Surgery News

FRESH questions about the system of checks on private hospital surgeons have been raised after it emerged a Scottish spinal surgeon who bungled operations potentially earned more than 250,000 from 400 operations in a year.

Individual rates to be published for the first time in a move hailed as a 'watershed moment' for the profession Surgeons' individual performance data is to be published online to improve transparency and drive up standards.

Taylor Swift is picked on for all kinds of things these days, so why not start analyzing her boobs, right? So there are some "plastic surgeons" who are saying that it's "pretty obvious" that Ms.

UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE DEPARTMENT OF VETERINARY MEDICINE WEST CAMBRIDGE SITE JUNIOR CLINICAL VETERINARIAN IN SMALL ANIMAL SURGERY Limit of tenure: One Year We require a Junior Staff Surgeon to join the small animal surgery team in the Queen's Veterinary School Hospital from 1 July 2013 to support the surgery services in all aspects of clinical ... (more)

As spring finally comes to Franklin County, it's great to meet up again with folks we have not seen through the winter, and to enjoy the annual greening happening around us which speaks of new life.

If the rise in Botox procedures is any indication, the fountain of youth might be found in a syringe, even for 20-somethings whose signs of aging are often invisible to the naked eye.

Charlottesville, VA . Surgeons investigated sexual function in 62 patients, 50 years and older, who had received extensive spinal-pelvic instrumentation for spinal deformity at the University of Virginia Health Center.

Model Alicia Douvall spent more than A 1 million on over 350 operations before she realised she was addicted to cosmetic surgery.

Physicians and surgeons are acutely aware of the effect public image has on their reputations, but online presence is a relatively new concept.

By almost any measure, Roseann Valletti's reconstructive breast surgery was a success.

Abington Memorial Hospital's Rosenfield Cancer Center was one of 79 cancer programs in the country to earn a 2012 Outstanding Achievement Award.

A 53-year-old British father has become the first man to have his prostate removed because tests revealed he was carrying a "faulty" cancer gene.

Just how much attention your surgeon pays to tasks in the operating room can be affected by a number of distractions, recent research suggests.

Medical and surgical errors are very common in the hospital setting. They increase malpractice lawsuits, the cost of medical care, patients' hospital stays, and morbidity and mortality.

From severed blood vessels to painful scars, doctors reveal what's really involved in a double mastectomy.

New approaches are dramatically changing breast surgeries, whether it's to treat cancer or to prevent it.

Kimm has been a medical professional for years, practicing family medicine at United Hospital District in Blue Earth since 2008.

Dr. James Guzek, an eye surgeon employed by Pacific Cataract and Laser Institute and his team of volunteers recently returned from his fifth eye clinic in Dembi Dolo, a small village in western Ethiopia.

Robert Singer, MD, a plastic surgeon in private practice in La Jolla, CA was recently honored for his work as an educator, mentor and contributor to the specialty at the Annual Meeting of the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery .

Editor's note: The following story appeared in the Dec. 24, 2012, Hastings Tribune.