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 ...

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 ...

An incision is a cut made into the tissues of the body to expose the underlying tissue, bone, or organ so that a surgical procedure can be performed. An incision is typically made with a sharp ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Surgery is a procedure in which incision and physical manipulation are used to treat a patient with an injury or a disease. The patient's tissues are cut during this technique to permit the ...