Lisa Farris worried that a nasty infection from recent liposuction and a tummy tuck was rapidly getting worse. So she phoned the cosmetic surgery center to ask if she should head to the emergency room ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Orthopedic surgeons are evaluated on patient experience through patient-focused surveys, patient-related outcome ...

As outpatient spine surgery accelerates, spine surgeons are also becoming more adept in their strategies. Editor’s note: Responses were lightly edited for clarity. Question: How will your approach to ...

Medically reviewed by William Truswell, MD Key Takeaways Tonsillectomy is a surgery to remove the tonsils to help with ...

If it means improved results and faster recovery, patients are willing to look beyond their communities and travel for surgery. Traditional joint replacement is very reliable, with success rates over ...

An ingrown toenail—medically known as onychocryptosis—refers to a toenail that has grown into your skin. The top corner of the nail grows into the flesh, causing pain and inflammation. Most ingrown ...

The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. This story first appeared in Healthy You - November 2024, The Gazette’s quarterly health publication.

The Total Joint Center of St. Louis, an affiliate of United Surgical Partners International, opened in 2014, with the first case performed in October of that same year. Since then, surgeons have ...

The trend towards ambulatory surgery for procedures previously limited to the inpatient setting is well established. [6,7,8,9,10,11] Trends in spinal surgery towards less invasive approaches and ...

Despite an 80 per cent increase in hip and knee replacements done annually in Manitoba over the past decade, too many ...