The earliest surgical operations were probably circumcision (removal of the foreskin of the penis) and trepanation (making a hole in the skull, for release of pressure and/or spirits). Primitive surgical instruments consisted of flint or obsidian...

A surgical instrument is a specially designed tool or device for performing specific actions of carrying out desired effects during a surgery or operation, such as modifying biological tissue, or to provide access or viewing it. Over time, many...

University Park, Pa.-Engineers have developed new software that can design multitasking surgical tools. Penn State engineers' software helped design a tool that looks like tiny jaws but is able to bend around obstructions.The engineers are working in cooperation with surgeons from the university's...

Joint venture advances surgical instruments GE Medical part of project to improve orthopedics By JOE MANNING jmanning@journalsentinel.com, Journal Sentinel Tuesday, February 4, 2003 GE Medical Systems on Monday announced a project to develop surgical instruments equipped with electromagnetic sensors that...

A man who says his surgery with instruments washed in used hydraulic fluid left him with fevers and fatigue on Thursday sued Duke University Health System over the incident. The lawsuit came more than 1 1/2 years after university medical...

The ceaseless sound of tapping metal echoes through these muddy, garbage-strewn alleys where thousands of workers in crumbling brick hovels churn out one of Pakistan's most successful exports _ surgical instruments.Home to more than 2,000 instrument makers, this city is one of the world's top...