Even though wrong site surgeries happen in about 1 of 112,000 procedures, that single instance is what the surgical timeout process aims to prevent.

Surgeon positions are expected to grow by 1.7 percent from 2022 to 2032, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data.

Patients treated by female surgeons are less likely to experience adverse outcomes 90 days to one year after surgery, according to a study published Aug. 30 in JAMA Surgery.

A 64-year-old Australian woman had an 8-centimeter roundworm extracted from her brain in the world's first case of the new parasitic infection.

The number of gender-affirming surgeries performed in the U.S. increased by nearly threefold between 2016 and 2019 before falling slightly in 2020, according to a study published Aug. 23 in JAMA Network Open.

There is no clear link between how much competition a hospital faces and surgical outcomes, according to a study published Aug. 2 in JAMA Surgery.

Gainesville, Fla.-based UF Health is testing a new blood management program to prevent unneeded transfusions among surgical patients, according to an Aug. 13 report from Mainstreet Daily News. 

A surgical team recently performed the nation's first robot-assisted liver transplant at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in St. Louis, the St. Louis Post-Dispatch reported Aug. 14. 

The financial stability of healthcare systems depends on maximizing operating room efficiency.

Following allegations of threats to patient safety and a lack of quality care from the former chief of surgery at the John D. Dingell VA Medical Center in Detroit, the VA Office of Inspector General published findings July 18 from its recent inspection highlighting 10 areas with deficiencies that require improvement.

Durham, N.C.-based Duke Health found that algorithms were 13 percent more accurate than humans at predicting surgical time needed in the operating room.