
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Reportage at the New Vision clinic in Nice, France. This clinic is one of the main centres for refractive surgery in France, with cutting-edge technology for all eye laser operations. Doctor.
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Reportage in an operating theatre during a hysterectomy using the da Vinci robot®.
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A nurse bottle-feeds a premature baby in an incubator.
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Surgeon washing hands before operation in hospital
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Reportage in the interventional neuroradiology service in Pasteur 2 Hospital, Nice, France. Treating a cerebral aneurysm through embolization. This endovascular treatment consists of introducing a catheter into the brain and filling the aneurysm with platinum coils in order to clot it and prevent it splitting. The embolization is carried out under fluoroscopic guidance. On the screen, x-ray showing the freshly treated aneurysm (small) and another previously treated aneurysm (larger).
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Two female surgeons operating on a patient's eye in an operating room
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Reportage in the interventional scanner service in Pasteur 2 Hospital, Nice, France. Vertebroplasty- cementoplasty operation to treat a vertebral facture. The technique consists of injecting, under image guidance, a biocompatible cement mixture into the weakened vertebra to consolidate it.
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Doctors, surgery and blood with a medicine team in scrubs operating on a man patient in a hospital. Doctor, nurse and teamwork with a medical group in a clinic to perform an operation
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Photo essay at Lyon hospital in France. Department of urology. Prostatectomy. This hospital has a robotic surgical system (Da Vinci Surgical System made by Intuitive Surgical) designed to facilitate complex surgery using a minimally invasive approach.
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Uterine fibroma performed by the telesurgery robot Da Vinci, which four articulated arms and camera are controlled at distance by surgeons, Limoges hospital, France.
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Anaesthetist nurse. Recovery room. Bordeaux hospital. France.
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Treatment of Benign Prostatic Hyperplasia (BPH) by Photoselective Vaporization of the Prostate (PVP) using the Greenlight PV Laser System. Diaconesses hospital, Paris, France.
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Cardiac surgery at Hotel Dieu de France hospital in Beirut, Lebanon.
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Reportage in a dermatology practice in Geneva, Switzerland. The dermatologist takes samples from a suspicious mole.
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Disinfection of a full Decathlon diving mask transformed into an artificial respirator for patients with Covid-19. Medical resuscitation service - Jacques Cartier Hospital - Massy.
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Madrid, June 21, 20132, Sanitary Objects, Cemtro clinic Photo: © Angel Navarrete ....Archdc.... Angel Navarrete.
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Reportage at the New Vision clinic in Nice, France. This clinic is one of the main centres for refractive surgery in France, with cutting-edge technology for all eye laser operations. The head of the operating theatre programs the lasers.
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Interior of an operating room with table and equipment
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Reportage in the orthopedic surgery service in Saint George Clinic, Nice, France. Treating a torn cruciate ligament with ligament surgery using the Sambba technique. The operation, carried out under arthroscopy, consists of reconstructing the torn ligament with a transplant taken from the knee. The surgeon puts his surgical gown on.
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Throughout the year, the hospital's nursing staff continues to train on new technologies and new recommendations.
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Cardiac surgery at Hotel Dieu de France hospital in Beirut, Lebanon. Nurse
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Photo essay at Rouen hospital, France. Department of pneumology. Bronchial endoscopy.
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Heart Surgery
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Nurse pointing to screen
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Dr. (Maj.) Alexander Friedman, a general surgeon, who had been spearheading the project since he arrived on the peninsula, shared how rewarding to see the robotics surgeries finally validated in May 2022. "It took the team a couple of years to get the equipment required and get everything shipped to Korea. It was a quite more hands-on project than I expected but that makes it more rewarding."
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Anesthesiologist students during a critical situation resuscitation exercise at the Nimes Faculty of Medicine. Students train on a Sim Man 3 G robotic dummy.
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Photo essay from the Diaconesses hospital in Paris, France. Department of urology. Da Vinci® Robotic prostatectomy. The da Vinci System enables the doctor to perform a minimally invasive surgery with enhanced vision, precision, dexterity and control. While sitting at the ergonomic console, the surgeon controls the system, which translates his hand movements into smaller, more precise movements of tiny instruments inside the patients body.
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The SMUR emergency service intervenes throughout the region 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. The Emergency Physician Michel Maillé and his team are called to the scene of an exchange of gunfire. A young man was shot and seriously injured in the leg. His vital prognosis is engaged. After his arrival in the emergency room, the young man is taken care of by the DAR teams. Department of Anesthesia Resuscitation and Critical Care of polytrauma patients.
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BROOKLYN, N.Y. U.S. Army 1st Lt. Ashley Kim, registered nurse, assigned to Walter Reed National Military Medical Center out of Washington, D.C., views patient information at the New York City Health + Hospital-Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York, Jan. 24, 2022. U.S. Northern Command, through U.S. Army North, remains committed to providing flexible Department of Defense support to the whole-of-government COVID response. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Tiffany Banks)
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Anaesthesia.
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Photo essay at Rouen hospital in France. Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics surgery. Da Vinci® Robotic total hysterectomy. The da Vinci System enables the doctor to perform a minimally invasive hysterectomy with enhanced vision, precision, dexterity and control. While sitting at the ergonomic console, the surgeon controls the system, which translates his hand movements into smaller, more precise movements of tiny instruments inside the patients body.
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Sorting and preparation for the return of sterilized surgical equipment by 2 operators in the sterilization exit room
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Woman in hospital with respirator
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Doctor and nurse doing ward round in sterile unit. Department of Haematology and Immunology, Limoges hospital, France.
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Thrombectomy performed under cerebral angiography on a patient with symptoms of a stroke, Neuro-Vascular Unit (UNV) CHU Bordeaux.
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Woman controlling machines and instruments in a veterinary clinic
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Gynecology surgery, Chambéry Métropole Savoie Hospital, France, Conservative hysterectomy by vaginal laparoscopy in a 44-year old patient suffering from adenomyosis and uterine lymphoma, Anesthetist. (Photo by: BSIP/UIG via Getty Images)
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2 Operators with ancillary trolley in front of the autoclave sterilizer
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Medical intensive care unit at Jacques Cartier Hospital in Massy. All the beds in the service since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic have been reserved for the reception of patients in need of respiratory assistance. Hospital workers, nursing assistants, nurses, interns and doctors are mobilized with patients to ensure continuous care. To avoid any contamination, all staff must comply with the rules for wearing masks, gowns, aprons, glasses and gloves. Distribution of meals to patients who can eat alone.
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Cardiac surgery in a hybrid operating room, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin or German cardiac center, Berlin, Germany, Europe
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Two surgeons are scrubbing up before operation
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Reportage at the New Vision clinic in Nice, France. This clinic is one of the main centres for refractive surgery in France, with cutting-edge technology for all eye laser operations. Treating short-sightedness with the PRK (photorefractive keratectomy) technique. PRK is carried out with the Excimer laser. It consists of remodeling the cornea by applying the laser directly onto the surface of the eye having removed the superficial layer of the cornea (epithelium). The epithelium is removed by ablation with a mechanical brush or by using a controlled 30 percent alcohol solution.