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Surgery

  • News

    April 4, 2012

    Tessie Goheen: the Face of Obamacare

    A young cancer survivor couldn't choose between school and chemo.

  • Blogs

    April 19, 2011

    Shawn Goodman, Lake Oswego Surgeon, Operates on Wrong Eye of 4-Year-Old Boy

    ​When Dr. Shawn Goodman came out of the operating room at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center in Portland last Wednesday, she had some rather disturbing news for the family of 4-year-old Jesse Matlock of Vancouver, Wash. It seemed that she had had a bit of trouble picking exactly which body part she ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 8, 2011

    Keemonta Peterson, DIY-Circumcision Mom, Released From Jail Ahead of Trial

    ​Hide your foreskins, kids! Portland mother Keemonta Peterson just posted bail and is headed back to her home/DIY snip-clinic. Soon she'll head back to court though, charged with performing a botched home circumcision on her son.

  • Blogs

    February 21, 2011

    Sharon Cissna, Alaska State Rep., Leaves Sea-Tac Airport in Protest After Pat-Down Ordered on Mysterious Mastectomy

    ​Alaska state Rep. Sharon Cissna says she'd already been body-scanned when the TSA agents at Sea-Tac told her she'd need a pat-down too. The reason: her mastectomy was somehow throwing off the scanning machine.

  • Blogs

    February 7, 2011

    James Absten Sr., Brain Surgery Patient, Stumbles Around in the Cold After Release From UW Medical Center

    ​Anyone who saw a shoeless, shaven-headed man in a hospital gown wandering around the rainy streets of Puyallup on Friday night was probably looking at Mr. James Absten Sr., fresh from his latest brain surgery at UW Medical Center.

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    Amazon Selling Do-It-Yourself Gastric-Bypass Surgery Kit

    ​UPDATE: Amazon has removed the DIY gastric-bypass surgery kit from its website. Apparently people will have to settle for kitchen knives and rubber bands from now on. Paying $18,000 to $35,000 for a gastric bypass surgery is fine--if you want it performed by "doctors." But who needs those no ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 18, 2011

    UW Students Hack Kinect to Perform Robotic Surgery

    ​Manboob simulator? Check. Flying robots? Check. World of Warcraft interface? Check. Robotic surgery scanner? Ch-wait . . . robotic surgery wtf?

  • Blogs

    November 15, 2010

    San Francisco to Propose Ban on Circumcisions

    ​When we last checked in on our brethren by the Bay, San Francisco had just voted to forbid fast food joints from putting toys in kids meals. Thankfully, the city isn't only about depriving children of items, it also wants to ensure that kids are able to keep certain things--mainly their fores ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 2, 2010

    Karen Remsing, Vancouver Mom, In Jail After Stealing Drugs From Her Sick Son's IV Tube

    ​Never doubt a dedicated junkie's ability to score dope. They may not have money to pay rent, eat food or ride the bus, but by God, they'll find a way to shoot drugs in their veins. Pittsburgh police say Karen Remsing of Vancouver showcased this creative tenacity when she came to Steeltown to ... More >>

  • Diversions

    March 24, 2010

    Vasectomy Fact #1: Men Are Nuts About Their Nuts

    ​Never doubt a dedicated junkie's ability to score dope. They may not have money to pay rent, eat food or ride the bus, but by God, they'll find a way to shoot drugs in their veins. Pittsburgh police say Karen Remsing of Vancouver showcased this creative tenacity when she came to Steeltown to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 11, 2010

    What Do You Call the Doctor Who Can't See Straight? A Practicing Anesthesiologist

    It's hard to choose the right instrument when you're tired.​An anesthesiologist arrives at a hospital, sees the patient he's about to put under, and announces: "I'm so tired, I can't even see straight." Sounds like a joke, right? Wrong. That outright declaration of incompetence, or words to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 7, 2010

    Slayer Seattle date cancelled

    ​From the Department of Satanically Bad News, this just in: Slayer bassist/vocalist Tom Araya has had to cancel the band's forthcoming "American Carnage" tour with Megadeth and Testament, due to a back problem that requires immediate surgery. Considering that they were kind enough to invite ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 28, 2009

    Five Procedures the American Society of Plastic Surgeons Didn't Discuss in Seattle

    There are some lines most surgeons won't cross.​New techniques in breast augmentation was a hot topic at the just-ended meeting of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons in Seattle. It's easy to mock an industry that rakes in cash from women-of-a-certain age who want lips that appear to have ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 27, 2009

    Tonight in Seattle: Boobs and Bill Frist

    Former Sen. Bill Frist is in Seattle with the inspiration for Nip/Tuck.​Here in godless Seattle, 5,000 members of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons mingle in the Washington State Trade and Convention Center. The hottest topic this year is switching around our jiggly parts, says ASPS spo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    April 16, 2008

    Kenny Rogers

    Former Sen. Bill Frist is in Seattle with the inspiration for Nip/Tuck.​Here in godless Seattle, 5,000 members of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons mingle in the Washington State Trade and Convention Center. The hottest topic this year is switching around our jiggly parts, says ASPS spo ... More >>

  • Calendar

    October 10, 2007

    My One Night Stand with Cancer

    The theatrical memoir of a cancer survivor

  • Film

    August 1, 2007

    Vitus: High IQ Plus Even Higher Fructose

    The theatrical memoir of a cancer survivor

  • Diversions

    January 17, 2007

    Lopping off Love

    The theatrical memoir of a cancer survivor

  • Arts

    March 10, 2004

    This Week's Reads

    The theatrical memoir of a cancer survivor

  • News

    January 21, 2004

    Postmortem of a Scandal

    The main fall guy in the UW Medicare-fraud investigation says federal rules confounded him and other docs.

  • News

    May 22, 2002

    Heartless

    In the wake of a controversial surgeon's departure, Children's Hospital has drastically cut its heart surgery services.

  • News

    January 30, 2002

    Missing instruments

    Another 13-inch surgical tool is left inside a patient at UW hospital.

  • News

    January 9, 2002

    Medical problems

    New claim discovered about "high incidence" of contamination at UW's hospital.

  • News

    November 28, 2001

    Is it really so bad?

    In Misconceptions, Naomi Wolf takes on modern childbirth and motherhood and doesn't like what she sees.

  • News

    November 29, 2000

    Tearing at Children's Heart

    The controversy that has shaken Children's Hospital to its core

  • Arts

    January 5, 2000

    Call for a Cure

    The social history of treating a dread disease.

  • News

    June 23, 1999

    How's Charlie?

    Nine heart bypasses put Chong back in council race.

  • News

    February 4, 1998

    The Man Who Remade Women

    Kirkland plastic surgeon Greg Johnson considered himself an artist who sculpted women in the flesh, but some patients say he was a shape-shifter of a very different kind. JUST ASK HIS WIFE

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