Underweight patients are more likely to die after emergency general surgery than patients who are normal weight or overweight, and patients who are both frail and underweight face… read more.
The United States will be short nearly 28,000 surgeons by 2038, according to the first unified assessment of the country’s surgical workforce. The analysis found the surgeon workforce… read more.
Where a patient undergoes heart surgery can significantly affect their risk of infection following the procedure, with some patients facing more than double the risk of others, according… read more.
A total of 363,039 cataract surgeries performed in 12 European countries in 2024 have been recorded in the European Registry of Quality Outcomes for Cataract and Refractive Surgery… read more.
Facing major surgery is stressful, but for older adults, unaddressed anxiety and depression can impede physical recovery. A clinical trial led by researchers at Washington University School of… read more.
Both full and limited endoscopic sinus surgery significantly improve quality of life in patients with chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps, according to a recent study published in Allergy. In… read more.
Johnson & Johnson announced that the FDA has granted De Novo authorization for the OTTAVA Robotic Surgical System, the world’s first table-integrated soft tissue robotic system. The system… read more.
Waking up from surgery feeling nauseous or vomiting is one of the most distressing experiences a patient can have — and one that patients consistently rank as worse… read more.
An international survey has highlighted major gaps in cardio-oncology training, despite its increasing clinical importance.1 These results were presented at ESC Cardio-Oncology 2026, the second annual conference of the European Society… read more.
A new study suggests anesthesiologists may be able to safely increase the likelihood that patients dream during surgery — and that those dreams are typically positive, calming and… read more.
Researchers found postoperative delirium was strongly associated with long-term cognitive decline and the effect was not explained by rehospitalizations, highlighting the long-term impact of delirium on brain health…. read more.
Surgeons are an integral part of the health care system, supplying critical and urgent care in nearly every field of medicine. But surgeons are already in short supply,… read more.
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