Endoscopic surgery uses a thin tube with a camera attached (endoscope).

The surgery uses a piece of a vein from the leg or artery from the chest or wrist.

Untrained in the OR Plastic surgery used to be the exclusive domain of the rich and (sometimes) famous.

The surgery used some of the bone from Ward's pelvis to strengthen and fuse the bones in his hand.

Rather than relying on slits cut through the cornea, the new surgery uses an excimer laser, which does not heat tissue.

"Plastic surgery, like psychiatry, used to be a private matter," Dr. Lukash said, "but today everything is an open book."

Both surgeries use lasers to cut flaps in the cornea to correct its shape.

Before having surgery or any X-ray/scanning procedure using injectable iodinated contrast material, tell your doctor that you are taking this medication.

The surgery used to be a common way to treat an infection in the mastoid air cells.