Surgery

While some patients may need procedures like gastric bypass surgery to lose weight others may be able to achieve their goals by taking smaller steps.

While surgeons across the globe have become used to performing procedures with the same equipment as their colleagues there could be some benefit to having tools specifically designed for their individual preferences.

For patients with retinitis pigmentosa the loss of vision can be a difficult consequence of the condition. An implanted device may not give them back the sight they once had but it can provide a chance to see the world around them in a new way.

If peripheral artery disease is not caught soon enough patients risk losing toes, feet, or legs to amputation. Going from the beginning of the treatment process through potential amputation is a delicate balancing act for doctors.

Diagnosing peripheral artery disease can be a simple process if doctors know what they are looking for and patients follow medical directions.

When patients need delicate spinal procedures finding the newest technologies and techniques can help not only in the operating room but also following discharge.

There are many patients around the world suffering from various degrees of heart failure. With such potentially fatal consequences there has been a push to make the condition only treated by specialists.

While a considerable amount of progress has been made in the treatment of prostate and breast cancer the field of pancreatic cancer has not seen as much success in helping this patient population.

It has become increasingly common for patients having experienced as few as three episodes of diverticulitis to opt for colectomy. A study examines the efficacy of younger, less frequent sufferers receiving the surgery earlier than guidelines typically recommend.

While many physicians recommend weight loss in advance of bariatric surgery, and many insurance provides require it, a wide-ranging study suggests that the benefits of such preparatory dieting may actually be negligible.

Study results show that newly initiated combined antiretroviral therapy (ART) in treatment-naïve patients with HIV appears to not effectively prevent the progression of significant arterial inflammation.

The FDA has approved UltraShape Power (Syneron Medical Ltd) for non-invasive reduction of abdominal circumference through fat cell destruction.

The approval of medications like statins and PCSK9 inhibitors to help lower cholesterol levels have proven helpful but a recent study looked at whether patients were getting not only the treatments they needed but whether they were getting the right dosage levels to help improve their health.

As new medications are introduced to the market there can be some hesitation by doctors to make the jump from more traditional treatment options. Moving beyond that has shown benefits for a patient's long term health.

Approximately 60% of physicians in the US will be sued for malpractice, research and statistics have found.

Surgical procedures for patients with aortic stenosis have developed over many years. Recently work has been done to help patients with more mild forms of the condition to prevent them from reaching more advanced stages.

Physicians and nurses have both an ethical and a legal obligation to ensure a patient will be discharged safely.

It has been several years since Eliquis was approved as an oral anticoagulant but still more research is being done to show its benefits in helping patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation.

Medical sternotomy is a highly accessible route of entry into the chest cavity but apt to introduce infectious microbes.

To say that a patient has been diagnosed with myocardial infarction may not paint the full picture of the diagnosis. Recent research has shown there is a second type of the condition which not as much is known about across the spectrum.

Taking over from Steven Stack, MD, Pennsylvania hand surgeon Andrew Gurman, MD, is now the president of the American Medical Association. In an interview he discusses his goals.

Tonsillectomies have typically been considered to be one of the surgical procedures younger patients often irrationally fear.

Like many other areas of medicine cardiology is becoming a more specialized field. How to do that to provide better care for doctors is a common goal across medicine.

When treating a woman during pregnancy there are many factors that need to be considered, not the least of them being her cardiovascular health. At Montefiore Medical Center a team approach aims to help prevent fatal events during this delicate time in a patient's life.

As obesity becomes a growing problem, doctors are turning to weight loss surgeries to help their patients return to a healthy quality of life. Work is being done to make these procedures as non-invasive as possible to help with the recovery and postoperative times.