A third of patients miss out on risk assessments before surgery
Almost one in three patients having major non-cardiac surgery still do not receive a documented…
Category: Surgery
Five takeaways from Congress’ hearing on overhauling organ transplant system
WASHINGTON — On Wednesday, two transplant doctors, one watchdog and a nephrologist-turned-advocate sat before members…
Coroner issues anaesthetic safety warning after patient death
A coroner has warned that a common practice used by anaesthetists could lead to deaths…
Opinion: Removing barriers to split liver transplants will save lives
The liver is one of the few organs that need not be transplanted whole. It…
Breast cancer study reveals a paradox of mastectomy
Breast cancer surgeons have tended not to push patients towards bilateral mastectomy, since data have…
STAT+: Novel amputation procedure makes walking with a prosthetic leg feel more seamless
A novel surgical technique could dramatically improve walking for people with below-the-knee amputations and help…
Standalone organ donor centers have sprouted all over the U.S. Do they work better than hospitals?
Not much sets the world of transplant medicine abuzz. But in the early 2000s, a…
Woman is back on dialysis after doctors remove transplanted pig kidney
WASHINGTON — A woman who received a pig kidney transplant is back on dialysis just 47…
Sex diversity in surgical teams is linked to better postoperative outcomes for patients, research finds
Patients have better postoperative outcomes when surgery is carried out by surgical and anaesthetic teams…
STAT+: First recipient of kidney transplant from genetically engineered pig has died, family says
Rick Slayman, the first man to receive a kidney transplant from a genetically engineered pig, has…
She was too sick for a traditional transplant. So she received a pig kidney and a heart pump
NEW YORK — Doctors have transplanted a pig kidney into a New Jersey woman who…
Patient with transplanted pig kidney had a ‘tense’ rejection episode before leaving the hospital
The world’s first recipient of a kidney transplant from a genetically modified pig experienced a…
STAT+: Gene-edited pig kidney transplanted into a living patient for the first time
In a new test of xenotransplantation, a medical team at Massachusetts General Hospital announced Thursday…
STAT+: UnitedHealth is on a buying spree of outpatient surgery centers
UnitedHealth Group quietly acquired dozens of outpatient facilities in 2023, with a particular focus on…
Opinion: Too many donor organs go to waste. Here’s how to get them into the patients who need them
As I was getting ready to perform a kidney transplant from a deceased donor on…
Supporting surgeons after adverse events: five minutes with . . . Kevin Turner
“The basis for the Support (surgeon peer-led post-incident response teams) Improvement Collaborative1 is a recognition…
Over half of surgeons struggle to find time to operate, college warns
Over half of all surgeons and an even higher proportion of surgical trainees are struggling…
STAT+: CRISPR-edited pig liver from eGenesis passes first test in brain-dead human, researchers say
For three days in December, an ICU room at the Hospital of the University of…
Opinion: BMI as a barrier to orthopedic surgery doesn’t make sense for patient health
I am getting bent out of shape over surgeons telling patients they cannot get a…
In pigs, researchers show ultrasound could be used for 3D printing inside the body
Imagine getting surgery without ever being cut open. Researchers at Duke University and Harvard Medical…
Life-extending epilepsy surgery performed less often in Black children, study finds
Children with drug-resistant epilepsy who are Black or insured through Medicaid may be less likely…
Man receives the first eye transplant plus a new face. It’s a step toward one day restoring sight
NEW YORK — Surgeons have performed the world’s first transplant of an entire human eye,…
A brain injury turns a writer into an ‘activated patient’ focused on the beauty of the now
How old is Claire Snyman? “I am now…” she says with pause. “I always have…
Macchiarini: Lancet retracts two papers on first tissue engineered trachea transplant
The Lancet has retracted two papers by the disgraced surgeon Paolo Macchiarini,1 after an investigation…
Genetically altered pig heart transplanted into a human for the second time
In a new test of xenotransplantation, a medical team at the University of Maryland Medical…
Royal college president apologises to female surgeons for “misguided” comments that undermined diversity agenda
The president of the Royal College of Surgeons of England has apologised for “gaslighting” female…
Pig kidney works a record two months in donated body, raising hope for animal-human transplants
NEW YORK — Dozens of doctors and nurses silently lined the hospital hallway in tribute:…
Surgical outcomes, who does better — male vs female surgeons?
Want to ensure that patients will get better outcomes after surgery? It’s easy, just do…
What do new weight loss drugs mean for the future of bariatric surgery?
Over the past year, weight loss drugs have captured the public’s imagination but also raised…
Gender-affirming surgeries tripled in the U.S. between 2016-2019, study finds
The number of gender-affirming surgeries taking place in the U.S. nearly tripled between 2016 and…
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STAT+: An innovative eye stem cell transplant could help restore vision in people with chemical injuries
The first time Phillip Durst saw the big A on the chart, he could hardly…
Stop taking Ozempic before surgery, anesthesiologist group recommends
Patients fast before surgery to prevent food from getting into their lungs while they’re under…
Why it won’t be so easy for medicine to displace BMI
The policy that the American Medical Association adopted this week to de-emphasize the use of…
In a first, a potentially fatal rare blood vessel disorder is treated in the womb
For Darren Orbach, a pediatric neurointerventionalist at Boston Children’s Hospital, the first-of-its-kind procedure to fix…
‘That scares me’: New childhood obesity guidelines still face a long road to consensus
This is part of a series about new obesity drugs that are transforming patients’ lives,…
Blood shortages: Hospitals are asked to postpone some elective operations
NHS hospitals have been asked to postpone some non-urgent elective operations to protect blood stocks,…
Opinion: Maternal-fetal surgery is not an alternative to abortion care
Every day, pregnant people across the United States get the news that the futures they…
Surgeons often take a fifth of the lungs to remove a small tumor. There may be a better way.
Claudia Donohue was on the operating table first thing in the morning. It wasn’t where…
Prehistoric skeleton reveals oldest surgical amputation — in a hunter-gatherer society 31,000 years ago
The amputation happened when the individual was perhaps 12 years old, the skeleton indicates. Gone…
Opinion: Surgeons fold against Medicare’s stacked deck
Casinos dazzle you with flashing lights, high-stakes tables, and the chance to win millions of…
Opinion: To improve children’s health in low-income countries, put pediatric surgery on par with preventing malaria or HIV
The devastation caused by malnutrition, HIV, tuberculosis, and malaria in low income countries is well…
Pregnancy tests are routine before many surgical procedures. But Dobbs has raised the stakes of a positive result
Monica da Silva, a critical care and cardiac anesthesiologist at the University of Alabama at…
Adopting new technology is crucial to surgeons’ training, says report
Technology enhanced training should be integrated into surgical training alongside hands-on experience, the report of…
Concurrent surgery across two parallel operating theatres carries risks, say researchers
Researchers have warned of the risks of having a single surgeon work across two parallel…
Surgeons navigating their pregnancies see a bleak picture getting a bit brighter
When a surgeon asked Sharona Ben-Haim during a 2008 interview for a neurosurgery residency program…
Moving xenotransplantation research into human trials will require adjusting our expectations, researchers say
On the heels of some important “firsts” this past year, xenotransplantation — grafting animal organs…
First person to receive a pig heart transplant dies after two months
The first person to receive a heart transplant from a pig has died, two months…
Virtual Event: ‘Augmented’: The future of brain-controlled prosthetic limbs
Editor’s note: A livestream of the event will be embedded below at 1 p.m. ET…
STAT+: STAT+ Conversation: The Whitest Medical Specialty
Editor’s note: A livestream of the conversation will be embedded below at 2 p.m. ET….
Watch: A rebel with a cause: As a mentor and a leader, this Black orthopedic surgeon fights to diversify his field
A rare Black orthopedic surgeon in an overwhelmingly white specialty, Eric Carson has spent decades…