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A patient has died after she was set alight during surgery for cancer, succumbing to burns on 40 percent of her body. Surgeons had used an electric scalpel and flammable disinfectant in close proximity.

Senator Jummai Alhassan, a former Minister of Women Affairs who is popularly known as Mama Taraba, says she has successfully undergone a knee replacement surgery.

A Mexican who weighs more than half a ton gets ready to receive surgery from losing weight.

7 Nigerians get another chance at life after open heart surgery at OAUTH.

American actor Bill Paxton, known for his roles in "Aliens" and "Titanic" has died at age 61 after complications from surgery.

A new surgical robot is delicate enough to perform eye operations with more accuracy than human hands, according to the developers.