Concerns have been raised over wide variation in rates of unplanned (emergency or urgent) surgery for access-sensitive surgical conditions—diagnoses requiring surgery that preferably is planned ...

An objective assessment for post-surgical patients is critical to decreasing mortality and improving patient outcomes, according to an editorial published in Anesthesiology by Atul A. Gawande, MD, MPH ...

SYSTEMIC lupus erythematosus affects small blood vessels throughout the body; as a consequence any or all organs may be involved by the disease. Although the occurrence of abdominal symptoms is well ...

New findings and diagnostic advances warrant revisiting key features of acute non-obstetric abdominal pain in pregnancy. Four of the most frequently seen conditions warranting surgical intervention ...

When someone undergoes gastric surgery, the focus typically centers on recovery and healing. However, a condition called dumping syndrome can emerge that fundamentally alters how the body processes ...

Expansion of episode of care measurement models to include presurgical care is an added opportunity to improve quality, value, and efficiency in healthcare delivery. Healthcare reforms to improve ...

Surgical coverage plays a crucial role in the healthcare landscape. Having a high-performing, collaborative acute surgical program frees up community physicians from call coverage and improves ...

A retrospective chart review examined data on 181 hidradenitis suppurativa cases managed with surgical excision at 2 large U.S.-based centers. Treatment episodes were divided into categories that were ...

Child deaths from surgical conditions such as birth defects are too high in Sub-Saharan Africa compared with high-income countries because of a lack of focus on surgical diseases in children in the ...

AMONG the quantitative blood examinations frequently used in health and in abnormal states are the red-cell count and the hematocrit. Rarely in routine medical practice does the physician or surgeon ...