Kidney Transplant Surgery

Close-up of a surgical procedure during a kidney transplant. Medical professionals in scrubs are seen operating with precision in a sterile environment.

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$Reportage at the New Vision clinic in Nice, France. This clinic is one of the main centres for refractive surgery in France, with cutting-edge technology for all eye laser operations. Treating short-sightedness with the PRK (photorefractive keratectomy) technique. PRK is carried out with the Excimer laser. It consists of remodeling the cornea by applying the laser directly onto the surface of the eye having removed the superficial layer of the cornea (epithelium). The epithelium is removed by ablation with a mechanical brush or by using a controlled 30 percent alcohol solution.$

$Reportage in St Grégoire Hospital group in Rennes, France. Setting pins on a fractured wrist.$

$Reportage on refractive eye surgery at the Adolphe de Rothschild Ophtalmology Foundation in Paris, France. Eye surgery using a femtosecond laser and excimer laser. The femtosecond laser slices the cornea to create a corneal cap (purple) then the surgeon lifts the flap to treat the eye with the excimer laser. The cornean flap is then put back in place without stitches. This technique is used to treat myopia, presbyopia, astigmatism and farsightedness. The surgeon lifts the corneal cap that was sliced with the femtosecond laser.$

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