To test the feasibility of retinal manipulations using a new micromanipulator (Microhand) for ocular robotic microsurgery. Pneumatically actuated four-finger microhands were developed at UCLA with ...

Forceps left this boy brain damaged. His case is far from unique. So why ARE they still used? By JANE FEINMANN FOR THE DAILY MAIL Updated: 20:44 EDT, 18 October 2010 ...

Forceps are a medical tool that resemble large salad tongs. During a forceps delivery, your doctor will use this tool to grasp your baby’s head and gently guide your baby out of the birth canal.

Using forceps safely requires a high level of skill and expertise, which ‘means that the outcome is always uncertain, even for experienced surgeons,’ says leading U.S. surgeon Atul Gawande ...

"Forceps are used less often today versus vacuum extraction, but skull fracture is a known risk of this procedure," Ashton said. "Often times there is no other option when delivery needs to occur ...

Use of forceps could necessitate episiotomies, in which doctors need to create an incision in the perineum -- the tissue between the vaginal opening and the anus -- in order to make room without ...

Scalpel, Forceps, Bone Drill: Modern Medicine in Ancient Rome A 2,000-year-old collection of medical tools, recently unearthed in Hungary, offer insight into the practices of undaunted, much ...

The forceps are now in the collection of the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in London. They are on display in the college’s museum, which is open to visitors by appointment.

In Queensland forceps rates are at 3 per cent while they almost 8 per cent in Victoria. In Sydney's west, the forceps rates at the Nepean Hospital have remained at 2 per cent over the past 15 years.