Light-Activated Patch Seals Brain Surgery Wounds in Seconds
A torn membrane around the brain might not sound like a major surgical complication, but…
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An Experimental Obesity Pill Mimics Gastric Bypass Surgery
The drug is based on research conducted at MIT by Giovanni Traverso, a gastroenterologist and…
Listening to music after surgery seems to be an effective painkiller
Music could be a cheap way to help people be more comfortable after surgeryDragos Condrea/Alamy…
Cataract Surgery Tricky for Those With Past Radial Keratotomy
April 25, 2024 – Over 2 million people in the 1980s and 1990s had a…
Doctors Combined a Heart Pump and Pig Kidney Transplant in Breakthrough Surgery
A 54-year-old New Jersey woman has become the second living person to receive a genetically…
Heart-Liver Surgery May Help Patients Excluded from Transplant List
Ernest House needed a liver transplant. But a heart condition was keeping him off the…
What It’s Like to Have Nasal Polyp Surgery
Bruce Black is no stranger to sinus trouble. He’s had it for much of his…
8 Mistakes After Surgery That Slow Your Recovery
It was just after surgery for diverticular disease, and Greg Saggio, 48, was feeling good.…
Opioid prescriptions after surgery decline – Healthcare Economist
That is the finding from a JAMA Network Open paper…
Intermountain Healthcare Opens Ambulatory Surgery Center In Murray, Utah
Intermountain Healthcare (Salt Lake City) opened an ambulatory surgery center and recovery hotel in Murray,…