The surgeon replaced one of his discs with a cadaver's.

In shoulder replacement surgery, the surgeon removes the ends of the damaged upper arm bones and replaces them with plastic or metal pieces.

Once the reshaping is done, the surgeon replaces and secures the flap.

During a laminectomy the surgeon will either replace or remove the top of the vertebrae called the laminae.

Now that surgeons are replacing lenses, the locations of those fibers has become a crucial piece of knowledge.

In a partial knee replacement, the surgeon only replaces one part of your knee joint.

This machine takes over the task of breathing for the patient and pumping their blood around while the surgeon replaces the heart valve.

Scientists predicted that within 20 years surgeons could replace hearts with laboratory-grown organs.

The surgeon then repairs or replaces your abnormal heart valve or valves.

Cardiac surgeons can also repair or replace faulty heart valves.