The Pre-Operation (Pre-Op) Clinic at Huntsman Cancer Institute provides patients who are planning to have surgery access to services that help with physical, emotional, and financial issues. The goal ...

Bariatric surgery is an option for people who are severely overweight to lose extra pounds and improve associated conditions such as diabetes. However, it’s not an easy way out, and it requires a big ...

Our commentator is continuing his medical education at a hospital, where patients awaiting surgery are subjects of various questions and checklists. The queries get redundant, but the procedure is ...

Decisions that are made early on in the perioperative process by the patient or their surgeon can have far-reaching effects down the line, so it’s critical to optimize the pre-op preparation strategy, ...

An inexpensive program to help surgery patients get physically and mentally ready for their upcoming operation may help reduce overall costs and get them home faster, according to new research ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Preparing for surgery is getting a little easier for patients having surgery at UIC Hospital. It is one of a few hospitals in Illinois that does not require their patients to fast the ...

Pre-surgery pregnancy tests can pose ethical questions in the case of producing a positive pregnancy test in states where abortion is banned or restricted, said Dr. Trisha Pasricha, a ...

Every day, millions of patients undergo procedures in ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs), and a very small percentage of them have complications during and after the procedure. Fortunately, new ...