Surgical Procedures

Scenes from surgical operations, including various specialties and techniques, highlighting professional medical environments.

Surgical laparoscopy and hysteroscopy exploration here, treatment of endometriosis, Limoges hospital, France.

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.

Emergency services of the Abbeville hospital, COVID area, transfer of a patient diagnosed negative to a medical service.

U.S. Army Col. Phillip Brown Jr., right, commander of Joint Task Force-Bravo, speaks with Dr. Enrique Tomé, a pediatric surgeon at Hospital Escuela, while visiting with the orthopedic team at Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, July 29, 2022. The U.S. Army and Air Force orthopedic team is integrated with the orthopedic staff at Hospital Escuela for four weeks as a part of the Health Engagements Assistance Response Team 2022, a U.S. Southern Command operation led by JTF-B meant to strengthen partnerships and build resiliency.

St. Charles Clinic. The rock on yon. Operating room. Nurse and physician surgeon.

Anesthetist Working In Operating Theatre

HONIARA, Solomon Islands (Sept. 1, 2022) - Lt. Milena Marshall, from Vernon, Michigan, and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Austin Gipson, from Discovery Bay, California, monitor a patients vitals during a surgery aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) in support of Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The years mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

Management of a patient in the emergency department. Presence of emergency doctor, nurse and nursing assistant.

Surgical team performing prostatectomy (prostate ablation) under coeliosurgery.

Surgical team performing surgery to patient in sterile operating room. In a surgery room lit by a lamp, a professional and confident surgical team provides medical care to an unconscious patient.. Surgical team performing surgery to patient in sterile operating room.

Surgeon and patient after Laser surgery for myopia (short-sightedness). Centre François Xavier Michelet, Pellegrin hospital, Bordeaux, France.

Kentucky Army National Guard LTC Ed Brant and Dr. (CAPT) Dave Adams, both dentists from the Kentucky State Area Readiness Command Army Medical Unit, Bluegrass Station, KY, pull three molars from a Leguan residents mouth. The doctors are supporting the first combined humanitarian and civic assistance exercise conducted between the United States and Guyana. Military personnel from the Air Force, Air Force Reserve and National Guard, Army, Army National Guard and Marine Corps participated in the exercise which included engineering and medical readiness training. Subject Operation/Series: NEW HORIZON '97 Base: Leguan Country: French Guiana (GUF)

Healthcare, defibrillator and surgeon in surgery at clinic with service for heart attack. Operation, treatment and female doctor with medical equipment for cardiac shock in hospital from below.

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. Management of a Covid 19 patient, transferred by Samu 91. First examinations and analyzes carried out by the doctor and all nursing staff.

Physician and Surgeons

Doctor looking at x-ray

two surgeons in the operating room face each other

Serbian surgeon, himself a refugee from Croatia, operates ion a wounded Serb soldier in the Bosnian Serb Army's First Krajina Korp's field hospital.

PATRICK DEMPSEY in GREY'S ANATOMY (2005).

Transmission meeting at the hospital.

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.in the room of a patient on ECMO.

PACIFIC OCEAN (March 25, 2020) Sailors prepare surgical equipment to be sterilized aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), March 25, 2020. Mercy deployed in support of the nation's COVID-19 response efforts, and will serve as a referral hospital for non-COVID-19 patients currently admitted to shore-based hospitals. This allows shore base hospitals to focus their efforts on COVID-19 cases. One of the Department of Defense's missions is Defense Support of Civil Authorities. DOD is supporting the Federal Emergency Management Agency, the lead federal agency, as well as state, local and public health authorities in helping protect the health and safety of the American people.

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.

Doctor surgeon putting on latex gloves

Portrait of a surgeon

Reportage in the hepatology service of Archet Hospital, Nice, France. A gastrostomy, a procedure enabling the installation of parenteral nutrition. The operation is carried out by endoscope.

220413-N-VS068-1056PACIFIC OCEAN (April 13, 2022) - Lt. Cmdr. Yamel Ramirez performs a dental procedure aboard amphibious assault ship USS Makin Island (LHD 8), April 13. Makin Islands Dental Department provides dental cleanings, routine exams, oral hygiene instruction, minor surgeries and emergency procedures to the crew in port and at sea. Makin Island is underway conducting routine operations in U.S. 3rd Fleet.

Portrait of a doctor wearing a surgical mask in the operating room.

Male doctor and a female doctor examining an x-ray report

A premature baby is placed under blue light to treat jaundice.

Delivery. Midwife. Maternity department, Cochin hospital, Paris, France.

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 the families of patients with Covid-19. Medical resuscitation service - Jacques Cartier Hospital - Massy .

Outpatient surgery, Léon Bérard Centre, Lyon, France, This cancer center takes patients to theater standing up, an innovative way of welcoming patients to the operating theater, patients are taken to theater on foot, A patient is treated for dysphagia as a result of stomach cancer. (Photo by: BSIP/UIG via Getty Images)

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.

U.S. Air Force Maj. (Dr.) Tim Soeken, left, an ophthalmologist with the Health Engagements Assistance Response Team 2022, performs an eye surgery Aug. 23, 2022, at Unidad Nacional de Oftalmología in Guatemala City. During their time in Guatemala, the ophthalmology team is helping alleviate pressure on partner nation medical systems, increase medical resiliency of participants and strengthen relationships by assisting with high-impact medical services.

surgery, medicine and people concept - nurse assisting surgeon and helping with gloves in operating room at hospital

A hospital-based emergency service operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week and covers an entire region. Intervention by SMUR emergency workers following a stab wound. The victim is in serious condition that requires urgent transport to hospital. On arrival at the hospital, the patient is directly taken care of by the teams of the DAR Department of Anesthesia and Resuscitation of severe polytraumatized patients at Montpellier Hospital. Ultrasound to see live the extent of the damage done by the knife blade.

Colonoscopy, performed here in an internal medicine practice, is an important measure to prevent carcinomas, Germany, Europe

portrait of a veterinarian and assistant in a small animal clinic at work

Doctors examining x-ray of hand

Medical resuscitation service at the Jacques Cartier hospital in Massy. A caregiver disinfects a bottle of oxygen used for the care of a patient with Covid 19.

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.

U.S. Army Col. Phillip Brown Jr., left, commander of Joint Task Force-Bravo, speaks with U.S. Air Force Capt. Eric Vinson, a certified registered nurse anesthetist with the Health Engagements Assistance Response Team 2022, during a visit with the orthopedic team at Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, July 29, 2022. The U.S. Army and Air Force orthopedic team is integrated with the orthopedic staff at Hospital Escuela for four weeks as a part of HEART 22, a U.S. Southern Command operation led by JTF-B meant to strengthen partnerships and build resiliency.

portrait of female and male doctors analyzing x-rays

DN-ST-88-01716. Base: Bethesda State: Maryland (MD) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Robotic surgery on a cancer patient, the arms of the robot are covered with plastic to assure sterility, the doctor performing the surgery is at a console out of sight, St. John Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA, America, North America

Low angle view of two doctors examining a patient

A surgeon in the operating theatre

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.

Spc. Carlos K. Willis, licensed practical nurse, Tripler Army Medical Center, checks a patients vital signs at TAMC, May 3, 2022.

Surgeons working in operating room with medical x-ray on screen

Reportage in outpatient surgery in the Léon Bérard Centre, Lyon, France. This cancer centre takes patients to theater standing up, an innovative way of welcoming patients to the operating theater. An active participant in their own operation, patients are taken to theater on foot. A patient is treated for dysphagia as a result of stomach cancer.

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.

Robotics

Epidural block given by anesthesiologist to pregnant women in delivery room

Anesthetist students during the debriefing after a critical situation resuscitation exercise at the Nimes Faculty of Medicine.

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.

Thoroughbred horse is hoisted by surgeons after leg surgery into recovery; Lexington, Kentucky, United States of America

Lt. Mia Galassi, a certified nurse anesthetist assigned to Naval Medical Center Camp Lejeune (NMCCL), North Carolina, joined the Bayne-Jones Army Community Hospital surgical department at the Joint Readiness Training Center and Fort Polk, Louisiana to augment operations.

TUY HOA, Vietnam (June 27, 2022) - Cmdr. Daniel Fuhrmann, dental department head of MIlitary Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy's (T-AH 19), performs a dental exam on a child at Phu Yen General Hospital during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

MARTINEZ BORDIU , CRISTOBAL. MEDICO ESPAÑOL .1950-1998. FOTOGRAFIADO JUNTO AL DOCTOR BARNARD.

Surgeon sits in scrubs and surgical cap inside an operating room; Germany

Medical intensive care unit at the Jacques Cartier hospital in Massy. Since the start of the Covid 19 pandemic, all of the beds in the department have been reserved for the reception of patients in need of respiratory assistance. Hospital agents, caregivers, nurses, interns, doctors are mobilized with patients to ensure continuity of care. At each change of team, all the nursing staff of the service meet for the transmissions. Moment allowing to take stock of the state of each patient and to adjust the medical protocol.

Operator showing tray with ventilation grille for ancillary equipment.

Surgical Robots, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA

A medical team treats a stabbing victim in an environment of controlled chaos at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas's, Wilford Hall Medical Center. This image was used in the April 1996 issue of AIRMAN Magazine. Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

240227-N-FB730-1078 SAN PEDRO SULA, HONDURAS (Feb. 27, 2024) Surgeons with Expeditionary Medical Unit (EMU) 10 G remove stitches from a patients hand in the trauma bay at Hospital Nacional Mario Catarino Rivas, San Pedro Sula, Honduras on Feb. 27, 2024. In collaboration with joint forces and the host nation, EMU 10 G conducted its first Global Health Engagement in Honduras enhances expeditionary core skills and exchanges knowledge with Honduran healthcare professionals in a limited resource environment. Navy

Two experienced dentists x-ray examination of a human jaw in the dental office

Ophthalmologist with a Laser machine

RAM veterinarians

Surgeons washing hands in hospital

BASSETERRE, Saint Kitts And Nevis (Oct. 8, 2019) U.S. Public Health Service Cmdr. Nathan Mork, a dentist assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), shows a young girl her sisters teeth during an exam at a temporary medical treatment site in Basseterre, St. Kitts and Nevis, Oct. 8, 2019. Comfort is working with health and government partners in Central America, South America, and the Caribbean to provide care on the ship and at land-based medical sites, helping to relieve pressure on national medical systems, including those strained by an increase in cross-border migrants.

Amish life.

television news report on hospitals in Italy during the Corona Virus Pandemic. March 2020

Graphic highlighting medical services conducted in Solomon Islands during Pacific Partnership 2022. Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

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