Is plastic surgery safe? I know so many people get it because they think their faces don’t look right, but surely it can’t be right to cut your face open for no reason? And what is "medical tourism?" ...

A new study has confirmed that weight loss or bariatric surgery is safe and very effective, and, for a large percentage of people who were diabetic before the surgery, meant that they didn’t require ...

The practice of doctors performing overlapping surgeries is safe for most patients, but high-risk patients might be the exception, a new study found. A large study published in JAMA found that for ...

During an Oct. 9 webinar hosted by Becker’s ASC Review, Michelle George, RN, MSN, CASC, vice president of clinical services with Surgical Care Affiliates, and Lisa Sinsel, group director of clinical ...

The American Gastroenterological Association, in partnership with the American College of Gastroenterology and the American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy, has developed a safe surgery ...

To determine the efficacy of safe surgery system trabeculectomy combined with manual small incision cataract surgery/phacoemulsification in primary glaucoma coexistent with cataract. This is a ...

Wendy Salo was alarmed when she learned where her doctor had scheduled her gynecologic operation - at an outpatient surgery center. "My first thought was 'Am I not important enough to go to a real ...

Concerned about fibroid surgery safety? Gynaecologists reassure women that the procedure is safe when performed by experts in ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Cataract surgery is a highly refined procedure nowadays. Multiple technological innovations have contributed to ...

The offers began arriving by email in January: a chance at clearer vision for the special price of US$299 per eye. Over the next four months, I received 20 ads from the same company – each offering ...

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) gives broadly comparable results to conventional open surgery, with equal efficacy, faster recovery time and improved quality of life at one year, ...

View of operating room staff doctors surgeons nurses assisting performing doing surgery surgical procedure in operating room theater sterile clean professional hospital environment as a group team ...