Total hip replacement — Care Abroad The worn ball and socket of the hip are cut out and replaced: a stem driven into the femur carrying a metal or ceramic head, and a cup fixed into the pelvis with a bearing inside it. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/procedure/hip-replacement/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 54K
Choosing a facilitator — Care Abroad An intermediary stands between the patient and the hospital: it collects records, produces a quote, books the surgeon, sometimes books the flight and the hotel, and meets the patient at the airport. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/step/choosing-a-facilitator/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 35K
Cataract surgery — Care Abroad The clouded natural lens is broken up by ultrasound and removed through a small wound, and an artificial lens is folded into the empty capsule. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/procedure/cataract-surgery/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 50K
Coronary angioplasty and stent — Care Abroad A catheter is threaded from the wrist or the groin to the heart, dye shows where a coronary artery is narrowed, a balloon opens it and a metal mesh tube is left behind to hold it open. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/procedure/angioplasty-stent/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 50K
Surrogacy — Care Abroad A woman carries a pregnancy for someone else. In the usual form an embryo is created by IVF from the intended parents' or donors' gametes and transferred to her; she has no genetic link to the child. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/procedure/surrogacy/ · 16-Sep-2026 · 45K
FUE — Care Abroad Harvesting hair by cutting individual follicular units out of the donor area one at a time through small circular punches, rather than taking a strip of scalp and dissecting it. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/word/fue/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 30K
What the data cannot see — Care Abroad Thirteen published series supply every chart, map and table on this site. Each has a record, and each record carries one sentence stating what the series does not count. This page collects those thirteen sentences. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/story/what-the-data-cannot-see/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 48K
Medical travel — Care Abroad Travelling from one country to another to be treated. It is the name this site uses throughout, alongside cross-border care, and the name the trade itself has moved towards over twenty years. nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/word/medical-travel/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 33K
The Declaration of Istanbul, 2008 — Care Abroad A consensus statement agreed at an international summit in Istanbul in 2008, convened by The Transplantation Society and the International Society of Nephrology, which defined organ trafficking, transplant commercialism… nanobotco.github.io/care-abroad/event/istanbul-declaration-2008/ · 17-Sep-2026 · 35K