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Chinese surgeon's laparoscopic surgery performance receives applause

A well-known Chinese surgeon performed here on Thursday a live laparoscopic and robotic surgery which received applause from the attendees at the European congress of "Challenges in Laparoscopy and Robotics."

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Fewer Chinese go to S. Korea for plastic surgery

The plastic-surgery tourism boom in Korea appears to be waning with the number of Chinese customers shrinking from its peak of over 79,000 in 2014.

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Chinese online plastic surgery marketplace makes first foray into offline business

​Chinese startup Yuemei.com, a leading online marketplace for cosmetic surgery, announced on Thursday it will open ten brick-and-mortar surgery centers by 2017.

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Hospital blames gas for blinding patients

Substandard medical gas caused serious eye injuries to dozens of patients undergoing eye surgery at Peking University Third Hospital, the hospital said on Thursday.

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World's most obese man dies 2 months after weight-loss surgery

The surgery involved removing three-fourths of his stomach and reshaping what was left into a tube to "prevent him from eating too much," the Medical Daily reported in October.

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China's young lose face in the pursuit of beauty

​Wang Jing is haunted by her reflection: the looking glass frames a crooked mouth and numb, motionless cheeks.

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Weight loss surgery reduces diabetes risk

Weight loss surgery could reduce the risk of developing type 2 diabetes by around 80 percent in obese people, according to a new research published Monday in the British medical journal The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology.

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Cosmetic surgery hot summer trend among students

Cosmetic surgery is hot among Chinese students as the summer holiday commences, but the plastic trend is also spurring controversy due to its risks.

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Argentina's president to undergo surgery to drain brain hematoma

Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez will undergo surgery Tuesday at Buenos Aires' Fundacion Favaloro Hospital, after doctors found a brain hematoma, said a statement issued by the hospital on Monday.

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More Chinese youth go under knife

A growing number of young Chinese are undergoing plastic surgery during their summer vacations.

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Locals pray for Chavez's health as recovery will be "difficult"

The recovery of Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez will be "complex and difficult" following a fourth round of cancer surgery, Vice President Nicolas Maduro said Wednesday.