As surgery on the body’s most vital organs, the brain and heart, has become more daring and more effective, it has also become more complex. Each new mechanical or electronic aid to the surgeon’s ...

The authors analyzed the impacts of COVID-19 on orthopedic operating room efficiency via comparison of 14,856 surgeries performed before, during, and after the pandemic. Objective: The COVID-19 ...

An 82-year-old Baptist Health System patient says the hospital’s newest hybrid operating room helped save his life after doctors found a dangerous aneurysm.

I’m a surgeon, and I couldn’t be more excited about the potential for communications tools to democratize access to essential knowledge in my profession. Throughout the history of modern surgery, ...

Mark Strand, a married father of three from Nokesville, Virginia, said he knew something was wrong when he went in for testing. "I was having daily fevers and low-level fevers, not super high," he ...

SIOUX CITY | Mercy Medical Center recently dedicated its new state-of-the-art operating room designed specifically to accommodate the growing demand for robotic procedures. The new 625-square-foot ...

People often worry if they'll panic or if it will hurt. Research and experience show that patients generally tolerate wide-awake surgery well.

Dawn Q. McLane, RN, MSA, CASC, CNOR, is regional vice president of operations for Health Inventures. Q: What is a good benchmark for maximum operating room utilization in an ambulatory surgery center ...

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Digital Surgery, a health tech company shaping the future of surgery through the convergence of surgical expertise and technology, today announced it has developed and ...

For weeks, and months, and even years, surgical teams at more than 20 medical centers around the world have been standing ready to make the first transplant of a heart from one human being to another.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr. Nina Shapiro is a physician writer who dispels health myths. It’s not exactly R2-D2 performing your surgery. But robotic ...