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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. 

In this episode we are joined by Joel Colyer, Global Portfolio Director, Surgical Drapes & Gowns/Fluid Management, Cardinal Health and Javad Parvizi, MD, FRCS. Professor of Orthopedic Surgery at Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Rothman Institute at Thomas Jefferson University to…

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…

The increasing availability of Single-Use, Sterile, Pre-Packaged (SSP) surgical instruments and implants provides an unprecedented opportunity for cost savings due to increased surgery throughput, sterilization cost savings, and reducing Surgical Site Infections (SSIs) and their related costs.

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.