Dr. Galinos Barmparas shares expert insights on how frailty shapes operative risk and the subsequent clinical trajectory ...

Parkinson's disease, osteoarthritis, rheumatic diseases, alcoholism and mental health disorders increase the risk of surgical complications after a hip fracture surgery, a new Finnish study analyzing ...

Postoperative infection in pediatric patients with CHD was associated with prolonged hospitalization and ICU stays.

HIV-positive status may be associated with increased risks for complications and poor postoperative total joint arthroplasty ...

Patients who recorded more walking activity prior to surgery, regardless of complexity of the operation or their health status, showed 51% reduced odds for postoperative complications than less active ...

Surgery can be risky business. A new study looks at how complications can result in patient death. It doesn't add new information, but it was peer-reviewed. Replication is fine, but is it always ...

Implications of postoperative complications on survival after cytoreductive surgery and HIPEC: A multi-institutional analysis of the United States HIPEC Collaborative. Outcomes of appendiceal ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . A similar proportion of patients in the high and low PEEP groups experienced pulmonary complications after ...

Neuromuscular blocking agents, or muscle relaxants, are often used in surgery to prevent muscles from moving when a patient is unconscious. A recent study found that the use of neuromuscular blockers ...

Ozempic, Mounjaro and other GLP-1s do not increase the risk of surgical complications, according to research published May 14 in Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism. Nearly a year after the American ...