The massive robot-making, pacemaker-inventing medtech company Medtronic is facing a financial snag: the humble stapler.

A number of surgical procedures for NEC are performed by various institutions and surgeons. These include primary anastomosis, the "patch, drain and wait" approach, the "clip and drop back ...

but not long after the second superficial temporal artery anastomosis, thrombotic occlusion at the initial site necessitated immediate surgical intervention. The occlusion was removed, 3000 units of ...

A limited experience with an initial series of nine patients operated upon for tricuspid atresia using a modified superior vena cava to right pulmonary artery anastomosis is presented ... The ...

The incidence of anastomotic leaks in patients undergoing biliary surgery varied according to the procedure from only 1% in patients undergoing biliary-enteric anastomosis or pylorus preserving ...

During an upper endoscopy, your health care provider will inflate a special balloon at the anastomosis. The opening will be stretched back to its original size, if possible. This is called endoscopic ...

A scab after surgery is a normal part of healing. It forms at the incision site to protect the skin underneath while it heals. Removing a scab can impede healing, so it's best to let it fall off on ...