LAPU-LAPU CITY, Cebu — The Bantayan District Hospital is now equipped to offer some surgical procedures after the provincial ...

A hip surgery procedure called subchrondroplasty may benefit young and active people with hip problems. It is minimally invasive and preserves the joint’s natural function. Hip surgery techniques and ...

Surgical removal of an ovarian cyst may be necessary if a cyst is large, grows, or appears unusual in ultrasounds. Depending on the size and location, your surgeon may remove the cyst or an ovary.

There are several surgical treatments for myopia, including LASIK and PRK. Each procedure comes with its own risks and benefits. Myopia — better known as nearsightedness — is a common condition that ...

Board-certified plastic surgeons make their top trend predictions of 2025, from early intervention procedures to the use of regenerative stem cells, nanofat, exosomes and more. After taking a ...

Monica da Silva, a critical care and cardiac anesthesiologist at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, was counseling a patient who had been in a car accident. She had suffered a broken bone and ...

Ambulatory surgical centers are gaining traction in the outpatient market. ASCs continue to perform more than half of all U.S. outpatient surgical procedures, and they can expect to see greater ...

A robot, trained for the first time by watching videos of seasoned surgeons, executed the same surgical procedures as skillfully as the human doctors. The successful use of imitation learning to train ...

Medical errors can have devastating consequences for patients, and one of the most alarming errors is the retention of surgical items in a patient’s body after surgery. Retained surgical items (RSIs) ...

The field of surgical robotics is evolving at a rapid pace, revolutionizing the way surgeries are performed and setting new standards for precision, efficiency and patient outcomes. As a leader in the ...