Court filings in Florida show patients staying in recovery houses and hotels have died or suffered untreated complications.
Surgeons at UCSF have taken a major step down the path toward less invasive procedures, performing San Francisco’s first gallbladder removal using only a single, small incision hidden within the navel ...
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- Robotic-assisted surgery is becoming increasingly common in operating rooms across the United States, with more than 2.5 million procedures performed each year and an annual ...
Heart specialists at NHS Golden Jubilee are cutting out one of the ‘longest incisions in surgery’ from routine operations, giving Scottish patients a quicker, and almost pain-free, recovery. Patient ...
DENVER (KDVR) – A woman who awakened during hernia surgery but remained unable to move or communicate with her doctors while the incisions were being made is now suing her anesthesiologist, the nurse ...
LINCOLN, Neb., & PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Virtual Incision Corporation, a medical device company pioneering first-of-its-kind miniaturized robots for laparoscopic surgery, today announced ...
Many of us are familiar with arthroscopic surgery. These are common surgeries performed in the knee, shoulder, or hip where a surgeon places a thin tube with a small camera at the end, also simply ...
Dr. Thoralf Sundt answers the question: 'How Painful Is a Sternotomy Incision?' — -- Question: What is a sternotomy incision and how painful is it? Answer: A sternotomy incision is the usual ...
The Moran Eye Center is among a select group of institutions evaluating a unique simulator-based training system developed to help turn the tide of cataract blindness worldwide. Moran resident Michael ...