FORGOTTEN HISTORY: 18 - The Untold Story

A Six-Centimeter Shard of Bone Cement Was Sitting in Her Heart Nine Months After Spine Surgery

A 67-year-old developed breathlessness months after vertebroplasty. Imaging found a 60 mm piece of bone cement lodged in her heart.

Medical Daily · Sep 2

I thought I was too broken for sex. Here’s how I found pleasure again

I was forced to examine the idea of sexual pleasure after a tumor was removed from my spinal cord

The Guardian - US · Sep 2

Air Flooded a 90-Year-Old's Abdomen 10 Days After Bowel Surgery, and Surgeons Called It an Anastomotic Fart

New Zealand surgeons published a term used informally for decades, in a 90-year-old whose massive post-op air leak resolved without surgery.

Medical Daily · Sep 2

Her Oxygen Crashed During Dental Surgery, and the Cause Was a 2 Centimeter Tangle of Vessels in Her Lung

A 4-year-old with no lung history crashed her oxygen levels under anesthesia for dental surgery. A CT scan found a 2 cm lung vessel defect.

Medical Daily · Sep 2

A 10 Meter Fall Left a Piece of This Woman's Own Back Muscle Trapped Inside Her Spine

An 18-year-old fell 10 meters. Surgeons found that the mass crushing her spinal nerve roots was a severed piece of her own back muscle.

Medical Daily · Sep 2

“When life is difficult to process, you feel like you’re the crazy one”: Jay Weinberg opens up on therapy following Slipknot firing

The drummer was surprisingly let go in November 2023, shortly before undergoing hip and femur surgery

Metal Hammer · Sep 2

Her Ureter Slipped Through a Gap in the Pelvis and Kept Sending Her Back with Kidney Infections

A 75-year-old had recurrent kidney infections because her ureter had herniated through the sciatic foramen. Only 48 such cases exist.

Medical Daily · Sep 1

Scott McTominay Will Undergo Heart Surgery, Return Date Confirmed

The Napoli and Scotland midfield star will have to take a step back while he recovers.

Sports Illustrated · Sep 1

Chase Stokes debunks plastic surgery rumours

Chase Stokes has shut down rumours that he has had plastic surgery.

BANG Premier · Sep 1

Mckenna Grace reveals how 'life-changing' surgery changed her style choices

Hunger Games star Mckenna Grace has opened up on how her scoliosis battle has altered her fashion choices.

BANG Premier · Sep 1