On November 12, 2016, Newton Norbert Gogo began his day like any other, unaware that a single incident would alter the course of his life. The then 20-year-old Alliance High School student sustained a ...

Data Presented at the AVA Annual Scientific Meeting Shows Significantly Lower Complication and Failure Rates with Access Vascular’s HydroMID ® Midline Catheter BILLERICA, Mass.--(BUSINESS ...

Describes the nature of a clinical study. Types include: Observational study — observes people and measures outcomes without affecting results. Interventional study (clinical trial) — studies new ...

Background: Acute pancreatitis following surgical or endoscopic procedures on the pancreas can compromise the outcome and lead to severe complications and even death. The aim of this study was to ...

Prophylactic negative pressure wound therapy reduced the incidence of surgical site infections and other wound complications in patients with closed abdominal incisions. Compared with standard ...

A surgical tool "the size of a dinner plate" was discovered and removed from inside a woman's abdomen 18 months after she had a caesarean section while giving birth to her child, health officials in ...

"I acknowledge the stress that these events caused to the woman and her family." LONDON -- A surgical tool "the size of a dinner plate" has been discovered inside a woman's abdomen 18 months after ...

Background Incisional hernia occurs approximately in 40% of high-risk patients after midline laparotomy. Prophylactic mesh placement has shown promising results, but long-term outcomes are needed. The ...

The following is a summary of “A double-blinded, randomized trial comparing surgeon-administered transversus abdominis plane block with placebo after midline laparotomy in gynecologic oncology surgery ...

Why has this 70-year-old woman with gallstones had abdominal pain, nausea, and vomiting for the past 3 days? That is the diagnostic dilemma faced by Francesco Pata, MD, PhD, of Università della ...