“That’s everybody’s worst nightmare, right?" said organ preservationist Nyckoletta Martin. "Being alive during surgery and knowing that someone is going to cut you open" Getty Anthony Thomas “TJ” ...

The surgeon who accidentally removed the wrong organ from a patient in a harrowing mishap, allegedly killing him on the operating table, has had his license suspended ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The disciplinary case of Dr. Johan Aerts of Des Moines highlights the manner in which patients, regulators and the general public ...

A South Bay plastic surgeon and nurse charged in the death of a patient who was undergoing a breast augmentation operation at their Bonita clinic were sentenced Friday to state prison terms. Carlos ...

Jamie Holmes says a surgery center tried to make her pay for two operations after she underwent only one. She refused to buckle, even after a collection agency sued her last winter. Holmes, who lives ...

A Florida cosmetic surgeon was charged in his wife’s death after she went into cardiac arrest on his operating table, and he allegedly waited 20 minutes to call 911, police said. According to the ...

A doctor in the United Kingdom reportedly left a patient under anaesthetic during surgery to engage in sexual activity with a nurse, this was revealed to the medical tribunal. Dr Suhail Anjum, 44, and ...

As surgery on the body’s most vital organs, the brain and heart, has become more daring and more effective, it has also become more complex. Each new mechanical or electronic aid to the surgeon’s ...