Patients who experience delays in elective spine surgery due to the preauthorization approval process had prolonged pain with ...

Plastic surgeon Dr. Michael K. Obeng tells PEOPLE the risks of elective surgery after an autopsy report revealed country singer Hank Williams Jr.’s wife died from a complication during liposuction ...

Zara is overcoming obstacles and making strides at Mary Free Bed after undergoing a life-changing operation to improve her ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The American College of Surgeons has issued comments on elective surgery during the recent surge in COVID-19 ...

Black men have a higher death rate within 30 days of surgery compared with any other subgroup of race and sex, finds a study of adults in the United States published in The BMJ. This inequality in ...

August 23, 2012 (Toronto, Ontario) — Although current guidelines recommend that patients who receive a drug-eluting stent (DES) wait a year before undergoing elective surgery, a new study hints that ...

Inadequate access to simple elective surgery in developing countries is storing up future health problems for patients and may create a spiral of future health complications putting more people's ...

Anaesthesia and surgical experts have issued an update on the timing of elective surgery following emergence of the Omicron SARS-CoV-2 variant, emphasising how non-urgent surgery should still be ...

Researchers examined elective surgeries and found children of color are between 40% and 60% less likely to have procedures. Delaying an elective surgery can lead to more health problems and worsened ...

Five years ago, Molly Grimm felt a sharp, stabbing pain in the bottom of her right foot, the first sign of what would ultimately be diagnosed as plantar fasciitis. The 39-year-old marketing manager in ...

Doctors are calling out the Pentagon for calling Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's recent medical procedure to treat prostate cancer an "elective" surgery," saying that characterization is misleading.