Surgical Procedures and Operations

A series of images depicting various surgical environments including orthopedic, robotic, trauma, and ophthalmologic procedures, highlighting medical professionals in surgical attire.

Doctor preparing IV drip in trauma room of a hospital

Reportage in the orthopedic surgery service in Léman hospital, Thonon, France. Operating theatre. Surgery.

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.

Doctor preparing IV drip in trauma room of a hospital

Flexible laser ureterorenoscopy, intracorporeal lithotripsy, An ureterorenoscope is introduced through the ureter to pulverize kidney stones with a Holmium-YAG laser, the fiber laser is directly in contact with the nephrolithiasis.

Reportage in the ophthalmology service in Pasteur 2 Hospital, Nice, France. In the operating theatre, treatment of a retinal detachment through vitrectomy. The doctor is helped by an intern.

Reportage in an operating theatre during a hysterectomy using the da Vinci robot®.

Department of thoracic surgery, Foch hospital, Suresnes, France. Anesthesist at work during a double-lung transplant surgery, checking monitoring screen.

Reportage in an operating theatre during a hysterectomy using the da Vinci robot®. The surgeon chooses entry points for the 4 arms of the robot. One of the entry points is for the camera.

Reportage in the gynecology operating theatre in Santa Maria Clinic in Nice, France. Endo-uterine resection of fibroids by hysteroscopy. On the screen, the spay resectoscope is visible (or bipolar resection loop) is visible.

Photo essay at Lyon hospital. Department of urology. Phalloplastie, operation of plastic surgery to create a phallus, required to complete a change of sex, following a hystéro-ovariectomie.This takes place in two steps. Here step 2. Step 1: it's the creation of a neo-penis from a fragment of skin taken from the arm. The skin, the nerves, the veins and the arteries are taken from the not dominant arm to constitute the urethra, the acorn and the penis. The vaginal cavity is blocked and the big lips are used for the scrotum. The nerves which innervate the clitoris are protected, they will innervate the penis, in order to keep an orgasmic capacity after the intervention. Step 2: after the penis found its sensibility, testiculaires implants and implant are added to make an erection possible on demand.

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)

Reportage on a kidney transplant in the urology service of Nice Hospital, France. The kidney is taken from a living related donor, the recipients wife. Removing the donor's kidney with the da Vinci robot. The intern handles aspiration and the ratcheted forceps to expose tissue.

Reportage in an operating theatre during a hysterectomy using the da Vinci robot®. Removing the robot at the end of the operation.

Report from the ophthalmological department of the Rouen University Hospital. Eyelid surgery, lesion removal and reconstruction.

Interventional neuroradiology, Pasteur 2 Hospital, Nice, France, Treating a cerebral aneurysm through embolization, an endovascular treatment introducing catheter into brain filling the aneurysm with platinum coils to clot it and prevent splitting, carried out under fluoroscopic guidance, The screen on the right is a 3D guide and the screen on the left is the image of the intervention. (Photo by: BSIP/UIG via Getty Images)

Reportage in an operating theatre during a hysterectomy using the da Vinci robot®. The surgeon steers the robot from the console.

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.

Prostatectomy performed by the telesurgery robot Da Vinci, which four articulated arms and camera are controlled at distance by a surgeon. Limoges hospital, France.

Heart surgery (catheterism)

Reportage in an operating theatre during a hysterectomy using the da Vinci robot®. A nurse prepares the robot by inserting the sterile fields onto the mechanical arms.

Doctors caring for patient in emergency care unit of a hospital looking at screen

Preparation for heart surgery

Surgical laparoscopy and hysteroscopy exploration here, treatment of endometriosis.

Replacement of a percutaneous aortic valve with a bioprosthetic valve implanted by transcutaneous blood. The valve is inserted into the femoral artery through a catheter to be transported to the heart. Cardiology department of the Haut Leveque Hospital. Bordeaux Hospital, France.

Reportage in the cardiology department of Saint-Philibert hospital (GHICL) in Lille, France. Coronary angiography.

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 and under dialysis. Ultrasound performed internally before the catether break by the resuscitator.

Reportage in an operating theatre during a hysterectomy using the da Vinci robot®. A nurse and the surgeon position the robot"s mechanical arm.

Surgeon performing cochlear implant surgery, an operation involving the implantation of a small electronic device used to provide a sense of sound to a deaf person, Limoges hospital, France.

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. Visiport Plus Optical Trocar.

In the operating room, a hysterectomy with a surgical robot controlled from a console.

Radiofrequency ablation of a liver tumor. Hannibal Internationale private hospital, Tunis, Tunisia.

Reportage in the gynecology theatre block in Lenval Clinic, Nice, France. Pregnancy termination by suction-aspiration.

Anesthetist Working In Operating Theatre

Prostatectomy

a patient in operating theatre

Nurse with surgeon performing eye surgery in operating room

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 screen on the right is a 3D guide and the screen on the left is the image of the intervention.

Woman undergoing a myomectomy (removal of one or more uterine fibroids) in the obstetrics unit of the Rouen University Hospital.

Prostatectomy performed by the telesurgery robot Da Vinci, which four articulated arms and camera are controlled at distance by a surgeon. Limoges hospital, France.

Surgical monitors being used to track the vital signs of a patient during an operation, Limoges hospital, France.

Reportage in the gynecology theatre block in Lenval Clinic, Nice, France. Laparoscopy removal of an ovarian cyst. The surgeon removes the instrument from the trocar.

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. Carrying out a femoral tunnel.

Automatic defibrillator implantation, Limoges hopital, France.

Reportage in an operating theatre during a hysterectomy using the da Vinci robot®. Removing the robot at the end of the operation.

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). Operating room nurse.

operating room device used in cardiac surgery

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.

A surgeon and assistant work on a small animal at a vet clinic

Do not use in the framework of advertisements or promotion. Department of Urology, operating room, Lyon Sud, France.

Surgeon in the operating room

Neurosurgeon with microscope in operation room

Installation of Automatic Implantable Defibrillator, here, cardiologist discussing with a patient after surgery, Limoges hopital, France.

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.

Surgical team performing prostatectomy (prostate ablation) under coeliosurgery.

Reportage in an operating theatre during a hysterectomy using the da Vinci robot®.

U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Kim Piad, middle, an ophthalmology technician with the Health Engagements Assistance Response Team 2022, assists Dr. Augosto Rodriguez, right, and Dr. Julia Agapov, left, with a cataract removal surgery at Hospital San Felipe in Tegucigalpa, Honduras July 26, 2022. HEART 22 honors our promise to be a trusted partner in the Americas by increasing collaboration, enhancing interoperability and building partner nation capacity so that we can quickly work together when support is required.

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.

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. Giving the anesthetic.

Heart surgery

Hysterectomy in the operating room with a robot controlled by a surgeon from a console.

Photo essay at Rouen hospital, France. Department of ophthalmic surgery. Here, cataract surgery.

Doctors using defibrillator to resuscitate male heart

Maj. Gen. Toshimitsu Ito, Commandant, Medical Service School, Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, visited the U.S. Army Medical Center of Excellence. He and his staff received briefings on MEDCoE capabilities then had the opportunity to see medical training first hand. As part of his visit to Joint Base San Antonio - Fort Sam Houston Maj. Gen. Ito is also touring other medical units including the Brooke Army Medical Center, the Medical Education and Training Campus, and the Army Medical Department Museum.

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. Setting up the catheter, which will collect electrical activity of the left atrium.

Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA. Operating theater. Surgery in progress.

Prostatectomy performed by the telesurgery robot Da Vinci, which four articulated arms and camera are controlled at distance by a surgeon. Limoges hospital, France.

Reportage in an operating theatre during a hysterectomy using the da Vinci robot®.

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 neurosurgeon carries out direct electrical stimulation. The markers are placed on areas that have been identified as vital.

In the operating room, a hysterectomy with a surgical robot.

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, setting up the trocards and testing the camera. FRANCE.

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.

Surgeon standing in operating room

Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Marines participate in the Global Medic exercise at Fort McCoy WI, Aug. 9-12, 2022. The exercise is part of the Army Reserve Medical Command's mission to provide trained, equipped and combat ready units and medical personnel to support the total force on the battlefield. U.S. Army photo by Kevin W. Clark

Surgeons preparing patient for surgery

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.

Report at the 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 hands of the intern who assists the surgeon. FRANCE.

Patient during operation, artificial respiration, monitoring of vital functions, anaesthetic machine, Germany, Europe

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, continuation of the operation

Treatment performed by the nursing teams of the medical resuscitation service of an intubated patient. Patients with coronavirus hospitalized in intensive care are placed in a prone position as required by the procedure. Prone inversion is a technique for improving oxygenation in patients with moderate to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome.

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. Local anesthetic.

The Heart Institute offer high-quality care to Vietnamese patients suffering from heart diseases. Catheterization Lab. Senegalese medical team trained to practice cardiac surgery.

Interventional radiology, doctor with nurse during surgery, Karlovy Vary, Czech Republic, Europe

Surgeons in face mask and medical scrubs operating arthroscopic surgery while standing at operation room during COVID-19

Surgical equipment

Preparation for heart surgery

U.S. Navy Capt. Randy Ashman from Portland, Oregan, performs surgery on a local patient aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), anchored off of Koror, Palau, as part of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Jan. 3, 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.

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Zeina Aboulhosn from Richmand, Virginia, assists Dr. Glenda Santos, a Belau National Hospital general surgeon, prepare to preform surgery aboard the hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19), anchored off of Koror, Palau, as part of Pacific Partnership 2024-1, Jan. 3, 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.

Eye Microsurgery

Interventional scanner service, Pasteur 2 Hospital, Nice, France, Vertebroplasty, cementoplasty operation to treat a vertebral facture, technique consists of injecting a biocompatible cement mixture into the weakened vertebra to consolidate it. (Photo by: BSIP/UIG via Getty Images)

Reportage in an operating theatre during a hysterectomy using the da Vinci robot®.

MANADO, INDONESIA (June 1, 2012) Cmdr. Brice Nicholson performs cataract surgery on an Indonesian patient as Indonesian optometry residents observe in an operating room aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 2012. Now in its seventh year, Pacific Partnership is an annual U.S. Pacific Fleet humanitarian and civic assistance mission that brings together U.S. military personnel, host and partner nations, non-government organizations and international agencies to build stronger relationships and develop disaster response capabilities throughout the Asia-Pacific region.

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.

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 radiologist with the bearing catheter.

Doctor wiping hands with tissue paper at hospital

Reportage on a kidney transplant in the urology service of Nice Hospital, France. The kidney is taken from a living related donor, the recipients wife. Removing the donor's kidney with the da Vinci robot. The intern handles aspiration and the ratcheted forceps to expose tissue.

Vintage Photograph. Medical team performing surgery in a modern operating room.

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.Pause of a catheter by a nurse

Laser surgery for the treatment of benign prostatic hyperplasia by a urological surgeon.

Female surgeon passing medical equipment to doctor during surgery at hospital

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