Benjamin Miller, MD, is a board-certified general surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic. He completed his residency at Vanderbilt ...

Vlatko Cancar explains why it was both “a good thing and a bad thing that I went under the knife” last December.

A generation ago, many people who lost teeth due to age-related complications typically wore dentures. Now, dental implants ...

Zimmer Biomet (NYSE: ZBH) announced today that it received FDA 510(k) clearance for its Persona Revision SoluTion Femur.

Injuries to the articular cartilage in different joints, including the knee, are painful and limit mobility. Therefore, researchers are developing cartilage implants using cells from the patient's ...

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This is sometimes called debulking surgery. You may have cytoreductive surgery if your cancer is stage 2, 3 or 4. Your surgeon removes your ovaries, fallopian tubes, womb and cervix. They also try to ...

UPPP is a medical abbreviation for uvulopalatopharyngoplasty, a surgery that involves removing the soft tissue at the back of the throat, including the uvula, soft palate, tonsils, and sometimes ...