September 29, 2021
In July 2021, University Hospitals, in Cleveland, Ohio, announced that its staff had transplanted a kidney into the wrong patient. Although the patient who received the […]
September 20, 2021
Although unionized surgical residency programs offer more vacation time and housing stipend benefits, membership does not necessarily improve resident well-being, research suggests. In a study published […]
September 16, 2021
Chronic pain is a common and feared complication of ventral hernia repair. Pain affects up to 39% of the estimated 348,000 Americans who annually undergo ventral […]
August 10, 2021
Cristina Martinez’s spinal operation in Houston was expected to be routine. But after destabilizing her spine, the surgeon discovered the implant he was ready to put […]
July 30, 2021
Nearly half of female surgeons (42%) who were recently surveyed have had a miscarriage or stillbirth — twice the rate of women aged 30 to 40 […]
July 9, 2021
A 29-year-old woman in Taiwan had chopstick fragments in her sinuses for a week after she was reportedly attacked by her sister at the dinner table, […]
July 7, 2021
A six-year-old girl named Negalem Alafa, from Ethiopia, was born with a tumor that never stopped growing. Now, thanks to surgeons from Lenox Hill Hospital, a […]
June 28, 2021
Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The week before Brian Colvin was scheduled for shoulder surgery in November, […]
June 10, 2021
More surgeons are using a software solution in the operating room that walks the team through role-specific best practices for a procedure in real time, eliminating […]