New guidelines from the American Society of Regional Anesthesia and Pain Medicine (ASRA) offer strategies for anesthesiologists and pain physicians to prevent infections that develop after surgery and ...

Americans have died from a fungal infection caught during medical procedures in Mexico, a study reports. Over a dozen patients who traveled to Mexican clinics for treatment came down with the mold ...

Background: Postoperative infections, as related to risk factors, in patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) procedures have been studied infrequently. Conclusions: This ...

The number of complaints from patients who are harmed by complications when undergoing cosmetic procedures has increased in recent years. Complaints have ranged from harm done to patients to ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Results showed revision procedures and younger patients had a higher incidence of infection after ACL ...

According to new data from the Oregon Health Authority, Oregon hospitals made gains in lowering the number of health ...

Researchers presented data at the Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons revealing a new anti-infection protocol that includes using alcohol foam in preprep, multiple drains ...

State health officials are warning United States residents traveling to the south of the border to Matamoros, Mexico, for cosmetic surgeries due to fungal infections. According to the Texas Department ...

Incidence of surgical site infections declined at multiple hospitals across six states by 32.8% for some procedures after Phoenix-based Banner Health introduced a comprehensive surgical site infection ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Hospital practices are more to blame than how sick a person is for infections acquired by hospital patients, researchers reported on Monday, urging medical centers to do more to ...

Hospitals across Oregon are falling below national standards in preventing infections, according to the Oregon Health ...