The scaphoid is a small wrist bone that is particularly vulnerable to fracture in young, active patients, a fracture that traditionally has required many months of plaster cast immobilization. The ...

A 34-year-old male fell while snowboarding onto his outstretched right upper extremity and radiographs revealed a right-sided scaphoid fracture. He was referred to the care of Andrew J. Weiland, MD at ...

Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery, Wenzhou Central Hospital, Dingli Clinical Institute of Wenzhou Medical University, Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China Background & aims: Deep vein thrombosis, a common ...

The optimal use of robotic-assisted versus laparoscopic approaches for emergency gallbladder surgery is not well-defined. Rates of bile duct injury were similar with both surgical approaches ...

Choice and fixation of the mesh is at the discretion of the surgical team. During laparoscopic surgery a photograph will be taken of the hernia defect before and after the correction is done.

The data in Table 2 showed patients undergoing RACS had a significantly longer median surgery duration (218.5 minutes vs. 165 minutes, p < 0.0001) and greater median blood loss (100 mL vs. 50 mL, p < ...

25 patients (7 %) developed persistent non-union. The result of plaster casting and surgery was satisfactory. The prognosis for scaphoid fractures that receive appropriate primary treatment is good, ...

Objective We aimed to evaluate the safety, efficiency and preferred indication for laparoendoscopic single-site surgery (LESS) compared with conventional laparoscopic (CL) surgery for benign ovarian ...

There are several types of bariatric surgery. Learn more about whether you might be a good candidate and what you can expect. Bariatric surgery is a term used to describe weight loss surgeries ...