Orthopedic surgeons pride themselves on fixing things. Can they fix their own field’s lack of diversity?
This is part two of a STAT investigation on the lack of diversity in orthopedic…
Category: Surgery
The whitest specialty: As medicine strives to close its diversity gaps, one field remains a stubborn outlier
Erica Taylor has a pedigree seemingly built for orthopedic surgery. She comes from National Football…
Private providers must increase access to training in cataract surgery, ophthalmologists say
Private providers are now delivering almost half of NHS cataract surgery and must rapidly increase…
Emergency bowel surgery: audit shows some improvement, but concern remains
Mortality among patients in England and Wales undergoing emergency bowel surgery have been falling year…
Opinion: Time, facial feminization, and the transgender experience
Time, a precious commodity for all of us, poses extra challenges for transgender people. Every…
A new surgical robot is smaller, nimbler, and cheaper, its maker claims. But will it be better for patients?
The surgical robot market, long dominated by one company, has a new entrant hoping to…
Black children have more complications during appendectomies and incur higher costs, study shows
Black children consistently have more medical complications during appendectomies than their white peers, including higher…
Storing donor lungs at warmer temperatures keeps them viable far longer, study finds
Storing donor lungs at a slightly warmer temperature – 10 degrees Celsius instead of 4…
Opinion: NIH needs to create a National Institute of Surgery
I recently received the 42nd grant rejection of my academic career, bringing my overall success…
Watch: After nearly dying in Iraq, a veteran volunteers for a surgical first to ‘help the next troops’
After barely surviving a bomb attack in Iraq in 2005, veteran Jerry Majetich lived with…
‘I can still feel it’: New arm amputation surgery makes a ‘phantom’ hand seem real
“Can you give me a thumbs up?” the surgeon asks Jerry Majetich, an Iraq War…
Elective surgeries are being delayed again. Doctors want to handle it differently this time
In the past month, Tampa’s BayCare Health System has seen a tenfold increase in Covid-19…
How a 3D-printed graft could speed healing of ruptured eardrums
In the weeks that followed the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing, doctors saw a flood of…
Organ donations held almost steady during the pandemic, as the U.S. transplant system scrambled to keep going
This is not a pandemic “silver lining” story. This is a could-have-been-far-worse story about how…
“Arrogant” surgeon who put his initials on patients’ livers can practise again
A consultant surgeon who was convicted of assault for branding his initials on the livers…
The success of a novel scoliosis surgery hinges on when growth spurts hit. Can new tools better predict them?
Mia Schloegel was 11 when they found the curve in her spine. She was at…
In mouse experiments, scientists unlock the key to scar-free skin healing
Scars. Like memories, we all have them. When you look at a scar you might…
Trainees call for transparency over raised pass marks for Royal College of Surgeons exam
Over 1300 doctors have signed a petition voicing concerns over changes to the Membership of…
Surgeon who was suspended for performing wrong knee surgery can practise again
A consultant orthopaedic surgeon may return to unrestricted practice after being suspended for 12 months…
Black children are more likely to die after surgery than white counterparts, new study finds
Even among apparently healthy children, Black patients are almost three and a half times more…
The Paterson report: what has it told us?
What went wrong?“This report is primarily about poor behaviour and a culture of avoidance and…
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Inquiry slams system’s “wilful blindness” that allowed rogue surgeon to carry on practising
The healthcare system was “dysfunctional at almost every level” when it came to keeping patients…
Woman who was brain damaged after Achilles tendon operation is awarded {pound}11m
A woman who had a cardiac arrest and sustained brain damage after a simple operation…