Surgery

'Prehabilitation' boosts surgery outcomes, shows study

Pre-surgery exercise and education—widely known as prehabilitation—can significantly improve outcomes for patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery, according to new research published in JAMA Network Open,

Medical research

Girl infected with Mycobacterium marinum after iguana bite

A three-year-old girl contracted an unusual Mycobacterium marinum infection that developed following an iguana bite while she was on holiday in Costa Rica. The doctors who treated her will report on the case at this year's ...

Surgery

Video: How limb lengthening surgery works

A limb length discrepancy is, quite simply, a difference in size between the length of an individual's arms or legs, and can occur in the upper and lower portions of each. The difference in length can range from a fraction ...

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