Surgery

Among hospitals with solid income streams, one might expect the quality of care to be high. However, postsurgical mortality rates and patient-safety indicators showed high-price hospitals perform worse on inpatient care quality than low-price facilities.

Since clinicians at US Department of Veterans Affairs hospitals are concerned that their hip fracture patients will not return to their preoperative functional levels, many wonder if particular types of rehabilitation can improve postoperative outcomes.

Study results show that a three-month course of colchicine can significantly reduce the recurrence of atrial fibrillation after catheter ablation.

A recent issue of the Journal of the American Medical Association includes a picture series that is a must-see for physicians who treat patients with diabetes.

While there are no medical safety reasons to avoid becoming pregnant after a tummy tuck, there is no definitive way to ensure the results of the procedure will remain intact throughout a new pregnancy.

Results from a small study show that adding donepezil may provide additional analgesic relief for neuropathic pain patients who do not receive sufficient pain relief from gabapentin.

A good skin care regimen is essential to guaranteeing our patient's skin - as well as our own skin - will look its best in the winter months.

Researchers from Finland find high depressive burden is associated with greater disability from the time of lumbar spinal stenosis surgery, including the 5-year point.

To ensure the best long-term results for patients who undergo plastic surgery, a healthy recovery plan is needed.

Though warfarin is often used to prevent coagulation and treat existing blood clots, many questions arise when geriatric patients who take the anticoagulant fracture a hip.

With a focus on visceral functions, researchers from Italy retrospectively evaluated aortic arch surgery using selective antegrade cerebral perfusion at different temperatures.

Although operating room (OR) efficiency and patient safety improve when a Surgical Safety Checklist (SSC) is used, OR personnel do not always implement SSCs, mainly due to checklist fatigue or the perception that the extra steps take too much time.

Although preoperative fasting is intended to address stomach acid and prevent the aspiration of gastric contents, some experts believe it is based more on tradition than necessity.

Once an investment in liposuction has been made, it must be protected in order to reap its benefits for as long as possible.

The United States government has lifted a federal ban on the transplantation of organs from deceased HIV-infected donors to HIV-infected recipients, and the ramifications of this action are expected to be great.

Although surgeons are not specifically trained to assess patients' ability to drive while wearing a leg cast, a team of researchers found that insurance companies and police forces look to doctors to advise their patients on driving.

A cosmetic surgeon can help a bride-to-be meet her beauty goals by proposing a long-term plan.

Among its comprehensive review articles on spinal deformities, fractures, and other pediatric orthopedic conditions, the December 2013 issue of Surgery includes a concise and interesting article on the many foot problems orthopedic surgeons may encounter in children.

Though shaped breast implants were recently approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA), plastic surgeons must not forget the proven track record of round implants in the United States.

Despite advances in treatment, persistent pain after breast surgery is still a significant clinical problem.

A one-two-three punch to help patients get rid of the troublesome muffin top for good.

While kidney paired donation (KPD) is not a new concept, it may be the most promising avenue for increasing organ availability.

If breast augmentation is on the decline, then how did 2013 continue to see a 5% overall growth in plastic surgery procedures? The answer is simple: Botox.

Patients would never go to a plastic surgeon for an ear infection or a Pap smear, so why are they turning to an ophthalmologist or gynecologist for cosmetic enhancements?

Though bariatric surgery offers obese patients the opportunity to take off and keep off excess weight, those who experience rapid weight loss after surgery have a greater risk of developing gallstones.

Early repair of complete hamstring tendon rupture offers good-to-excellent recovery of hamstring strength and endurance in professional football players, although the injury may be a marker of elite-level physical deterioration.

As many surgeons know, acute surgical wounds occasionally heal slowly as a result of poor local blood supply, infection, blood vessel damage, or a combination of factors. Fortunately, new research suggests hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) can speed healing in those difficult wounds.

An absence of symptoms does not indicate benign behavior in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumors (pNETs), as nearly one-third of patients with incidental tumors present with advanced disease.

In light of the increasingly intense competition in youth sports, the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM) has issued a new position statement that is of interest to healthcare providers, especially surgeons.

Two pediatric surgeons describe a stepwise approach to treating children whose abdominal pain goes beyond a minor problem.