In many institutions, when a patient is scheduled for surgery, the patient is contacted before the procedure and given instructions as to how to prepare for the surgery. This may be done by staff from ...

Once you and your doctor decide that surgery will help you, you need to learn what to expect from the surgery. You and your caregiver can create a treatment plan for the best results afterward.

Exercise and nutritional prehabilitation, as well as multicomponent interventions that include exercise, are associated with lower complication rates and possible improvements in other outcomes among ...

Preparing for kidney cancer surgery encapsulates a full-body approach, which can help improve outcomes after the procedure. A urologic oncologist advises patients to address health concerns and ...

BATON ROUGE – For patients with a body mass index (BMI) of 70 or higher, metabolic surgery is a highly effective treatment for this form of extreme obesity. In preparing for this minimally invasive ...

The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center and Redesign Health have founded a new startup, Pip Care, that helps patients prepare for and recover from surgery. It is the first company to be launched ...

There are many instances where necessary surgeries are scheduled in advance. As the patient, the advanced notice gives you time to prepare for what you may need when you return home. Surgeries ...

Surgery might be a physical event, but it’s a mental and emotional one, too. Even if the procedure is routine, it can bring up real fears of pain and the unknown. That kind of stress doesn’t always ...

Malignant hyperthermia crises come on suddenly, and healthcare providers have no real way to predict which patients may experience this reaction while under anesthesia unless they have found a ...

SIOUX CITY, Iowa (KTIV) - The decision to have weight loss surgery isn’t an easy one. On Monday night, KTIV shared the stories of two patients, at CNOS, who explained how they made the decision to ...

Overlapping surgery is a small portion of our total surgical activity but a key way to manage busy operating rooms. During a day, it allows one surgeon to move from one surgery to the next to maximize ...