Older Americans with frailty or dementia have higher death rates within a year after major surgery, a new study shows.

A tear in the aorta is still a dangerous emergency, but rates of survival once in the hospital have improved greatly since the 1950s, research finds.

Reductions in surgical procedures precipitated by SARS-CoV-2 have not fully returned to their pre-pandemic levels, resulting in severe backlogs and deferred surgeries.

US adults who get weight-loss surgery are more than twice as likely to get married or divorced within five years.

Fish oil may be an effective way to ease delirium and instances of inflammation after surgery, a study with mice shows.

Pandemic has delayed lifesaving treatment for thousands of people with severe aortic stenosis. 

Non-opioid directives allow patients to refuse opioids in all health care settings. For surgical procedures that require anesthesia, however, this may do more harm than good.

A new untethered magnetic needle may one day be able to tap through tissue to perform less invasive, more precise surgery,

A CBD tablet reduces pain after shoulder surgery without side effects sometimes associated with CBD use, such as nausea, anxiety, and liver toxicity.