Boston nurses, seeing the success of a locally-created surgical preparation technique, are pressing for broader awareness and adoption as the book's author brings the ...

When doctors integrate palliative care into presurgical planning, more people who went in for cancer-related surgery were able to put advanced directives in place. In the study, the researchers ...

For 71-year-old Jack Bunton, osteoarthritis in his knee had become so bad that bone was rubbing against bone. "It's very, very painful when you walk," Bunton says. "My left leg was an inch and a half ...

Good pre-operative care, helping patients to feel less anxious and making sure their individual needs are met, means they have a better experience and faster recovery Abstract Pre-operative ...

The Joint Commission offers healthcare organizations and providers a video, titled “Speak Up: When You’re Having Surgery,” to help educate their patients on surgery prep. The video encourages patients ...

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A few days before her hysterectomy, Lynda Storer had an epiphany of peace. The marketing consultant from Boca Raton, Fla., had been quaking at the prospect of surgical pain, which she remembered from ...

Root-end resection and preparation with a round dental bur was compared with the use of ultrasonic diamond coated retro-tips. Out of a total group of 399 patients who were included in the study, ...

Written by Michelle Evans] “The operating room is where precision meets purpose, and teamwork transforms skill into healing.” ...