As technological advancements make more procedures appropriate for the outpatient setting, surgery centers are looking to add more complex procedures than they have performed in the past. Lori Vernon, ...

Two cardiologists at Massachusetts General Hospital are honing a complex new procedure for unclogging plaque-filled arteries that could spare untold thousands of patients from having to undergo ...

A study of a novel percutaneous technique for treating long, complex occlusions of the superficial femoral artery met its primary safety and efficacy endpoints, according to findings presented at the ...

The percentage of older adults undergoing a complicated fusion procedure for the painful lower-back condition called spinal stenosis has increased steeply, rising fifteenfold from 2002 to 2007, a new ...

Gail Lane lost her eyesight ten years ago, the result of a bad reaction to prescription drugs. For the last decade, the 74-year-old retiree in Victoria, Canada, has not seen her friends’ faces, nor ...

Sponsored FOY Procedure Helps Scuba Diver Conquer Complex Colon Polyps and Dive Again Sunil Amin, M.D., a gastroenterologist and Director of Endoscopy at UHealth, the University of Miami Health System ...

CABG, PCI outcomes similar in diabetes patients A geriatric patient undergoes a complex procedure for gastric outlet obstruction and causes a medical team to question their stance on geriatric surgery ...

A team of doctors from SDM Narayana Heart Centre at Dharwad in Karnataka performed a rare and advanced high-end cardiology procedure resulting in a new lease of life to a patient with complex heart ...

Mohs micrographic surgery is the most effective treatment for basal cell and squamous cell carcinomas. The procedure involves the layer-by-layer removal of skin cancer, and it has a 99% cure rate for ...

There are several types of surgery for bile duct cancer, which are meant to cure cancer or to manage its symptoms. Your bile ducts transport bile from the liver and the gallbladder to the small ...