FNA - Iranian physicians in the Eastern province of South Khorassan performed awake brain surgery on a 19-year-old patient diagnosed with tumor. "Given the fact that the patient could not be anesthetized, therefore, the surgery was conducted while he was awake and through local anesthesia method," Kazzem Qa'emi, one of the surgeons, told reporters ...

Tehran, March 14, IRNA - The scientific level of Iranian general surgeons improved dramatically during the Iraqi imposed war (1980-88), says the head of Iranian Association of General Surgeons (IAGS). Iranian surgeons are highly skilled in carrying out emergency and trauma surgeries due to the high number of such cases during the eight-year war,' ...