Surgery

As more pediatric surgical procedures being conducted as same-day procedures, parents are assuming responsibility for their children's immediate post-operative pain management.

Patients who underwent non-endoscopic trigger deactivation and cosmetic eyelid surgery reported an improvement in their migraines.

Appearance-altering realities in television and social media are not just a recreational pastime for Americans. They influence attitudes toward cosmetic surgery.

Stress urinary incontinence has been associated with poor quality of life, social isolation, and depression. A new study compared the cost and cost effectiveness of 3 treatment strategies.

In just a few short years the number of doctors and hospitals using electronic health records has grown dramatically, according to the US Department of Health and Human Services.

Surgery to address drug-resistant epilepsy may improve psychoses, according to a study.

The issue of inappropriate antibiotic prescribing, which increases duration of treatment and hospital length of stay, is complicated in the surgical suite.

The University of Southern California is developing a brain model that can pave the way for nanotechnology treatment development for multiple sclerosis and other neurological disorders.

Surgeons and endocrinologists have wondered if bisphosphonate use might reduce revision hip replacements, and a new study indicates they may help.

A new study explores the disparity in surgical residents' and their attending surgeons' perceptions operating room guidance.

Surgeons' concerns about a controversial process to transition high-risk patients off anticoagulation may be warranted.

During the first open enrollment period under the Affordable Care Act, more than 10 million Americans gained health insurance coverage.

Birth defects can set a family up for a lifetime of challenges, but thanks to some amazing advances in modern cosmetic surgery, there are options available to improve a child's quality of life.

Though hospital stay duration was once used as a surrogate outcome for surgical recovery, the increasing popularity of short-stay surgery has eliminated that measure, making it harder for hospitals to track recovery trajectories and more difficult for surgeons to plan physical, psychological, and social postoperative courses for prospective patients.

The odds of a major adverse cardiovascular event were more than 14-fold higher when the surgeries were done within the first 3 months after stroke compared with surgery in patients with no stroke history.

Blepharoplasty is a reliable method to achieve facial aesthetic goals with minimal recovery time.

Though physicians routinely weigh therapeutic benefits against risks, several clinical ethics issues are unique to thyroid disease management.

Those who have lost a significant amount of weight are often left with sagging skin, and exercise is not the solution to that problem.

For many procedures, minimally invasive surgery is superior to open surgery because it typically involves a few small incisions, rather than one large open cut.

When gallstones are the source of acute pancreatitis, the condition can be life threatening.

In a recent survey, physicians identified peer-reviewed journal articles, continuing medical education, evidence-based guidelines, and national experts as the most useful sources of information to stay current on therapeutic advances.

Since removing the abnormal glands through parathyroidectomy (PTx) is the sole curative intervention for primary hyperparathyroidism (PHPT), a team of researchers from the Section of Endocrine Surgery at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine in Los Angeles recently tracked trends in the frequency and quality of PTx.

Following a daily skincare regimen will help slow the aging process, but healthcare professionals must provide the tools to do so.

Thanks to better anesthetics, new surgical techniques, and more consistent anticoagulant use to prevent venous thromboembolism, mortality after total hip replacement surgery is rare. Nevertheless, a patient's risk of death briefly increases following the procedure.

When the breasts are disproportionate to the rest of a woman's body, physical and psychological side effects can become very real issues.

When patients with diabetes or metabolic syndrome experience acute cardiac events, the subject of stents often arises.

The patients who are most likely to develop a hospital-acquired condition after bariatric surgery are precisely those who stand to benefit the most from undergoing the procedure.

Out of all possible factors, trauma is the single largest cause of death among Americans aged 46 years or younger.

Although Botox treatments are now more popular than ever before, they are continuously portrayed in a negative light, particularly within the media

Although hospitals routinely implement peer review processes to ensure that physicians are meeting the prevailing standards of care, the procedure has been associated with controversy.