Surgeons earned their "sawbones" nickname by performing the grisly job of cutting off countless limbs during both wars and peacetime over the past centuries. Now, an open innovation contest with a ...

An image on social media platform X, previously known as Twitter, has gone viral, purporting to show bone saws on the walls of Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump’s home. But the photo is fake. The ...

Using lasers rather than scalpels and saws has many benefits in surgery. Yet they are only used in isolated cases. But that could be about to change: laser systems are getting smarter and better all ...

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 ...

Some early hand-cranked saws driven by chains were invented in the 18th century for the "symphysiotomy and excision of diseased bone respectively." In some cases, these saws were used to break through ...