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# Surgery

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Non-emergency surgical death rates in Africa are double the global average
Surgeries at Cork hospital cancelled for two weeks as flu and 'revelry' make their impact
'It's Belfast or go blind': Bus of elderly head on eight-hour journey up North for cataract surgery
Man United defender ruled out for up to three months as he undergoes surgery
Vaginal mesh campaigner dies in Canada after being hospitalised for sepsis
'I don't want to jump queues': Thousands waiting up to 4 years for cataract surgery
Children with scoliosis on waiting lists more than 4 months given option to go abroad for surgery
Irish women take legal action over 'razor blade' vaginal mesh implants
Over €1 million spent last year on surgeries for morbidly obese people
Former US presidential candidate John McCain diagnosed with brain cancer
'It's not fair to leave people in this pain': Westmeath woman waiting 2 years for surgery on chronic back ailment
Ireland is carrying out less than one weight loss surgery a week
'She asked me to pray for her': Inquest hears pregnant woman died during surgery at Holles Street
Bundee Aki to miss Barbarians games as he prepares for surgery
'It's not an easy way out': Is surgery the way to help solve Ireland's obesity crisis?
'He’s very brave, he was in surgery for 10 hours': Tommy Long finally gets scoliosis operation
Surgeons remove 915 coins swallowed by Thai sea turtle
Haye goes under the knife on Achilles he ruptured in Bellew bout
First female to suffer from 'tree man syndrome' undergoes successful surgery
'I see my daughter crying in pain, her body bending over. We can't wait two years'
An 'appalling' 2,876 surgeries were cancelled last month
Hundreds of surgeries cancelled nationwide as overcrowding crisis grips health system
Vietnamese man has scissors removed from his body after 18 years
Cork researchers develop 'smart knee' that could speed up surgery recovery
'This is a huge scandal': Children with scoliosis deteriorating as waiting lists worsen
Dave Pocock posted an extremely in-depth pic after surgery on his broken hand
Teenager had surgery after serious assault in Waterford last night
Pictures: The case of a Dublin prisoner who swallowed a mobile phone
Jon Walters issues positive injury update after reports suggest he could miss the Euros
20-year-old student receives Ireland's first ever double lung transplant of its kind
'Needles, doctors and hospitals have been a part of Colleen’s life for as long as she remembers'
Husky found in garden with mysterious injuries loses eye
There's a plastic surgery craze in Iran and people are wearing their nose bandages with pride
Michael Noonan spent Christmas in hospital due to fluid on his chest
Over 100 twins saved by laser surgery while still in the womb
Bad news for anyone still hoping to see Tiger Woods get back to his best
Moore undergoes surgery after missing out on World Cup squad
WATCH: Doctors save man's hand - by inserting it into his belly
Forget the drugs, listening to music during surgery can reduce your pain
Three weeks after open heart surgery, I've come to terms with losing control