Most of us will be faced with the need for surgery at some point in our lives. Surgery may present some particular challenges in people who have lupus, so proper preparation is important. Although we ...

If you vape or smoke cigarettes or weed, you’ll need to quit ahead of your top surgery. The American College of Surgeons ...

Still, like the good girl that I am, I picked a surgery date. I prepared as much as I could. I read books, I meditated, I went to therapy. I talked with other people who had the same surgery.

But what I experienced after my surgery showed me that I was nowhere near prepared. For a total knee replacement, a surgeon ...

Surgeons often sit idle while waiting for patients to be prepped for surgery. If you’ve ever worked in manufacturing optimization, you’ll know that eliminating idle time nets huge benefits.

Somehow, Timbers goalkeeper Jake Gleeson had been prepped for surgery without anyone at the medical center realizing the necessary steel shin implants and screws were out of stock, his attorney said.