For those with type 2 diabetes who have knee osteoarthritis, getting a knee replacement can be difficult because they are ...

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--A new peer-reviewed journal article published in the Journal of Surgical Research shows that the KelaHealth’s Surgical Intelligence Platform was associated with a 21% ...

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Despite decades of calls for more attention to patient safety in hospitals, people undergoing surgery still have high rates of complications and medical errors, a new study finds. More than a third of ...

Medical errors can have devastating consequences for patients, and one of the most alarming errors is the retention of surgical items in a patient’s body after surgery. Retained surgical items (RSIs) ...

In a recent study published on the preprint server medRxiv,* scientists compare post-surgical complications before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. The findings from this ...

A new study shows that smoking tobacco puts you at a greatly increased risk for complications after surgery. This includes heart and lung damage, poor wound healing and a higher chance of ...

It's natural for patients returning home from the hospital after surgery to feel a sense of relief that the worst is over. But, research published this week suggests those patients and their doctors ...

Hospitals may make more money causing surgical errors than preventing them. A report published on April 17 in JAMA showed that surgical errors mean longer stays, additional care -- and 330 percent ...

Clinicians should consider atopic disease history when planning and managing reconstructive surgeries, according to two new studies presented this week at the American College of Allergy, Asthma, and ...

Just seven procedures account for roughly 80 percent of all admissions, deaths, complications and costs attributable to emergency general surgery across the nation, according to a study published in ...