During bypass surgery, a surgeon connects healthy blood vessels to bypass a blocked artery. It is often needed for those with ...

Guidance from professional societies on how to handle the risk for pulmonary aspiration during general anesthesia or deep sedation for patients taking glucagon-like peptide 1 receptor agonists (GLP-1 ...

Surgical procedures to repair the hand have historically been performed in the OR with patients receiving general ...

Click here to read the Cover Story, “WALANT enables surgeons ‘to do more with less’.”The patient experience has always been at the heart of surgical practice.

A new guideline from the American College of Gastroenterology provides advice on how to make surgery safer for patients with ...

Scheduled for open heart surgery, Jim Powers used Google to find other options for his heart condition. The Google AI overview summary led him to an innovative surgery at Providence Sacred Heart ...

How soon can you resume normal activities after surgery? Surgeon Motaz Selim, MD, PhD, breaks down the recovery process, offering expert advice on everything from dealing with post-surgery pain to ...

A year after undergoing the first whole-eye and partial-face transplant, Aaron James is finding beauty in the mundane. He can finally appreciate solid foods again — smelling is even a simple pleasure ...

Hugo Ramirez, something of a Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson look-alike, has high aspirations. Ramirez, who underwent painful leg-lengthening surgery to shoot up from 5 feet 9 inches to over 6 feet tall, is ...