An estimated 4.2 million people die within 30 days of surgery worldwide each year. A new study suggests that deaths and serious heart disease might be prevented if some patients see a specialist heart ...

Jill Martin has just shared that she will undergo urgent surgery to repair the damage that radiation therapy for breast cancer has done to her skin. “Just when you think the fight is over, life ...

Elective neurosurgery has quietly crossed a threshold: advances in minimally invasive techniques, anesthesia, and perioperative care have made a set of historically “inpatient” spine and neurovascular ...

One in eight patients who undergo day surgery develop complications and need overnight or longer hospital admission, reveals a new report. Some operations have much higher admission rates - including ...

In the first human trial of robotic-assisted cataract surgery, 10 patients underwent the procedure with good outcomes with no complications related to the treatment, according to the Los Angeles-based ...

A Vancouver woman and her husband filed a lawsuit against Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center and her physician over surgery complications. DeAndras and Ryan Macheras filed the complaint Dec. 11 in ...

Common health problems of old age can be devastating if they crop up following major surgery Seniors who developed a geriatric syndrome post-surgery were more likely to die They also were more likely ...

Common health problems of old age -- dehydration, delirium, malnutrition or falls -- can become catastrophic if they occur following a major surgery, a new study reports. Seniors who suffer these ...

Seniors who developed a geriatric syndrome post-surgery were more likely to die They also were more likely to spend more time in a hospital or nursing facility FRIDAY, Nov. 21, 2025 (HealthDay News) — ...

Carnie Wilson suffered a "very scary" setback after undergoing lap-band removal surgery. The "Hold On" singer elected to have her adjustable gastric band removed last week but faced complications ...

1 Department of Neurosurgery, The Third Hospital of Shijiazhuang, Shijiazhuang, China 2 Department of Neurosurgery, The Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang, China Objectives: To ...