Surgical Procedures and Techniques

Images of various surgical procedures involving medical professionals in scrubs and surgical gear, focused on different specializations like ophthalmology, urology, and orthopedics.

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

Surgery

Patient with degenerative arthosis receiving intervertebral disk prosthesis to treat herniated cervical disc. This cervical rachis surgery is performed with the O-ARM Imaging System. This motorized intra-operative multi-dimensional surgical imaging platform provides real-time high resolution fluoroscopy and 3D CT scan imaging, and allows high precision and safety surgical procedures. Surgery performed by Pr Jean-Jacques Moreau, neurosurgery department, Dupuytren hospital, Limoges, France.

PHU YEN, VIETNAM (June 24, 2022) - Cmdr. Dustin Schuett, center right, a surgeon in the U.S. Navy, and Cao Quang Nhat, left, a Vietnamese surgeon, perform an anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction surgery on a patient at Phu Yen General Hospital during Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP 22). Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

surgery, medicine and people concept - group of surgeons in operating room at hospital

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. Break of a catether by the resuscitator and an intern after an ultrasound.

Hypnosis in the operating room allows local anesthesia to be performed instead of general anesthesia.

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 next stage in freeing the vertebral canal.

Doctors and nurse do hi five after succeeding from surgery in operation room. Healthcare and Hospital concept

Training of medical interns in the ECMO technique, Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

Veterinarian surgeons and nurses in uniform concentrating and operating dog using special equipment in operating room of contemporary hospital

Heart surgeons and operating room nurse looking at monitor

Surgical Team Working In Operating Theatre

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, laparoscopy. FRANCE

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

U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Arturo Manzanedo, right, chief of staff of Joint Task Force-Bravo, watches as U.S. Army Capt. (Dr.) Aaron Wold, left, an ophthalmologist with the Health Engagements Assistance Response Team 2022, performs eye surgery on a Honduran patient during a visit at Hospital San Felipe in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, July 29, 2022. HEART 22 is a U.S. Southern Command operation led by JTF-B meant to strengthen partnerships and build resiliency.

Partial removal of a liver from a living donor by laparoscopy for a transplantation. Here, graft preparation. Department of Surgery of Pr Olivier Soubrane. St Antoine hospital, Paris.

Reportage on the practice of hypnosurgery. Dr Perelmuter has been an anesthetist for 30 years and decided to train in hypnosis 10 years ago. Currently more than a quarter of surgical procedures that he takes part in are carried out under hypnosis. Hypnosedation results in an altered state of consciousness in the patient, who enters a hypnotic trance. It is a form of detachment which allows the patient to focus on pleasant things. Pain levels are altered, but this state fluctuates. During the procedures, theatre staff talk little so as not to disturb the patients trance. The use of hypnosedation allows local anesthetics to be used instead of general ones.

Photo essay at Lyon hospital. Department of urology. Surgical treatment of erectile dysfunction with a penile prosthesis. Preparation of the prosthesis.

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

Reportage in the gynecology surgery service of the Chambéry Métropole Savoie Hospital, France. Breast conservation surgery (BCS) on breast cancer in a 72-year old patient: removal of the sentinel lymph node and lumpectomy. Suture thread.

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

Veterniarian performing spay operation on dog

Report from the Gynecological Surgery Department of Antoine-Béclère Hospital (92). Myomectomy (surgical removal of a uterine fibroid) by laparotomy.

Veterinarian operating a cat. Surgeon sewing tissues. Sterilization of a cat close-up. Abdominal surgery. Medical, forceps

Neurosurgeons in scrubs during an operation

General anesthesia issued by a pump. . France.

Reconstructive and restorative surgery. Breast reconstruction by autologous fat cells. Surgeon. Bordeaux hospital, France.

Surgery, correction of a foot

120814-N-KW566-006 PACIFIC OCEAN (Aug, 14, 2012) Surgical staff members assigned to the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) prep Cpl. Aaron Morice for a surgical procedure before the final surgery of Pacific Partnership 2012. Pacific Partnership, an annual U.S. Pacific Fleet humanitarian and civic assistance mission, 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.

Cat at the veterinarian, operation, castration, removal of the ovaries, female assistant control the heart tones

Surgeons in operating theatre performing a Hemiarthroplasty,

Eye Microsurgery

Reportage in the orthopedic surgery service in Léman hospital, Thonon, France. Operating theatre. A nurse dresses a surgeon.

Close-up of surgeon operating

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, laparoscopy. FRANCE.

Photo essay at Rouen hospital, France. Plastic surgery. Skin grafting on the thorax of a man, the transplant is taken from the thigh of the patient. Here, intubation.

Uterine fibroma performed by the telesurgery robot Da Vinci, which four articulated arms and camera are controlled at distance by surgeons, Limoges hospital, France.

Surgeon team, man or washing hands in hospital with soap for medical procedure, disinfection or hygiene. PPE, healthcare people or getting ready with water for cleaning, surgical scrub or protection.

The French Vietnamese Association of Pneumology aims to develop exchanges between the French and Vietnamese medical structures, here at the Pham Ngoc Thach Hospital in Ho Chi Minh Ville, Vietnam. French surgeons and anesthetists share experience and knowledge with their Vietnamese colleagues. Here, anesthetists performing general anesthesia for thoracic surgery.

Report at the maternity hospital of the Abbeville hospital. Cesarean delivery of a woman pregnant with twins. Scheduled intervention. Installation of the epidural by the anesthesiologist on call.

Anesthetist in the operating room, Czech Republic, Europe

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Dental clinic, dentist doctor applying an injection to the patient before the operation

Anesthetists during breast cancer surgery. Paul Strauss Cancer Center of Strasbourg, France.

Doctors, hospital and surgeon team in theatre and emergency, healthcare or medical procedure. Group or staff with collaboration, healing or surgery and operation with support and scrubs in ICU

Partial removal of a liver from a living donor by laparoscopy for a transplantation. Department of Surgery of Pr Olivier Soubrane. St Antoine hospital, Paris.

Female surgeon in operation room, operating a patient

Patient under sleep endoscopy to determine the causes of snoring, Foch hospital, Suresnes, France.

Paul Strauss cancer center is specialized in breast cancer surgery, pioneer in the sentinel node technique, first node of the lymph trunk to be affected by metastasis. The sentinel node is located by lymphoscintigraphy, removed and immediatly sent to anapathology department for analysis. If the node containes cancerous cells, all the nodes of the lymph trunk will be removed. This technique is an alternative to heavy intrusive surgery. Here, the sentinel node is removed. Paul Strauss Cancer Cente

Exploratory laparoscopy and surgical hysteroscopy (Uterine fibroids, endometriosis). Limoges hospital.

Dental clinic, dentist doctor and the assistant with blue suits performing an operation of an implant

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

Woman receiving epidural anaesthesia before delivery. Maternity department, Cochin hospital, Paris, France.

Treatment of uterine leiomyoma by embolization, Hopital Europeen Georges Pompidou (HEGP), AP-HP, Paris, France.

Cataract surgery, installation of the intraocular implant, Bordeaux hospital, France.

221203-N-VQ41-1034 SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Dec. 03, 2022) Lt. Chris Cerovsky, a surgeon assigned to hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), from Fayetteville, Georgia, wipes down a young Dominican Republic citizens arm aboard the Comfort, Dec. 03, 2022. Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

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.

Professionals monitoring surgery on monitoring device while standing in operation COVID-19

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

220412-N-SY758-1051 ATLANTIC OCEAN (April 12, 2022) Cmdr. Shalimar Andrews, surgeon aboard USS George H.W. Bush (CVN 77), completes a simulated appendectomy surgery during a mentor, train, and evaluate evolution (MTE), April 12, 2022. The MTE evolution is designed to evaluate and assess ships medical department. George H.W. Bush provides the national command authority flexible, tailorable war fighting capability through the carrier strike group that maintains maritime stability and security in order to ensure access, deter aggression and defend U.S., allied and partner interests.

Doctors, help and scrubs in theater with medical surgery for healthcare, safety or operation in hospital. Surgeon, people or collaboration for specialist or emergency procedure and service in clinic

A surgical team performing a procedure in an operating room.

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

Doctor and nurse performing surgery in an operating room

Blurry shot of surgeons working with patient on background of medical monitor with vital signs.

Asian Professional surgeons team performing surgery in the operating room, surgeon, Assistants, and Nurses Performing Surgery on a Patient, health care cancer and disease treatment concept

A Guatemalan Ophthalmologist assigned to Unidad Nacional de Ofralmologia, UNO, Guatemala, performs eye surgery on a patient, Sept. 1, 2022, at UNO. During HEART 22, the U.S. military and partner nation medical professionals operated side-by-side in three specialties: Ophthalmology (general and cornea transplant surgeries), Orthopedic (general and trauma surgeries) and Dental (restorative dental surgeries).

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

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. Here, asepsis.

Asian Professional surgeons team performing surgery in the operating room, surgeon, Assistants, and Nurses Performing Surgery on a Patient, health care cancer and disease treatment concept

GIZO, Solomon Islands (Sept. 1, 2022) Cmdr. Donald Lucas, from Dallas, middle, and Michael Belande Buin, a general surgeon, right, perform laparoscopic surgery on a local patient at the Gizo Medical 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. Pacific Partnership is a unifying mission that fosters enduring friendships and cooperation among many nations. The year’s mission in Solomon Islands will include participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

Treatment of a patient in intensive care unit for Covid patients, Agatharied Hospital, Agatharied, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

221130-N-LP924-1098 SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Nov. 30, 2022) Lt. Eleanor Wade, from Raleigh, North Carolina, conducts a hysterectomy on a Dominican Republic native aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), Nov. 30, 2022. Comfort is deployed to U.S. 4th Fleet in support of Continuing Promise 2022, a humanitarian assistance and goodwill mission conducting direct medical care, expeditionary veterinary care, and subject matter expert exchanges with five partner nations in the Caribbean, Central and South America.

portrait of woman in surgery

Surgical staff bringing patient in operating room.

Surgeons in an operating room, preparing for a procedure.

Doctor performing a follicule puncture to harvest human egg (oocyte) for In Vitro Fertilization, Medically Assisted Procreation Laboratory, (CECOS), Bordeaux hospital, France.

U.S. Air Force Col. (Dr.) Richard Townley, 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. The U.S. service members participating in HEART 22 are experienced doctors, nurses and technicians who administer actual medical care to citizens in Guatemala and Honduras alongside partner nation medical professionals. The medical engagement greatly benefits both the patients who receive actual medical care and personnel involved by building partnerships and interoperability in addition to helping local communities with medical care that may not have otherwise been possible.

Various photos from the field of medicine, here 01.011997 in Iserlohn, 1965 to 1971.Cologne. Orthopaedic practice. Surgery, DEU, Germany, Europe

two surgeons in operating room

Surgeon doing eye surgery of patient looking in microscope

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

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

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Stretchered patient, Bordeaux hospital, France.

Surgical team getting dressed before surgery, Limoges hospital, France

Plastic surgery operation, modifying the eye region in medical clinic

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.

Surgeon, surgical nurse and gloves to prepare for operation, patient protection or safety standard. Helping, collaboration or people with ppe to prevent infection spread, medical hazard or healthcare

Dental implant surgery.

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.

VUNG RO BAY, Vietnam (June 24, 2022) - Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Dwayne Dixson, from Killeen, Texas, prepares surgical tools for laparoscopic surgery aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22). Now in its 17th year, Pacific Partnership is the largest annual multinational humanitarian assistance and disaster relief preparedness mission conducted in the Indo-Pacific.

Portrait of doctor surgeon during operation

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

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

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.

Reportage in the iLumens laboratory, during a day dedicated to ongoing training for midwives and obstetrician gynecologists, on the theme of resuscitation in the birthing room. The iLumens lab (University Lab for Medical Teaching using Digital and Simulation Technologies) is in Paris Descartes University and organises initial, specialised and ongoing training for all health care professionals.

Medical records, meeting and reading with doctors in hospital for planning, research or update. Conversation, file and patient history with surgeon men in clinic for healthcare discussion or strategy

Hurricane Ike, Galveston Island, TX, September 19, 2008 Members of the Disaster Medical Assistance Team attempt to put a central line in a patient who has come to the hospital for care. The DMAT is set up at the University of Texas Medical Branch as a mobile emergency following the disruption of power and services to the area due to Hurricane Ike. Galveston Island, September 19, 2008 -- Members of the Disaster Medical Assistance Team and Medical Flight crew transport a patient into a helicoptor for transport to an area hospital. The DMAT is set up at the University of Texas Medical Branch as a mobile emergency following the disruption of power and services to the area due to Hurricane Ike.. Photographs Relating to Disasters and Emergency Management Programs, Activities, and Officials

Surgical team getting dressed before surgery. Department of gastroenterological surgery, Limoges hospital, France.

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