https://medicalxpress.com/surgery-news/ en-us Latest medical news and research in General surgery Tampere University Hospital (Tays) has begun offering a new form of radiotherapy to treat rectal cancer in which a high dose of radiation is targeted at the tumor surface. The aim is to destroy the tumor so that more patients may avoid major surgery and a potentially permanent stoma. Finland is at the forefront of implementing this novel treatment. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-radiotherapy-rectal-cancer-patients-surgery.html Thu, 08 Oct 2026 19:20:04 EDT news710672038 A donor heart recovery technique developed at Vanderbilt Health has been successfully adapted for children by pediatric heart transplant surgeons at Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt, potentially expanding access to lifesaving heart transplants for children. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-heart-recovery-technique-pediatric-transplants.html Wed, 07 Oct 2026 17:00:01 EDT news710602501 A caulking gun filled with silicone compound is set to enable doctors and nurses in the future to seal even deep wounds caused by blast injuries—thereby preventing amputations and reducing mortality among patients with severe wounds. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-10-foam-prototype-deep-wounds-amputations.html Sat, 03 Oct 2026 08:40:01 EDT news710072118 New research from University of Kentucky College of Medicine faculty member Helen Wei, M.D., Ph.D., assistant professor in acute care surgery, trauma and surgical critical care, is shedding light on the working relationship between surgeons and anesthesiologists. It's a critical but often overlooked factor in patient care. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-roadmap-surgical-teamwork-patient-safety.html Wed, 30 Sep 2026 14:40:15 EDT news709991162 Globally, about two in three people will need major surgery at some point in their lives. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-surgery-outcomes-shortens-recovery.html Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:40:01 EDT news709896782 Surgery to remove lymph nodes in the neck may interfere with cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) drainage from the brain, contributing to cognitive impairment, according to new multicenter research led by Weill Cornell Medicine scientists. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-neck-lymph-node-linked-cognitive.html Tue, 29 Sep 2026 11:00:17 EDT news709888708 A new AI-based model can predict where glioblastoma is most likely to return after initial surgery, potentially giving doctors a chance to treat it before it becomes visible on MRI. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-ai-tool-glioblastoma-surgery.html Mon, 28 Sep 2026 10:20:14 EDT news709808402 More than 15 million Americans live in one of the 1,180 U.S. counties with no general surgeon, and 951 counties have no surgeon in any of 12 surgical specialties, according to a new national analysis announced at the ACS Clinical Congress 2026 in Washington, D.C., and simultaneously published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-million-americans-county-general-surgeon.html Mon, 28 Sep 2026 07:00:01 EDT news709558045 Patients living in areas with more intense urban heat were less likely to have an optimal recovery after major surgery, according to new research on nearly 700,000 patients. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-urban-islands-linked-worse-recovery.html Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:00:36 EDT news709538637 Underweight patients are more likely to die after emergency general surgery than patients who are normal weight or overweight, and patients who are both frail and underweight face an even higher risk of death and other adverse clinical outcomes, according to new research findings. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-underweight-patients-higher-odds-death.html Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:00:28 EDT news709546382 The United States will be short by nearly 28,000 surgeons by 2038, according to the first unified assessment of the country's surgical workforce. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-shortage-surgeons-nationwide.html Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:00:25 EDT news709464123 Death rates associated with three common, treatable emergency general surgery conditions rose about 50% among U.S. adults ages 18 to 64 between 1999 and 2020—and rose nearly twice as fast in rural communities as in urban ones, according to a national analysis of nearly 20,000 deaths. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-deaths-linked-treatable-emergency-surgical.html Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:00:20 EDT news709538570 E-scooter trauma admissions nearly doubled from 2021 to 2023, and nearly two-thirds of injured riders under 16 sustained major injuries, according to two national analyses. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-scooter-trauma-admissions-youngest-riders.html Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:00:10 EDT news709538647 Patients who underwent an appendectomy for acute appendicitis had a significantly lower subsequent risk of colorectal cancer than similar patients treated with antibiotics alone, according to new research. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-appendectomy-appendicitis-colorectal-cancer-antibiotics.html Fri, 25 Sep 2026 11:00:05 EDT news709471991 A new global study into appendicitis has found major inequalities in care, with some countries having little access to CT imaging or minimally invasive surgery—resulting in poorer patient outcomes. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-appendicitis-patients-hours-rupture-global.html Wed, 23 Sep 2026 18:30:05 EDT news709359129 Substantially reduced intraoperative crystalloid fluid administration is not associated with worse patient-centered surgical outcomes, according to a study published online Sept. 15 in JAMA Network Open. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-intraoperative-crystalloid-fluid-worse-surgical.html Wed, 23 Sep 2026 13:20:06 EDT news709383818 Personalized nutrition may play a vital role in helping critically ill patients recover more quickly and with fewer complications after major surgery, trauma, burns and other life-threatening conditions. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-tailored-nutrition-critically-ill-patients.html Mon, 21 Sep 2026 09:20:01 EDT news709199339 New research by a University of Rochester Medicine team suggests that a certain type of blood transfusion is not nearly as safe as the medical establishment believes. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-safety-trauma-blood-transfusions.html Fri, 18 Sep 2026 11:40:01 EDT news708949441 Minimally invasive surgery is a promising approach that allows doctors to intervene inside the body through small incisions, typically using advanced instruments. These can include small robotic instruments controlled by a surgeon, cameras or devices that measure specific signals. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-tiny-tactile-sensor-distinguish-tissues.html Fri, 18 Sep 2026 09:20:06 EDT news708683719 Researchers have created a new technique that accurately and rapidly matches X-rays captured during surgery with a patient's preoperative 3D medical scan. This method could make it easier for clinicians to precisely guide minimally invasive surgical tools, leading to faster and safer procedures. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-patient-specific-ai-technique-minimally.html Wed, 16 Sep 2026 15:20:04 EDT news708788281 Where a patient undergoes heart surgery can significantly affect their risk of infection following the procedure, with some patients facing more than double the risk of others, according to a new Michigan Medicine study. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-infections-heart-surgery-medicare-million.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 15:00:06 EDT news708697382 During transplantation, blood flow to the donor liver must stop as it's moved to the recipient. Once transplanted, oxygen-rich blood is restored, yet doing so can cause what is called ischemia-reperfusion injury. To protect transplanted livers from this tissue damage, researchers at The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) have discovered a way to protect dying cells from rupturing and affecting the surrounding area. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-dying-cells-rupturing-donor-livers.html Tue, 15 Sep 2026 13:00:03 EDT news708692102 Researchers at Fox Chase Cancer Center have identified a promising approach to rebuilding tissue after skin cancer surgery that could help some patients avoid more extensive reconstructive procedures. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-option-skin-cancer-reconstruction-hydrogel.html Mon, 14 Sep 2026 14:20:10 EDT news708602342 More than three-quarters of donated lungs offered for transplantation are not used, according to the UK's National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, contributing to a chronic shortage of organs for patients with end-stage lung disease. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-metabolic-tech-donor-lungs-transplantation.html Thu, 10 Sep 2026 10:40:06 EDT news708253105 Patients with locally advanced head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) whose tumors responded to neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy (ICT) and who underwent less extensive surgery had high disease-free survival and organ preservation rates, according to a study published in Clinical Cancer Research, authored by Kunyu Yang, MD, director of Union Hospital Cancer Center at Tongji Medical College and Huazhong University of Science and Technology in China, and others. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-tumor-response-immunochemotherapy-neck-cancer.html Thu, 10 Sep 2026 03:10:01 EDT news708189301 A study titled "Liposuction versus conservative therapy for patients with lipoedema: A randomized controlled multi-center clinical trial" published in The Lancet, provides the first large-scale, multicenter evidence base for the surgical treatment of lipedema. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-liposuction-lipedema-pain-treatment.html Fri, 04 Sep 2026 12:00:03 EDT news707740382 For patients with early-stage lung cancer, the journey from diagnosis to treatment often involves multiple procedures spread across several weeks or even months. During that time, patients may undergo separate biopsies to confirm a diagnosis, additional tests to determine whether the cancer has spread, procedures to help surgeons locate difficult-to-find tumors and, finally, surgery to remove the cancer. Research suggests that these delays can affect outcomes, with longer intervals between diagnosis and treatment associated with higher rates of recurrence and lower survival. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-09-qa-combining-diagnosis-staging-tumor.html Tue, 01 Sep 2026 20:20:02 EDT news707500261 It has been nearly three years since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared the HistoSonics Edison histotripsy system to treat primary and metastatic liver tumors. To examine how the technology's adoption and use have progressed, a research team at the University of Virginia, led by Allan Tsung, M.D., professor and chair of the Department of Surgery, sought to provide an early national snapshot of its use for this indication. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-tracks-early-liver-histotripsy-treatment.html Fri, 28 Aug 2026 15:00:01 EDT news707142482 Patients with extreme obesity are more common among those undergoing metabolic and bariatric surgery than previously recognized, and although they face a greater burden of certain health conditions and surgical complications, their overall surgical risk remains relatively low, according to a new study led by researchers at LSU's Pennington Biomedical Research Center. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-extreme-obesity-common-bariatric-surgery.html Wed, 26 Aug 2026 15:00:08 EDT news706966950 Researchers at NYU Abu Dhabi have developed BRIDGE (Biodegradable aRchitected Internal DrainaGE), a biodegradable, 3D-printed gastric stent that could improve treatment for gastric leaks, a serious complication following weight-loss surgery. By combining an advanced internal lattice design with biodegradable materials, the new device more than doubles drainage performance while potentially eliminating the need for a second procedure to remove the stent after healing. https://medicalxpress.com/news/2026-08-biodegradable-3d-gastric-stent-lattice.html Tue, 25 Aug 2026 11:00:01 EDT news706859767