"Our findings suggest that surgical opioid prescribing is highly concentrated among a small group of procedures."

Gunpowder warfare kicked off a new era of invasive surgery and prosthetic technology in Western medicine.

A new method can more accurately gauge how patients may recover from lower back surgery, according to new research.

A tiny, flexible electronic device that wraps around the spinal cord could represent a new approach to the treatment of spinal injuries, which can cause

Researchers have developed tiny, flexible devices that can wrap around individual nerve fibres without damaging them.

Giving NICU babies acetaminophen instead of opioids following surgery resulted in fewer unplanned intubations and improved mortality rates.

Most infection prevention guidelines center on the hospital environment rather than the patient. But the source of antibiotic-resistant microbes is often from the patient’s own body.

The number of people who face early knee osteoarthritis symptoms after ACL surgery is staggering, but not much is being done to address it.

There are many approaches to treating cancer. Which ones work best is determined on an individual basis and informed by each tumor.

Typically, cataract surgeries are painless and significantly restore vision.