Surgery

With the skyrocketing demand for cosmetic procedures, are plastic surgeons doing enough to prescreen clients?

Morbidly or severely obese individuals develop migraine disorders significantly more often than patients who carry less weight.

Patients with unreasonable or uninformed expectations are often unprepared for the postoperative period and dissatisfied with their outcomes. As a result, healthcare professionals are dedicating more time to studying and managing patient expectations, including making sure all involved have a clear understanding of what to expect in terms of risks and benefits.

If your patients are considering ways to turn back the signs of aging, then this is the optimal time for them to think about a hand lift procedure.

Despite the continuous search for the next development in body-shaping and age-defying products and procedures, there are many easy things your patients can do to reverse the hands of time.

Uterine fibroids often cause symptoms such as heavy vaginal bleeding, anemia, constipation, bloating, and hydronephrosis that lower quality of life and lead to missed workdays for women.

Many adhesions are asymptomatic, but in some patients, they can cause pain, small bowel obstruction and other postoperative issues, as well as increase cost and complicate surgical suite workload.

Although molecularly targeted cancer therapies are generally safe and more effective than previous treatment options, some serious adverse events can occur.

Inconsistencies between ClinicalTrials.gov and medical journals' reporting are raising questions about the editing and disseminating process.

The device uses sensors to warn of impending heart attack and can stimulate cardiac muscle in patients with atrial fibrillation or other rhythm disorders.

For patients with kidney transplants, a urine test could detect dysfunction easier than by invasive measures, according to a study published in the March issue of the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology.

As long-term cancer survival rates continue to surge, an increasing percentage of patients with cancer-related pain are progressing to the chronic pain arena, which necessitates more contemporary treatment approaches to cancer pain management.

Minimally invasive surgical technique for patients with atrial fibrillation who cannot tolerate standard anticoagulant therapy uses sutures to tie off the left atrial appendage and offers increased stroke protection.

For patients receiving non-cardiac surgery, a study published in JAMA Surgery discovered that patients who experienced postoperative complications were more likely to be readmitted within 30 days.

Despite ridicule and derision from their peers, many legitimate biomedical scientists have pursued drugs, treatments, and interventions to restore youth, extend life, or both.

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new ablation catheter billed by its maker as the first such device on the U.S. market "that enables direct and real-time measurement of contact force" during procedures.

Mice models demonstrating colorectal cancer development were influenced by nongenetic factors such as gut microbes.

Instead of standard radio wave therapy, doctors are experimenting with alcohol ablations to prevent accidental triggering of arrhythmia.

Although overall mortality related to breast cancer in women is declining, patients with locally advanced breast cancer still pose a challenge to oncologists.

A minimally-invasive, surgically-implanted esophagus band developed at Stony Brook University Hospital effectively reduces symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD).

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved a new ablation catheter for use in patients with medication-resistant paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.

Significant weight loss can be a monumental step in a person's life, but one setback many patients face after massive weight loss is excess, sagging skin that will not vanish without surgical intervention.

While it is often best to wait until children's bodies have stopped growing before performing plastic surgery on them, one procedure that can be done as early as age 5 is otoplasty.

Study finds a lower rate of recurrent atrial tachyarrhythmias among patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation who underwent radiofrequency catheter ablation as a first-line treatment rather than taking antiarrhythmic drugs.

When it comes to making the decision to move forward with a facelift procedure, how can patients know whether it is the right option for them?

A team of researchers have pinpointed the factors that influence endocrinologists' referral patterns for endocrine surgery.

According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, 84% of wrong-site orthopedic surgery claims result in indemnity payments over a 10-year period, representing financially burdensome settlements.

Though most studies on the preoperative use of intra-aortic balloon pumps in coronary artery bypass grafting patients have reported early results, they have not been able to determine long-term outcomes.

For patients who emerge from epilepsy surgery seizure-free, the complex relationship between depression, anxiety, and seizure control does not guarantee better quality of life.

As surgical site infections are some of the most common postsurgical complications, finding supplies that can reduce their likelihood is critical.