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A critical goal in modern surgery is to make procedures as safe and minimally invasive as possible, which often means using robotic tools. Vanderbilt Univers...
When you first start to think about having an aesthetic surgery procedure or a non-surgical one, picking the right physician is a huge decision. You take time to look at the facts, but with every website touting world-class credentials and fame, how do you know who to choose? I once had a patient, who was …
He's against me getting a nose job, and I'm afraid when I come home with stitches he'll look at me differently.
When it comes to plastic surgery, a good rule of thumb for anyone thinking about going under the knife might be, don't go overboard. That is, according to Cary Deuber. And you might want to heed that advice from The Real Housewives of Dallas 'Wife, who is a registered nurse with an aesthetic injectable practice, and works as an operative assistant at her husband's plastic surgery practice.
Learning that one will need surgery can be an upsetting experience. However, waking up from that surgery to find that something went wrong can be absolutely traumatic. Surgical errors are not as rare
Orthopedic Surgeons answer your questions about keeping your body healthy.
This initiative emphasizes the value of American College of Surgeons (ACS) membership and ACS contributions to surgical patient care and health policy.
A new report by ProPublica sheds light on the importance of choosing the right surgeon, especially when it comes to elective surgery. The non-profit news organization analyzed the complication rates of 17,000 surgeons nationwide and released its findings to the public. Olga Pierce of ProPublica joins Hari Sreenivasan for more detail.