Surgery

Same-day discharge laparoscopic hysterectomy surgical program

Kemptville District Hospital (KDH) as obstetrician/gynecologist Dr. Tammy LeRiche performed the first ever laparoscopic hysterectomy at the 40-bed community hospital. Dr. LeRiche is an accomplished surgeon who has been performing laparoscopic hysterectomies for 11 years, having established a successful day surgery laparoscopic hysterectomy program in...

World’s first whole-eye and partial-face transplant

A surgical team from NYU Langone Health performed the world’s first whole-eye and partial-face transplant for a 46-year-old military veteran from Arkansas who survived a work-related high-voltage electrical accident. The surgery included transplanting the entire left eye and a portion of the face from...

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UHN first hospital in Canada offering new treatment to replace diseased heart valve

UHN is the first hospital in Canada to offer a new treatment for percutaneous...

A ‘black box’ to assess and train expert surgical teams

Just like the airline industry has a black box to learn from, hospitals can...

First Canadian robot-assisted deep brain stimulation surgery to treat epilepsy

First Canadian robot-assisted deep brain stimulation surgery to treat epilepsy successfully completed at LHSC’s...

Now launched: A creative solution to reduce waits for hip & knee patients

The first of many hip & knee surgeries to flow through the Holland Centre...

‘It gave me my life back’ says organ transplant recipient

By Michelle Pressé When Brittany Smith first found out she needed a kidney transplant,...

Hospital performs 1000th knee replacement using ROSA robotic technology

In April 2023, Humber River Hospital (Humber) completed their 1000th knee replacement case using...

Researchers publish groundbreaking clinical trial in lung transplantation

Storing donor lungs for transplant at 10 degrees Celsius markedly increases the length of...

Donations help train the surgeons of tomorrow, today

Funding from three generous donors to help 350 medical residents annually through education, research and...

Hyper-throughput operating rooms increase efficiency

At Humber River Health (Humber), breaking new ground is the norm. The team, including...

Rare transplant offers mother of four “a future now”

By   Ana Fernandes When Dawn Ethier looks back at the past decade of her life,...

Canada’s first fully robotic esophagectomy

First advancement in esophageal cancer surgical care in decades made possible by a donation...

How a state-of-the-art robot is making complex brain surgery easier

New technologies at UHN are changing the way neurosurgeons work and epilepsy patients live December...

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