Lasers cut precisely and without contact—ideal for surgery. The problem is that in hard tissues such as bone, they are too slow and do not cut deep enough. Researchers at the University of Basel have ...

PORT ST. LUCIE, Fla. — The Mets provided a return-to-play timeline of six weeks for Francisco Lindor as he begins his journey back from left hamate bone surgery. So, is it a reasonable expectation for ...

Researchers at Tampere University, Finland, have developed a groundbreaking 3D-printed ceramic implant material that closely ...

University of Texas at Dallas mechanical engineers have designed a 3D-printed femur that could help doctors prepare for surgeries to repair bones and develop treatments for bone tumors. The engineers, ...

Leg lengthening is a type of surgery you might get if one of your legs is shorter than the other. This condition is also known as anisomelia. Often, it’s a medically necessary procedure to correct the ...

If you have a healthy mouth, there should be less than a 2- to 3-millimeter (mm) pocket (rift) between the base of your teeth and gums. Gum disease can increase the size of these pockets. When the gap ...

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Bone & Joint Clinic's Rib Mountain Surgery Center was named a top U.S. orthopedic and spine center by U.S. News & World Report.

Heterotopic ossification happens when bone grows outside of its normal location and into the surrounding soft tissues of your body. When this happens, the pieces of bone that develop are called ...