Ever since she was a little girl, Rachel Sweet has been fascinated by anesthesia, she said Friday. For some reason, Sweet ...

It often starts subtly — a slight limp, a hesitation before jumping or a pet struggling to use one of their back legs.

A Gwinnett County judge awarded the family $52 million in the malpractice case, but they might not see any of the money.

As spine surgery steadily moves toward outpatient settings, the factors limiting broader adoption are no longer primarily clinical. Advances in surgical technique, anesthesia and pain management have ...

One second you are out cold. The next, you’re on the operating table. In the middle of heart surgery. Welcome to your most ...

As spine surgery steadily moves toward outpatient settings, the limiting factors are no longer primarily clinical. Advances in surgical technique, anesthesia and pain management have made far more ...

Awake spine surgery has largely been limited to shorter, simpler procedures, but Stanley Hoang, MD, of Ochsner LSU Health in Shreveport, La., has leveraged the technique in new ways. Dr. Hoang, who ...

Owners should watch for swelling, discharge, odor, or persistent bleeding. Licking or chewing the wound requires an E‑collar ...

Two new studies published in Anaesthesia (the journal of the Association of Anaesthetists) analyzing pain and other factors connected with day surgery in the UK show that around 1 in 8 patients having ...

A nose tip-plasty is the “small” nose job that rarely feels small on the invoice. It focuses on the nasal tip, improving ...

Many surgeons order routine lab tests before you are admitted to the hospital or before certain outpatient procedures. The tests help find possible problems that might complicate surgery if not found ...

Here are 10 developments, policies and trends for ASC leaders to watch in the year ahead: 1. Anesthesia shortages and reimbursement declines Throughout the last year ASC leaders have consistently ...