Surgical Procedures

Images capturing surgical teams performing operations, illustrating a range of medical interventions with focus on collaboration.

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

Surgeons looking at screen

Surgeons and nurse during a foot surgery

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.

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.

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.

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.

Portrait of Asian surgeon and nurse with medical mask standing with arms crossed in operation theater at a hospital. Team of Professional surgeons. Healthcare, emergency medical service concept

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

Content woman wearing uniform and watching professional surgeons taking care of patient.

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

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

Young Asian assistants and nurses performing invasive surgery on patient in hospital operating room. Diverse team of professional surgeon, Healthcare and medical concept.

Real abdominal surgery on a cat in a hospital setting. High quality photo. Real abdominal surgery on a cat in a hospital setting

Contact us before promotional use. Photo essay at the Teddy Bear Hospital of Limoges in France. The Teddy Bear Hospital is a public health project for 3-6 year old children. The aim is to take childrens fear of physicians and hospitals. Besides it is also a good opportunity for medical students to work with children. In France this program is organized by the student association ANEMF.

Reportage in Lisbon hospitals operating theatre, Portugal.

Orthopedic operating theatre, Pasteur 2 Hospital, Nice, France, Medullary liberation and arthrodesis, patient suffering from lumbar stenosis caused by arthritis, operation consists of freeing boney elements from the vertebral canal and consolidating the spine with an arthrodesis, carried out using the pre-op 3D imagery O-Arm system. Bone graft, bone removed to free vertebral canal will be grafted onto the bone and screws. (Photo by: BSIP/UIG via Getty Images)

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

KILUUFI, Solomon Islands (Sept. 8, 2022) — Cmdr. Donald Lucas, from Dallas, left, and local surgeons perform a hernia repair on a patient at the Kiluufi Provincial 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 years mission in Solomon Islands includes participants from the United States, Japan and Australia.

PUERTO PRINCESA, Philippines (Aug. 13, 2022) - Pacific Partnership 2022 (PP22) medical professionals perform a hernia repair on a patient aboard Military Sealift Command hospital ship USNS Mercy (T-AH 19) during 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.

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

Heart surgeons during a heart operation

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

Surgeon and nurses performing surgery on patient under surgical light

Dr. Robert Morris uses a monopolar cautery pencil to make an incision on a cancer patient in preparation for robotic surgery at St. John Hospital, Detroit, Michigan, USA, America, North America

Caesarean section. Maternity department, Cochin hospital, Paris, France.

Healthcare, surgery and doctors with patient in theater for emergency medical procedure. Hospital, lights and surgical team for operation on person together in ICU, professional trust and help.

111010-N-GC412-384ARABIAN SEA (Oct. 10, 2011) Capt. Karen Hanna, left, and Lt. Cmdr. Julie Dierksheide apply sutures while Hospital Corpsman Seaman Tommy Maez, front left, and Hospital Corpsman 3rd Class Luis Lozano assist after performing abdominal surgery on a patient aboard the Nimitz class aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis (CVN 74). John C. Stennis is deployed to the U.S. 5th Fleet area of responsibility conducting maritime security operations and support missions as part of Operations Enduring Freedom and New Dawn.

Surgeon. Lariboisière hospital.

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

Operating theatre. Lariboisière hospital.

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

Events in family, society, leisure, hobby, craft. Medicine. Agriculture, education and landscapes in the years 1965 to 1971. Cologne. Orthopaedic practice with outpatient surgery, DEU

Photo essay at Lyon hospital. Department of urology. Metoidioplasty: this surgery is the second alternative for transgenders FtM, lighter than the phalloplasty, it consists in lengthening the clitoris to create a small penis. Secondly, testicular implants are inserted into the neo-scrotum (created from labiums). It is this second stage which is illustrated in this photo essay.

Surgeons performing a Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy, Limoges hospital.

Surgical instruments in operating theater

Healthcare, surgery or teamwork and woman doctor in hospital with colleagues for procedure on patient. Medical, operation and emergency with surgeon in scrubs for intervention, rescue or support

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. FRANCE Here, a surgery student watches the operation. FRANCE.

Hybrid operating room, Deutsches Herzzentrum Berlin or German cardiac center, Berlin, Germany, Europe

Veterinarian discussing with healthcare workers at veterinary clinic

Orthopedic operating theatre, Pasteur 2 Hospital, Nice, France, Medullary liberation and arthrodesis, patient suffering from lumbar stenosis caused by arthritis, operation consists of freeing boney elements from the vertebral canal and consolidating the spine with an arthrodesis, carried out using the pre-op 3D imagery O-Arm system. The doctor removes laminae and vertebral spinous processes. (Photo by: BSIP/UIG via Getty Images)

Real abdominal surgery on a cat in a hospital setting. High quality photo. Real abdominal surgery on a cat in a hospital setting

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.

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

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

Reportage in the stereotactic neurosurgery operating theatre in Pasteur 2 Hospital, Nice, France. Treating Parkinsons disease through deep brain stimulation. This technique consists of implanting electrodes in the brain, which modulate abnormal cerebral electrical activity. The room is equipped with a pre-op O-arm scanner and NeuroMate, a stereotactic robot. The robot enables surgeons to optimize and increase reliability of their operating technique, and the O-arm enables real time 3D images to be obtained to improve the precision, safety and efficiency of the operation. Incision.

Female surgeon in operation room, operating a patient .. Female surgeon in operation room, operating a patient.

U.S. Air Force Capt. Eric Vinson, a certified registered nurse anesthetist with the Health Engagements Assistance Response Team (HEART) 2022, provides anesthesia care for a Honduran patient prior to hip surgery July 20, 2022, at Hospital Escuela in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. During the four-week event, U.S. military members and Honduran medical professionals will focus on three surgical specialties: orthopedic, ophthalmological and dental. Surgical patients were pre-selected by the host nation to ensure the medical assistance response teams are able to treat patients as efficiently as possible.

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.

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.

Nurses placing anesthesia mask on patient in operating room

Photo essay at Rouen hospital, France. Department of ophthalmic surgery. Corneal transplantation.

MODEL RELEASED. Administering anaesthetic.

Surgeons during a foot surgery

U.S. Air Force Reserve and partner nation surgical teams perform surgery in a newly opened operating room at Paramaribos Academic Hospital during the Lesser Antilles Medical Assistance Team mission in Suriname, Feb. 21, 2024. Forty-two active duty and reserve Airmen participated in this years LAMAT mission to Suriname, assisting in health engagements, exchanging best practices and developing stronger relationships with host nation partners. Air Force

Tam Duc Cardiology Hospital. Operating theater. Cardiac surgery. Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam.

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 woman is operated on, her nipple being incised by the surgeon. A surgical biopsy is being performed to determine exact nature of solid tumor. Photo by Linda Bartlett.

Photo essay at Rouen hospital in France. Department of Gynecology & Obstetrics surgery. Da Vinci® Robotic total hysterectomy. The da Vinci System enables the doctor to perform a minimally invasive hysterectomy with enhanced vision, precision, dexterity and control. While sitting at the ergonomic console, the surgeon controls the system, which translates his hand movements into smaller, more precise movements of tiny instruments inside the patients body.

Student midwife taking care of a newborn baby. Maternity department, Cochin hospital, Paris, France.

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.

An arthroscopy of the hip. Femoroplasty on a sportspersons hip. The drill that will plane the bone excrescence responsible for the crushing of the cartilage and labrum can be seen on the screen. This crushing is known as hip impingement.

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.

An assistant gets a pair of forceps for the doctor as a surgical team corrects a service member's deviated septum in a Fleet Hospital Five operating room during Operation Desert Storm. Subject Operation/Series: DESERT SHIELD Country: Saudi Arabia (SAU)

Doctors, team and surgery in theater with medical support for healthcare, safety and operation room at hospital. Surgeon, medicine and teamwork or collaboration with tools for cardiology or emergency

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.

VUNG RO BAY, Vietnam (June 24, 2022) - Cmdr. Stephanie Bedzis, right, from Guam, and Lt. Cmdr. Carolyn Gosztyla, perform a 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.

Dupuytren's contracture hand surgery.

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

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.

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.

Reportage in the gynecology operating theatre in Santa Maria Clinic in Nice, France. Removing the fallopian tubes by laparoscopy.

Knee replacement, artifical knee joint, operation

Assistant wearing face mask writing in paper while working by nurse at hospital

Portrait Of Nurse Working In Operating Theatre

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

Portrait of three female surgeons and two male surgeons operating a patient

Reportage in the gynecology theatre block in Lenval Clinic, Nice, France. Laparoscopy removal of an ovarian cyst. Anesthetic.

Vintage Photograph. Team of skilled surgeons performing a complex operation in a modern operating room

Contact us before promotional use. Photo essay at the Teddy Bear Hospital of Limoges in France. The Teddy Bear Hospital is a public health project for 3-6 year old children. The aim is to take childrens fear of physicians and hospitals. Besides it is also a good opportunity for medical students to work with children. In France this program is organized by the student association ANEMF.

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

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.

Brazzaville Hospital. NGO la Chaîne de l'Espoir. Cardiac surgery.

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 from the Diaconesses hospital in Paris, France. Department of urology. Da Vinci® Robotic prostatectomy. The da Vinci System enables the doctor to perform a minimally invasive surgery with enhanced vision, precision, dexterity and control. While sitting at the ergonomic console, the surgeon controls the system, which translates his hand movements into smaller, more precise movements of tiny instruments inside the patients body.

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.

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

A medical team performs three-dimensional minimally invasive surgery at Walter Reed Army Medical Center in Washington, D.C.

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.

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.

Radiofrequency ablation used in the treatment of heart rhythm disorders, Limoges hopital, France.

21130-N-LP924-1093 SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (Nov. 30, 2022) U.S. Air Force Capt. Sarah Price Faulkner, right, from Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Lt. Eleanor Wade, from Raleigh, North Carolina, conduct 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.

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.

Premature newborn baby placed under respiratory assistance, Pediatrics department, Bordeaux hospital, France.

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Hysterectomy with a robot surgeon, deflation of the abdomen at the end of the operation.

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.

Wide view of a cardiac catheterization lab in Maryland during a balloon angioplasty procedure (PTCA: Percutaneous Transluminal Coronary Angioplasty).

Reportage in the maternity service of Métropole Savoie hospital in Chambéry, France. A planned cesarean delivery. Incision.

Reportage in the orthopedic surgery service in Léman hospital, Thonon, France. Operating theatre. A nurse gets ready for a knee replacement.

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