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A thoracic surgeon performs a mitral valve replacement at the Fitzsimons Army Medical Center, November 1990. For other uses of "surgery" or "surgeon", see surgery (disambiguation). Surgery (from the Greek cheirourgia meaning "hand work") is the medical specialty that treats diseases or injuries by operative manual and instrumental treatment. Surgeons may be physicians, dentists, or veterinarians who specialize in surgery. A surgery can also refer to the place where surgery is perfo ...
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Resources
- 20 Recomendaciones Para Ayudar a Prevenir Los Errores Médicos (Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Clearinghouse, AHRQ, OPHS, HHS)
- A Time to Heal: Chronotherapy Tunes In to Body's Rhythms (U.S. Food and Drug Administration)
Surgery News Headlines
- More obese adolescents turning to surgery
Reuters - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:29 EST
- More obese adolescents turning to surgery
Reuters - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:29 EST
- More obese adolescents turning to surgery
Reuters - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:29 EST
- Hand-Assisted Technique May Decrease Time In Surgery For Colorectal Cancer Patients Undergoing Laparoscopic Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Inner-ear Volume Study Leads To Higher Surgery Success Rates
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Modified Ligament Surgery Improves Outcomes For Baseball Pitchers, Other Athletes
ScienceDaily - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Weight Loss Surgery Rate Increases Among Teens, But Use Of Procedure Still Uncommon In Adolescents
ScienceDaily - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Sharp Increase In US Teens Tackling Severe Obesity With Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- Increasing number of morbidly obese teens turning to surgery
The Earth Times - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 09:19 EST
- Classic ligament surgery modified
The Earth Times - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:24 EST
- Surgery, Shock Waves Both Effective For Removing Kidney Stones
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Nonsurgical Thoracic Aorta Repair Has Much Less Risk Of Paralysis Than Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- New Study Finds More Obese Teens Undergoing Bariatric Surgery, But May Have Better Post-Operative Outcomes Than Adults
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- New Survey Reveals Dramatic Rise In Non-Invasive Procedures In Facial Plastic Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Mental woes common in weight-loss surgery patients
Reuters - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:25 EST
- Mental woes common in weight-loss surgery patients
Reuters - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 09:25 EST
- Transfusion near surgery may up blood clot risk
Reuters - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 09:01 EST
- Persistent Anticoagulant Activity In Patients Stopping Low-Molecular Weight Heparin Therapy Before Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- New Scoring System Predicts Mortality After Surgery For Colorectal Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Surgeons With Video Game Skill Appear To Perform Better In Simulated Surgery Skills Course
ScienceDaily - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Decades-Long Study Will Help Improve Surgery For Crohn's Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 23 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Surgeons With Video Game Skill Appear To Perform Better In Simulated Surgery Skills Course
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Prostate Brachytherapy Causes Fewer Side Effects Than Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Modified Ligament Surgery Improves Outcomes For Baseball Pitchers, Other Athletes
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Decades-Long Study Will Help Improve Surgery For Crohn's Disease
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Prostate Brachytherapy Causes Fewer Side Effects Than Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- Playing Video Games May Contribute To Keyhole Surgery Skills
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Medication Errors Are Studied
New York Times - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:40 EST
- Obesity surgery triples among U.S. teens
MSNBC - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 09:28 EST
- Not Your Average Physician: 'I Understand the Value of Branding'
Washington Post - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 05:00 EST
- Video games could help in keyhole surgery
The Earth Times - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:20 EST
- Translaminar approach effective, safer
The Earth Times - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 11:50 EST
- ‘Beating Heart’ Bypass Not Better?
WebMD - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- Video Games May Boost Surgeons' Skill
WebMD - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:32 EST
- Distress may persist after waking during surgery
Reuters - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:24 EST
- Lung Cancer CT Scans No Help?
WebMD - Tue, 06 Mar 2007 12:00 EST
- 'Beating Heart' Bypass Not Better?
WebMD - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:49 EST
- Mother of 'dead' baby gives birth
BBC - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:45 EST
- 'Off-Pump' CABG Surgery Appears To Have No Benefit On Cognitive Or Cardiac Outcomes At 5 Years
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 09:00 EST
- Cases: From the ‘Dark Ages’ of Heart Surgery, a Lesson for Today
New York Times - Mon, 19 Feb 2007 11:43 EST
- Hip Replacement Surgery: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- New Combined Laparoscopy And Colonoscopy Procedure May Avoid Need For Major Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Brain Tumor Surgery Made Safer Using New FMRI Technology
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 06:00 EST
- Chest Surgeons Propose New Patient-Centered Measures For Indicating Quality Of Lung Surgery
ScienceDaily - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Surgeons Use Specially Designed Instruments To Remove Otherwise Inoperable, Baseball-sized ...
ScienceDaily - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Nerve grafts may restore erectile function
Reuters - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 01:09 EST
- Nerve grafts may restore erectile function
MSNBC - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 02:16 EST
- Timing Is Critical Factor In Success Of Treatment, Benchmark Fetal Surgery Study Finds
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Primary Graft Dysfunction Is Risk Factor For A Later Serious Lung Transplant Problem
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:00 EST
- Innovative Treatment For Migraines Combines Botox And Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- No superior way to treat kidney stones
The Earth Times - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 10:31 EST
- Hearing Loss In Children Leads To Substantial Meningitis Risk
MedicalNewsToday - Sun, 04 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- 'Freezing' Kidney Tumors Nonsurgically Is Effective, Safe And Less Expensive Than Laparoscopic Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 03 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Enzyme Critical For Early Growth Of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
ScienceDaily - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Obesity surgery triples among U.S. teens
CNN - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:24 EST
- Obesity surgery triples among U.S. teens
CNN - Mon, 05 Mar 2007 10:24 EST
- Teaching Technology For Scary Patient Exams
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Enzyme Critical For Early Growth Of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- Endoscopic Brain Surgery Pioneered In Pittsburgh Effective In Children With Tumors
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 13 Feb 2007 10:00 EST
- Male sterilisation surgery linked to dementia
The Earth Times - Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:56 EST
- Increased Risk Of Death From Drug Used In Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 10 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- Allowing Children To Grow While Treating Chest And Spine Deformities
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 17 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- New Clue To Racial Disparity In Breast Cancer Survival Rates
ScienceDaily - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- New Network Widens Access To Cutting-edge Clinical Studies
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Creating New Life Forms That May Help Eradicate Cancer Affecting Women
MedicalNewsToday - Fri, 02 Mar 2007 07:00 EST
- Drug Used In Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery May Increase Risk Of Death
ScienceDaily - Thu, 08 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- In the Stent Era, Heart Bypasses Get a New Look
New York Times - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 04:52 EST
- Primary Graft Dysfunction Is Risk Factor For A Later Serious Lung Transplant Problem
ScienceDaily - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 04:00 EST
- Bayer's heart surgery drug said to be linked to death risk
The Earth Times - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 09:32 EST
- Akt Makes Melanomas Grow Downward
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- A Healthy Colon: Tips To Lower Risk Of Colorectal Cancer
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 01 Mar 2007 08:00 EST
- Prostate Cancer: Radiation Not Best
WebMD - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 07:49 EST
- External Radiation for Prostate Cancer May Have Lower Survival Rate
WebMD - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- New Study Probes Phantom-Limb Pain Relief
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 28 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Scholl's Armstrong In Spain Keynote: 'Amputations Worse Than Cancer'
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 27 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Blood Marker Helps Predict Prognosis Among Those With Abdominal Infection
ScienceDaily - Sun, 25 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
- Characterization And Management Of Postoperative Hemorrhage Following Upper Retroperitoneal Laparoscopic Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 12 Feb 2007 03:00 EST
- Unique Sugar Is Key To Improved Results Following 'Off-Pump' Bypass Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Performing Surgery On A Beating Heart May Be Safer
MedicalNewsToday - Tue, 06 Feb 2007 01:00 EST
- 2006 Procedural Survey Shows 3% Increase In Men Seeking Cosmetic Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 08 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Child weight surgery more common
MSNBC - Mon, 05 Feb 2007 12:32 EST
- Video helps in knee physical therapy
The Earth Times - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 08:38 EST
- McClatchy/Lexington Herald-Leader Profiles Fistula Hospital In Ethiopia
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Mayo Clinic Surgeons Propose New Measures For Indicating Quality Of Lung Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 08 Feb 2007 07:00 EST
- Why Are African American Women More Likely Than Whites To Die From Breast Cancer?
MedicalNewsToday - Sat, 24 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- High-fat, Low-carbohydrate Diet Significantly Slows Tumor Growth And Enhances Health In Mice
MedicalNewsToday - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- A Silent Epidemic
Washington Post - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:00 EST
- New breast cancer theory backs folklore
MSNBC - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 11:46 EST
- First Patients Undergo Surgery In Northwest Biotherapeutics' Phase II Brain Cancer Trial
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 14 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Dreaming while under anesthesia no cause for alarm
Reuters - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:11 EST
- Dreaming while under anesthesia no cause for alarm
Reuters - Tue, 20 Feb 2007 05:11 EST
- Pa Study: Nose Brain Surgery OK for Kids
ABC News - Fri, 09 Feb 2007 02:40 EST
- Video Games May Boost Surgeons' Skill
WebMD - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 12:00 EST
- Breath test detects most cases of lung cancer
MSNBC - Mon, 26 Feb 2007 05:41 EST
- Ortho Surgery Team Successfully Creates ACL Ligament Tissue With Scaffolds
MedicalNewsToday - Thu, 22 Feb 2007 08:00 EST
- Anti-bleeding Drug Increases Death Risk Following Heart Surgery
MedicalNewsToday - Wed, 07 Feb 2007 01:00 EST
- Breast cancer theory supports African folklore
Reuters - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:30 EST
- Breast cancer theory supports African folklore
Reuters - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:30 EST
- Breast cancer theory supports African folklore
Reuters - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 11:30 EST
- Alternative Brain Cancer Treatment: High-fat, Low-carbo Diet Slows Tumor Growth In Mice
ScienceDaily - Wed, 21 Feb 2007 04:00 EST
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