A hiatal hernia is an enlarged opening in your diaphragm, the dome-shaped muscle that contracts when you breathe. Organs in your belly push through this opening and into your chest. There are two main ...

Familiarity between a surgeon and anesthesiologist was tied to improved postoperative outcomes for patients undergoing certain surgeries. Benefits were observed for high- and low-risk gastrointestinal ...

For Medicare patients, surgical outcomes were similar whether they had an MD or a DO surgeon, a claims analysis suggested. After adjusting for patient factors and practice settings, there was no ...

What Is a Bariatric Surgeon? A bariatric surgeon is a doctor who performs gastric bypass and other types of surgeries that help you lose weight. They’re sometimes called metabolic surgeons. Your ...

Acute care surgery and emergency general surgery represent evolving, multidisciplinary fields that address time‐sensitive surgical conditions. These specialties integrate aspects of trauma management, ...

Advanced technology is reshaping general surgery at a pace no one could have predicted a few decades ago. Artificial intelligence and robotics now drive change in operating rooms everywhere, touching ...

Maryselle Winters is a bilingual general and trauma surgeon in Fayetteville. Winters completed a five-year surgical residency at Cape Fear Valley Medical Center as part of its first all-female general ...

JUNCTION CITY, Kan. (WIBW) - Stormont Vail Health welcomes Dr. Daniel Regier, a general surgery specialist, to the Flint Hills Campus General Surgery Department. Dr. Regier will provide whole-patient ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Meritus Health will welcome three doctors into its General Surgery Residency Program starting in July 2026. The program received ...