T'puram: A woman from Menamkulam in Thiruvananthapuram lodged a complaint with chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan alleging serious medical negligence by .

Discover the alarming trend of fraudulent surgeries in Nigeria. Learn how neglected lab tests and misdiagnoses lead to unnecessary operations and fatal out ...

Medical malpractice: Suit alleges that during an appendectomy procedure, the surgeon removed adipose tissue instead of the appendix, falsified medical records claiming successful removal and failed to ...

Limb-lengthening can add inches to a person’s stature. But its risks have made it controversial. Credit... Supported by By Isabella Kwai Photographs by Matthew Leifheit Isabella Kwai spoke to ...

In patients with uncomplicated appendicitis, initial antibiotic treatment yielded a true recurrence rate of nearly 38% over 10 years. More than half of the patients treated with antibiotics avoided ...

Ten-year follow-up results showed that 37.8% of patients who received antibiotics versus appendectomy had a true recurrence of appendicitis. Overall, cumulative complication rates at 10 years were ...

Intuitive Surgical is a leading provider of surgical robotics devices. Its da Vinci robot was one of the first to market and boasts a massive installed base. The company is witnessing growth in two ...

From 2003 to 2022, there was a more than doubling in low-capability pediatric hospitals, according to a study published online Dec. 10 in Pediatrics. In a new study published in the journal The Lancet ...

Sunnyvale, CA-based Intuitive has secured extended FDA approvals for the da Vinci Single Port surgical system, which is currently used for urology, colorectal, thoracic and transoral procedures. Now, ...

Intuitive Surgical said Wednesday its da Vinci SP surgical robot received Food and Drug Administration clearance for use in inguinal hernia repair, gallbladder removal and appendectomy procedures. The ...