Prophylactic drainage is widely used in gastrointestinal surgery, despite evidence that this might be harmful in some instances. Using data published over a period of almost 40 years, Petrowsky and ...

Healthgrades recently released its rankings of the top hospitals for gastrointestinal surgery. To determine the rankings, Healthgrades used Medicare patient outcome data from the CMS provider analysis ...

Healthgrades has released its annual ranking of the best hospitals in the U.S. for 2024, naming the 100 best hospitals in the nation and the top hospitals across 16 different medical specialties.

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Updates to the 1991 NIH statement on gastrointestinal surgery for severe obesity include recommendations for ...

Epidemiological biliary tract cancer characterization: A patient cohort from the Spanish RETUD registry. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2022 ASCO Gastrointestinal Cancers Symposium. This ...

By combining high-clarity NIR-II video imaging with rapid computational video analysis, the HKU research team's pioneering ...

General surgery is one of the core pillars of modern medicine, encompassing a broad spectrum of surgical procedures that address conditions affecting various organs and body systems. Unlike ...

Gastrointestinal cancer surgeons at the UC San Francisco have performed the health system’s 15,000th robotically assisted minimally invasive surgery, making it the first University of California ...

Diarrhea after surgery is a potential side effect of several surgical procedures. If postsurgical diarrhea lasts longer than 2 days, it is a good idea for a person to check with their doctor to ensure ...