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Surgical Procedures in Hospitals

Images depicting various surgical procedures in hospital settings, featuring medical professionals in scrubs focused on operations, with clinical lighting and sterile environments.

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 doctor removes laminae and vertebral spinous processes.

Dr. Siemionow performing surgery at the Cleveland Clinic.

Surgeons in uniform taking care of patient in operating room with bright lamps.

Senior Airman Claire Hagen, an Orthopedic Specialty Technician assigned to 103rd Medical Group, Connecticut Air National Guard, CT, puts on sterile gloves during an operation being conducted in support of Health Engagements Assistance Response Team 2022, (HEART 22,) at Hospital Regional de Occidente in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala on August 30, 2022. 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).

Senior Airman Claire Hagen, an Orthopedic Specialty Technician assigned to 103rd Medical Group, Connecticut Air National Guard, CT, puts on sterile gloves during an operation being conducted in support of Health Engagements Assistance Response Team 2022, (HEART 22,) at Hospital Regional de Occidente in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala on August 30, 2022. 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).

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

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, The second part of the operation: implanting and connecting the stimulator to the implanted electrodes. (Photo by: BSIP/UIG via Getty Images)

Reportage in the gynecology surgery service of the Chambéry Métropole Savoie Hospital, France. Conservative hysterectomy by vaginal laparoscopy in a 44-year old patient suffering from adenomyosis and uterine lymphoma.

Carotid artery surgery at the Klinikum Stuttgart hospital, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Surgeons during a surgery

Carotid artery surgery at the Klinikum Stuttgart hospital, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

LCOL Richard Avadikian performs a spay operation on a dog at the Department of Defense Dog Center, with the assistance of SRA Christine Bendell. Base: Lackland Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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

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.

SAN DIEGO (Feb. 27, 2013) A surgical team at Naval Medical Center San Diego perform an ex utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT) procedure on a mother and her newborn son to correct an in-utero medical condition. The baby was born at 35 weeks four days. This was the first time the EXIT procedure was performed at Naval Medical Center San Diego.

Treatments carried out by the nursing teams of the medical resuscitation department of an intubated pateint. Patients with coronavirus hospitalized in intensive care are placed on their stomachs as required by the procedure. Upswing is a technique to improve oxygenation in patients with moderate to severe acute respiratory distress syndrome.

Delivery. Midwife with a newborn baby. Maternity department, Cochin hospital, Paris, France.

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

Surgical technologist passing a phaco hand piece to doctor during cataract surgery

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.

A dental officer and his assistant remove the wisdom tooth of a crew member of the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER (CVN-69) during Fleet Ex '90. Country: Atlantic Ocean (AOC)

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.

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

Planning, operation and surgeons for surgery, teamwork and discussion for healthcare. Dark, hospital theater and people with MRI, procedure and collaboration for radiology and treatment in ICU clinic

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. Incision of the catheter.

Report at the maternity hospital of the Abbeville hospital. Cesarean delivery of a woman pregnant with twins. Scheduled intervention. Presence in the operating room of obstetrician gynecologist, internal doctor, nurse, midwife.

LASIK (Laser Assisted Intrastromal Keratomileusis). This surgery consists in creating a flap on the surface of the cornea with a femtosecond laser, and removing with an Excimer laser a micro-thin layer of corneal tissue beneath the flap, according to the anomaly to treat (myopia, hyperopia, astigmatism or presbyopia). The flap is then replaced. The new curve of the cornea allows a correct positioning of the image on the retina. Here, Excimer laser beeing used.

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

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).

Pediatric resuscitation simulation workshop at the Nimes Faculty of Medicine.

Reportage in the gynecology surgery service of the Chambéry Métropole Savoie Hospital, France. Breast conservation surgery (BCS) on breast cancer in a 67-year old patient: removal of the sentinel lymph node and tumorectomy. Preparing the tumor to be sent for analysis. It is attached in the same position it was removed in.

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 ventilator.

U.S. Air Force Col. Matthew Caldwell, an Ophthalmologist assigned to 59th Medical Wing, Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, Texas, deployed in support of Health Engagements Assistance Response Team 2022, (HEART 22), performs a check on an eye protective patch that was applied to a young Guatemalan child after having maintenance performed on a cornea transplant at Unidad Nacional de Oftalmología, Guatemala, on Sept. 1, 2022. 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).

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Dec. 4, 2022) Lt. Cmdr. Brittany Powell, assigned to the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), conducts a cataract surgery aboard the ship in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, in support of Continuing Promise 2022, Dec. 4, 2022. Continuing Promise 2022 is 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.

Surgeon fill syringe from medical vial for surgical procedure at sterile operation room with assistance nurse. Doctor and medical staff in full protective wear for surgery prepare anesthesia injection. Surgeon fill syringe from vial for surgical procedure at sterile operation room.

1970s MEDICAL SURGERY DOCTORS OPERATING

Surgical team in operating theater. Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery Department, Limoges hospital, France.

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. Taking the graft, the semitendinosus tendon.

Doctors operating

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.

Photo essay. Insertion of dental implants.

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

Surgeon and nurses in operating room

Medical treatment, care and symbolism, here on 02.09.1992 in Iserlohn. Surgical practice, Germany, Europe

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.

two cardiac surgeons operating on a patient

RAM veterinarians

Surgeons operating.

Surgeons operating in an operating room

Pediatric resuscitation simulation workshop at the Nimes Faculty of Medicine.

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

Glucose Infusion

Reportage in the orthopedic surgery service in Saint George Clinic, Nice, France. Fitting a dual mobility hip prosthesis in a patient suffering from osteonecrosis.

Medical personnel in surgery

Female doctor in scrubs with head light in surgery

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. Stitching.

Surgery, health and tools in operation theatre, help in medicine with treatment and closeup of equipment on table. Metal, medical and surgical instrument with doctor people at hospital for healthcare

221104-N-LP924-1029 PUERTO CORTES, Honduras (Nov. 4, 2022) Capt. Timothy Platz, a native of Dyersville, Iowa, conducts gallbladder surgery on a Honduran citizen aboard the hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20), Nov. 4, 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.

Planning, talking and surgeons in a room for surgery, teamwork and discussion about healthcare. Dark, theater and men or doctors speaking about schedule for a procedure on a screen for operation

Low angle view of three male surgeons and a female surgeon holding surgical equipments

Orthopedic surgery operating room for knee prosthesis, the nurse makes the dressings.

Reportage in the gynecology surgery service of the Chambéry Métropole Savoie Hospital, France. Conservative hysterectomy by vaginal laparoscopy in a 44-year old patient suffering from adenomyosis and uterine lymphoma.

Female nurse and surgeon in scrubs during surgery

Orthopedic surgery for scoliosis on a spine.

Senior Airman Claire Hagen, an Orthopedic Specialty Technician assigned to 103rd Medical Group, Connecticut Air National Guard, CT, watches the orthopedic surgeons perform surgery during an operation being conducted in support of Health Engagements Assistance Response Team 2022, (HEART 22,) at Hospital Regional de Occidente in Quetzaltenango, Guatemala on August 30, 2022. 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).

110608-N-NY820-058TUMACO, Colombia (June 8, 2011) Doctors remove a bullet from a 23-year-old Colombian woman's cheek during a Continuing Promise 2011 medical community service project aboard the Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Comfort (T-AH 20). Continuing Promise is a five-month humanitarian assistance mission to the Caribbean, Central and South America.

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. Laparoscopic forceps.

This intestinal surgery of a rare intestinal disease under the direction of the head physician Dr- Zerbian in a hospital was carried out by his team and also attracted the interest of other colleagues of the KH. DEU, Germany, DEU, Europe

Team of doctors performing heart operation

Orthopedic surgery, Saint George Clinic, Nice, France, Treating a torn cruciate ligament using the Sambba technique, carried out under arthroscopy, reconstructing the torn ligament with a transplant taken from the knee, Monitoring the placement of a pin. (Photo by: BSIP/UIG via Getty Images)

Captain Jimmy C. Crawford receives a cardiac catheter through a leg artery during surgery in the clinical sciences division at the USAF School of Aerospace Medicine. Professionals in the division's cardiac evaluation program conduct extensive tests on hundreds of aviators each year to locate cardiac problems. Base: Brooks Air Force Base State: Texas (TX) Country: United States Of America (USA)

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

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. Sterile saline solution.

U.S. Navy Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Riana Bautista, left, from Murrieta, California, assists Lt. Cmdr. Charlotte Hughes, right, from Clifton Park, New York, during a bilateral ear exam with cerumen debridement surgery on a Chuukese pediatric patient 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.

Left to right, SPC Joseph E. Calvert, an operating room (OR) specialist; LTC Arthur W. Larsen, chief general surgeon; SPC Vicki S. Flynn, an OR specialist; and LTC Harvey J. Sugarman, a general surgeon, performing a gall bladder operation at Womack Army Hospital. Base: Fort Bragg State: North Carolina (NC) Country: United States Of America (USA)

Transmission meeting at the hospital.

U.S. Air Force Lt. Col. Devin Watson, 81st Medical Group vascular surgeon and St. Lucia Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team troop commander, performs a surgery with a partner nation surgeon at Owen King European Union Hospital, Castries, St. Lucia, Feb. 27, 2024. Engagements like LAMAT bring U.S. and partner nation medical professionals together to collaborate and hone skills through mutual training and education in support of improving care for patients. Air Force

Unit of Laënnec Hospital of Nantes, France, specialized in Cerebrovascular Accidents (CVA). Surgical treatment of a cerebral aneurysm by placing a coil (endovascular prosthesis), and assisted by interventional cerebral angiography (arteriography), under general anaesthesia. Use restriction : photo to be used in relation to neurovascular unit activities only.

Reportage in the gynecology surgery theater in Lenval Clinic, Nice, France. Diagnosis laparoscopy for a suspected endometriosis in a patient suffering from infertility. Setting up the equipment, installing the camera.

Prostatectomy

Dr. Roberto Medrano, a general surgeon at the Leonardo Martinez Hospital, and U.S. Army Col. Kenneth Wilson, a general surgeon from Joint Task Force - Bravo, conduct general surgeries at the Leonardo Martinez Hospital in San Pedro Sula, Honduras during Continuing Promise 2022, 31 Oct. CP22 is 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.

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.

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

Prof. Dr. med Thomas Hupp at a carotid artery surgery at the Klinikum Stuttgart hospital, Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany, Europe

Reportage in the gynecology surgery theater in Lenval Clinic, Nice, France. Diagnosis laparoscopy for a suspected endometriosis in a patient suffering from infertility. The cavity created by the endometriotic lesion.

U.S. Air Force Maj. Tim Soeken, an Ophthalmologist deployed in support of Health Engagements Assistance Response Team 2022, smiles at his Guatemalan peer as they perform a surgery on a patient on Sept. 1, 2022, at Unidad Nacional de Ofralmologia, Guatemala. 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).

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.

LT. CMDR. (Dr.) Johnny B. Green, left, Dr. Thomas A. Tallman, center, and Dr. David R. Racicot, right, all members of the Surgical Support Team, perform an appendectomy on Boilerman Technician Fireman Johnny Jackson aboard the battleship USS IOWA (BB-61). Country: Unknown

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

Medical monitor in surgery room

DN-ST-88-04264. Base: Usns Mercy (T-AH 19) Country: Philippines (PHL)

Medical doctor and nurse performing plastic surgery on female patient (MR)

Doctor and female nurse wearing green surgical gowns,

Empty hospital, medical and operation room for emergency service, healing patient and interior. Healthcare backgrounds, surgery theatre and bed with machine tools for wellness, medicine and treatment

Surgeon holding patients head

U.S. Air Force Col. (Dr.) Matthew Caldwell, middle, an ophthalmologist with the Health Engagements Assistance Response Team 2022, speaks to U.S. Army Col. Phillip Brown Jr., right, commander of Joint Task Force-Bravo, and U.S. Marine Lt. Col. Arturo Manzanedo, left, chief of staff of JTF-B, 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.

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.

Report at the maternity hospital of the Abbeville hospital. Cesarean delivery of a woman pregnant with twins. Scheduled intervention. Presence in the operating room of obstetrician gynecologist, internal doctor, nurse, midwife. Presentation of the children to the mother.

Reportage in the maternity department of Santa Maria Clinic in Nice, France. Cesarian delivery. The baby is quickly covered in a sheet.

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