There are other causes of leg weakness around the time of surgery. If they gave you spinal anesthesia, it’s possible that the ...

A new update from the American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) is calling for greater caution before surgery is ...

He was previously fined for leaving a towel inside a patient. This is the fourth time in the last eight years his insurance ...

In gastrointestinal surgery, robotics has moved beyond being a technological advancement to becoming a preferred approach for ...

Dear Dr. Roach: I am a 70-year-old male with a large inguinal hernia on the right side. I have consulted two different surgeons, and both surgeons recommend taking care of the condition at the ...

Rates of bile duct injury a year after gallbladder removal surgery were lower with laparoscopic procedures than robotic-assisted ones, a retrospective study of Medicare beneficiaries found.

Their study, published in the Journal of Surgical Research, found that patients who were aware of family members' past gallbladder surgery were more likely to seek help early—and were less likely to ...

Rutgers Health research shows patients who know their family history of gallstone disease are more attentive to easily misinterpreted symptoms People might attribute midnight bouts of chest pain or ...

BENNINGTON – In the corner of the operating room is a headset. In the middle is what looks like a giant robotic claw. From his position looking through the binocular headset, Seth Bernard, a general ...

Purpose Bile duct injury (BDI) is a catastrophic complication of cholecystectomy, and misidentification of the cystic anatomy is considered to be the main cause. Although several techniques have been ...

DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a soon-to-be 85-year-old healthy woman. I take a statin and baby aspirin (I assume because of my age) and have my gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) under control. I have ...

The University of Virginia School of Medicine’s Department of Surgery has a new program for global surgery. Dr. Jade Nunez, who has been a surgeon at the University of Utah for a decade, moved to ...