Surgery

Surgeons perform approximately 800,000 coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgeries globally each year.

The body’s reaction to a surgical incision is completely understandable - scars are unavoidable.

Endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography is a common procedure in adult patients but a recent study looked at whether the procedure was safe for younger patients and whether it provided the same level of efficacy.

How often do tracheal injuries following intubation occur during surgery?

Patients often seek rhinoplasty for two reasons: cosmetic enhancement or structural repair.

Abnormal scarring is troublesome for patients, for both its cosmetic inelegance and pain.

A randomized trial found no benefits — and several large drawbacks — in the use of ablations guided by focal impulse and rotor modulation in patients with atrial fibrillation.

Patients with colorectal cancer who also suffered from depression at diagnosis have lesser odds of a smooth post-surgery recovery process.

Incidentalomas, the tumors identified serendipitously when physicians order imaging test for a different problem, are often symptomless, and are typically found in the adrenal gland, pancreas, liver, and thyroid.

Lung cancer is often diagnosed late in its course.

Telemedicine – exchanging medical information between sites over electronic communications equipment to improve a patient’s clinical health status – lets patients access providers without spending time and resources commuting to and from the appointment site.

After a child recovers from surgery or illness, their leftover prescription pain medications should be properly disposed of – the keyword being “should.â€

Former cancer patient Thomas Manning from Halifax, Massachusetts, is the first man in the US to undergo a penis transplant.

Greek physician Hippocrates believed doctors should be “clean in person, [and] well-dressed.â€

Certifying and accrediting organizations have begun looking at a new quality metric: failure to rescue (FTR).

Being a good doctor is hard work, especially considering the current state of our health care system. Some doctors, however, are simply bad news. And because most doctors today have comparable education and credentials, bad doctors don’t exactly stick out like sore thumbs.

Congenital heart disease may have the same name in adult and pediatric care but the two conditions can often require vastly different approaches in care. Despite that work in the field is being done to help patients of all age maintain a high quality of life.

As congenital heart patients transition from pediatric care to adult care there is a world of new challenges awaiting them. How they approach those challenges and how their doctors help them in that time can determine how they manage the condition in the future.

Treatment of adult congenital heart disease has improved by leaps and bounds in the past few decades but there is still much more work to be done. Areas of research like stem cells could be part of the future of treating this condition in the future.

A lot has been done to bolster the treatment of congenital heart disease and managing the risks of this patient population. Because of that these patients are able to live a longer and fuller life including pregnancy and childbirth like other people.

Even the most severe cases of congenital heart disease can be treated to a level where they can safely navigate high risk pregnancies.

Researchers reported that reawakened astrocytes appear to be a key trigger for S1 cortex (the remote region of the brain that is not directly affected by spinal cord injury) circuit rewiring and may contribute to sustained neuropathic mechanical allodynia.

Research indicates that spinal cord stimulation appears to reduce the affective component of pain, resulting in optimal pain relief.

Study results show that transplanted human retinal stem cells rescue photoreceptors in rabbit retinas for 8 months.

Study results show that the majority of patients with retinal neovascularization due to proliferative diabetic retinopathy treated with bevacizumab experience total, long-term regression of their symptoms.

A team of surgeons has demonstrated a surgical model using cadavers for total human eye allotransplantation.

Sometimes things we enjoy cause harm, and our career can be one of those things....how do you make sense of that?

Liver transplant centers may be letting their sickest patients die waiting for a donor liver in an effort to improve their statistics on successful transplants, a new study charges.

The history of botulinum toxins dates back hundreds of years. What it can mean for the future of medicine and what conditions it can help in the future remains to be seen.

As with many parts of medicine guidelines are constantly being updated across a variety of specialties. The American Academy of Neurology recently released new guidance on how and when to use botulinum toxin in patient care.