For 66 years, Surgery has published practical, authoritative information about procedures, clinical advances, and major trends shaping general surgery. Each issue features original scientific contributions and clinical reports. Peer-reviewed articles cover topics in oncology, trauma, gastrointestinal, vascular, and transplantation surgery. The journal also publishes papers from the meetings of its sponsoring societies, the the Society of University Surgeons, Central Surgical Association, and the American Association of Endocrine Surgeons.
Despite enormous medical advances, severe burns are still potentially life-threatening injuries. Clinical scores, which take relevant parameters into account, are available to doctors as a decision-making aid for therapeutic ...
Jan 17, 2024
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In the United States, almost 74% of adults age 20 and older have overweight or obesity, and of that number almost 42% have obesity.
May 1, 2023
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Two habits are riskier than one when it comes to surgery-related problems, according to a new study of 200,000 patients who smoked cigarettes, drank two or more alcoholic drinks a day, did both or did neither before they ...
Nov 10, 2022
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When the 21st Century Cures Act went into effect in April 2021, health care organizations began releasing electronic health information (EHI) to patients immediately.
Aug 4, 2022
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The surgeons in the Esophageal and Airway Treatment Center at Boston Children's Hospital are pioneers in developing and refining innovative surgical approaches to long-gap esophageal atresia, a condition in which a child's ...
Jul 26, 2021
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Opioid prescribing preferences and practices among surgical residents and faculty differ, according to a new study published in the journal Surgery.
Jul 7, 2021
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Video games offer students obvious respite from the stresses of studies and, now, a study from a University of Ottawa medical student has found they could benefit surgical skills training.
Apr 1, 2021
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(HealthDay)—The incidence of early-onset gastric cancer has been increasing in the United States, and it seems to be distinct clinically and genetically from late-onset gastric cancer, according to a study recently published ...
Jan 2, 2020
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Many people under 60 who develop stomach cancer have a "genetically and clinically distinct" disease, new Mayo Clinic research has discovered. Compared to stomach cancer in older adults, this new, early onset form often grows ...
Dec 24, 2019
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Researchers found that more than 97 percent of the surgeries for appendicitis were laparoscopic, or minimally invasive, and most patients were discharged the same day or the next day. Only 3 percent of the procedures resulted ...
Feb 26, 2019
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