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It is many people's worst nightmare.
But for one young man it became reality as he woke up in agony during a lung operation but was unable to tell the surgeons what had happened because he'd been temporarily paralysed by medication.
"The idea of surgery under a general anaesthetic can put some women off sterilisation. Lucy Barrett, 44, a mother of two from Braintree, Essex, was one of the first British patients to have a new minimally invasive operation, as she tells Carol Davis."
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A father was left in agony for nearly eight months, after surgeons left an 18inch swab inside his body."
"A brave student told of her miraculous recovery after surgeons removed a tumour the size of two grapefruits."
"A baby boy born with six legs has had a successful operation to remove his four extra limbs, doctors said today."
"A consultation that led to the proposed closure of a paediatric heart unit at a west London hospital was lawful, the Court of Appeal has ruled."
"A London hospital has lost its legal bid to save a children's heart unit after the Court of Appeal ruled that the national review recommending its closure was in fact lawful."
Court of appeal rules against judicial review of NHS plans to cut hospital's unit, which trust argued was illegal
"Patients with conditions such as tennis elbow and plantar fasciitis, which triggers pain under the heel, are being injected with their own blood to boost healing. Fleur Allen, 37, a restaurant manager from Blaby in Leicestershire, had the treatment and tells CAROL DAVIS her story."
"The myth that removing the tonsils does not work has led to 40 per cent rise in number of children admitted to A&E in the last decade suffering painful tonsilities, leading surgeons have warned. "
"The curry spice turmeric may help ward off heart attacks in people who have had recent bypass surgery, according to a study.
Curcimins - the yellow pigment in turmeric - is known for having antioxidant and anti-inflammatory properties."
"As the summer approaches, the prospect of baring legs will strike fear into the hearts of a large group of women: those who have varicose veins. "
"Conjoined twins Hassan and Hussein Benhaffaf are stable and progressing well two weeks after the operation to separate them, doctors say.
The boys, from Cork, underwent the 14-hour operation at London's Great Ormond
Street Hospital on Wednesday 7 April."
"An NHS trust has apologised to the family of a woman who died shortly after a German locum surgeon botched an operation on her hip.
Ena Dickinson, 94, died two months after mistakes by Dr Werner Kolb left her unable to walk. During the operation in August 2008 at Grantham hospital in Lincolnshire, he removed bone that should have been left and severed an artery. The only reason Dickinson did not die immediately was because a consultant stepped in, an inquest heard yesterday."
"An elderly woman died after a German locum doctor carried out one of the “worst botched operations” seen in a British hospital, an inquest heard yesterday.
Ena Dickinson, a former NHS volunteer, was left unable to walk after the locum made a series of errors during a routine hip operation at Grantham & District Hospital. "
"A mother, Carol Frazer, left unable to smile after a botched operation has criticised the NHS for employing the surgeon for 20 years despite a series of errors. "
"A grandmother died because of appalling blunders by a German surgeon flown in by the NHS.
Ena Dickinson, 94, lost nearly half the blood in her body during what should have been a routine hip operation. "
"An experimental ablation therapy system that freezes heart tissue with a balloon catheter to treat a common heart rhythm disorder is far more effective than drug therapy, a study found Monday.
Researchers compared the safety and efficacy of the Arctic Front CryoAblation Catheter System produced by US firm Medtronic to drug therapy over at least one year in 245 patients in the United States and Canada."
"His admirers say he is "the one the stars ask for". Sakari Orava, a surgeon and research director at the Mehilainen Sports Clinic in Turku on Finland's south west coast, has built up a patient list over the last 20 years which includes the top elite athletes from across Europe."
"Acid reflux affects more than ten million Britons, including many children, causing heartburn. Alex Harding, 16, from Sheffield, was one of the first to have a new, less invasive operation to treat the problem."
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