“ THE escape from pain in surgical operations is a chimera which it is idle to follow up to-day. ‘ Knife ’ and ‘ pain ’ in surgery are two words which are always inseparable in the minds of patients, ...

Ira Rutkow’s “Empire of the Scalpel” is by turns fascinating and ghastly. By Henry Marsh When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. EMPIRE OF ...

The Local newsletter is your free, daily guide to life in Colorado. For locals, by locals. Dr. David Schneider: Prior to the 1870s, no one believed in germs. You believed in bad air. Maybe it’s the ...

“The history of surgery is a series of awe-inspiring, discrete triumphs,” according to this smart survey from historian and surgeon Rutkow (Seeking the Cure). He begins in the Stone Age, when ...

Before there were medicines to sedate and soothe patients, there was opium, mandrake juice … and hypnosis. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

As you and everybody in the world with an Internet connection now knows, Angelina Jolie had her fallopian tubes and uterus removed as part of an ongoing series of preventative surgeries for cancer.

Different IOL calculators provided similar results in patients with a history of LASIK surgery, according to a study ...

Global Surgery Track Residents Youmna Sherif, M.D.; Sukriti Bansal, M.D.; and Lubna Khan, M.D. received second place in the 2022 History of Surgery Poster Competition for their poster “The Evolution ...

The Division of Plastic Surgery is dedicated to delivering a broad range of reconstructive and aesthetic services, while consistently providing our patients with high-quality, compassionate care. Our ...

Tommy John surgery has become so ubiquitous and the procedure so advanced, it is largely seen as little more than a nuisance for those who don’t have to endure the months of inactivity and then ...

In honor of Black History Month, Vice Chair of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Colin Martin, M.D., FACS, and General Surgery Resident Juliet Okoroh, M.D., sat down with Abdominal Transplant Surgeon ...