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A hernia is protrusion of an organ or the muscular wall of an organ through the cavity that normally contains it. A hiatal hernia occurs when the stomach protrudes upwards into the mediastinum through the esophageal opening in the diaphragm.

Geriatric-specific characteristics linked to hospital readmission risk of elderly surgical patients

Researchers have examined new geriatric-specific characteristics that appear to raise the risk of elderly surgical patients having an unplanned hospital readmission within a month of initially leaving the hospital.

18 Feb 2020

Michigan Medicine pediatric surgeon uses incision-less surgery to correct hernia defects in kids

Health care providers are constantly evolving treatments for complicated conditions to provide patients with the greatest amount of benefit while avoiding any adverse effects, like scarring.

17 Feb 2020

Researchers develop model to predict recovery outcomes after hernia surgery

Could patients experience less pain and possibly have better recovery outcomes if their fears or emotional issues were addressed before surgery?

5 Feb 2020

Pain management program uses new approach to reduce narcotic prescriptions after surgery

Surgeons at Houston Methodist Hospital are stemming the tide of addiction to prescription opioids by managing patients' pain after surgery.

22 Jan 2020

Gastric bypass more likely to require further treatment than gastric sleeve

A new study that analyses the outcomes of many thousands of patients who had bariatric surgery reports that repeat hospitalization is much more likely with those who had gastric bypass surgery than with gastric sleeve surgery.

15 Jan 2020

Manuka honey fights infection in surgical dressings

And now, Manuka honey is proving a gamechanger in the fight against extremely drug-resistant infections, according to a new study published in the journal Frontiers.

5 Dec 2019

Prevalence of cannabis dependence or abuse increases significantly among surgical patients

Patients with active cannabis dependence and abuse were nearly twice as likely to suffer a heart attack after surgery, according to a study led by researchers at St. Michael's Hospital of Unity Health Toronto.

3 Dec 2019

Embarrassing symptoms prevent women from seeking treatment for pelvic floor disorders

Nearly 25% of women live with treatable conditions known as pelvic floor disorders, but there is one main reason why the vast majority of them will not seek treatment: they are too embarrassed to talk about it.

20 Nov 2019

White House unveils finalized health care price transparency rule

Hospitals will soon have to share price information they have long kept obscured — including how big a discount they offer cash-paying patients and rates negotiated with insurers — under a rule finalized Friday by the Trump administration.

15 Nov 2019

Cleveland Clinic successfully performs first laparoscopic living donor liver transplantation

Cleveland Clinic has successfully performed the Midwest's first purely laparoscopic living donor surgery for liver transplantation in an adult recipient.

30 Oct 2019

'Michigan Promise' aims to bring diversity to the surgical field

To best serve a diverse patient population, surgeons should look more like the people they treat. That's part of the thinking behind the Michigan Promise, a transformative long-term effort at the Michigan Medicine Department of Surgery.

22 Oct 2019

They got estimates before surgery — and a bill after that was 50% more

From a planning perspective, Wolfgang Balzer is the perfect health care consumer.

30 Aug 2019

Pregnancy-related widening of abdominal muscles may affect 'tummy tuck' outcomes

Especially in women who have had multiple pregnancies, widening and thinning of the abdominal muscles may contribute to problems with the outcomes of abdominoplasty ("tummy tuck") surgery, reports a study in the August issue of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery, the official medical journal of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons

20 Aug 2019

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Geriatric-specific characteristics linked to hospital readmission risk of elderly surgical patients

Michigan Medicine pediatric surgeon uses incision-less surgery to correct hernia defects in kids

Researchers develop model to predict recovery outcomes after hernia surgery

Pain management program uses new approach to reduce narcotic prescriptions after surgery

Gastric bypass more likely to require further treatment than gastric sleeve

Manuka honey fights infection in surgical dressings

Prevalence of cannabis dependence or abuse increases significantly among surgical patients

Embarrassing symptoms prevent women from seeking treatment for pelvic floor disorders

White House unveils finalized health care price transparency rule

Cleveland Clinic successfully performs first laparoscopic living donor liver transplantation

'Michigan Promise' aims to bring diversity to the surgical field

They got estimates before surgery — and a bill after that was 50% more

Pregnancy-related widening of abdominal muscles may affect 'tummy tuck' outcomes

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