Approximately 1 in 10 patients with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) experienced complications related to surgery for HS management, in which extensive resection, using skin flaps or skin grafts as a ...

Cesarean delivery is the most common inpatient surgery in the U.S. but it also carries inherent surgical risks, including vascular, visceral, soft tissue, and nerve damage, which can lead to ...

Further database analysis is needed to create accurate risk prediction models for surgical morbidity and mortality to aid ...

Heart specialists at Mayo Clinic today presented new research at the 2026 Society of Thoracic Surgeons Annual Meeting that ...

Complications following surgical procedures pose significant risks to pediatric patients. Detecting complications after an operation can pose a challenge due to heavy reliance on symptom reports from ...

For cancer patients, a surgical complication can mean an increase in treatment costs between 20 and 50 percent of that of the original surgery, according to research published in the journal Cancer.

Medical errors can have devastating consequences for patients, and one of the most alarming errors is the retention of surgical items in a patient’s body after surgery. Retained surgical items (RSIs) ...

Patients with neuropathic bladder (NB), a condition in which nerve damage affects bladder function, have a significantly ...

University of Florida researchers have developed an AI system called MySurgeryRisk, which can predict surgical complications as accurately as clinicians. The researchers created MySurgeryRisk to ...

Regina Brumley Kerr reportedly died after getting a tummy tuck, liposuction and a fat transfer operation ...