Al-Zahrawi is a training robot and simulator for minimal invasive surgery (MIS) or laparoscopic surgery that is being developed at the NUST School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science in collaboration with Holy Family Hospital, Pakistan. This ICTR&D funded project is primarily focused towards developing a cost effective solution for training surgeons for conventional and robotically a...

abu al-qasim khalaf ibn al-abbas al-zahrawi, also known as albucasis, is one of the greatest physicians and surgeons in islamic world who is best remembered for his medical encyclopedia, al-tasrif li man ajaz an-il-talif (an aid for those who lack the capacity to read big books). al-tasrif li man ajaz an-il-talif(an aid for those who lack the capacity to read big books). al-tasrifwas translated...

The rise of European science during the Renaissance is greatly indebted to the flourishing of the sciences during the Islamic Golden Age. However, some believe that medieval Islamic physicians and in particular surgeons had been merely a medium for Greco-Roman ideas. Contrarily, in some medieval Islamic medical books, such as Al-Tasrif of Al-Zahrawi (936-1013), the surgical instructions represe...

The purpose of presenting review was to share the medicinal and surgical contribution of Greco-Arabic Muslim scientists in diagnosis, surgery and natural medicines for the management and treatment of urolithiasis. The contribution of Al-Antaki, Al-Baghdadi, Al-Baitar, Al-Bokhari, Al-Razi, Al-Zahrawi, Ibn Sina, Ibn Zuhr was highlighted. The data compilation was preliminary and much more efforts ...

abu al-qasim khalaf ibn-e-abbas zahrawi(936-1013 a.d.), known as albucasis in west, was one of the greatest physicians in the islamic world. to many historians, he was considered as the father of modern surgery. his book, al-tasrif, e.g., written in 30 chapters, was, in fact, a medical encyclopedia of that era. it was used as one of the main references in medical academic centers for centuries....

background: current development of surgery is due to medical practitioners and surgeons practices and experiments throughout the history. albucasis, the muslim spanish physician in 10 century ad was one of the pioneers in surgery that had major influence by his innovations in surgical techniques, treatment approaches and invention of instruments. he introduced a type of surgical knife named mok...

Tracheostomy was first described by Greco-Roman physicians, including Paulus of Aegina. Medieval Islamic clinicians extended the Greco-Roman ideas with substantial contributions to the field of surgery, including tracheostomy. Although Al-Zahrawi (936-1013 CE) stated that he had not heard or read of any Islamic physicians having performed tracheostomy, there is evidence that many prominent Isla...