Study combines observational study, randomised trial, tissue analysis and research in mice to investigate the link between time of day of surgery and health outcomes Outcomes for open heart surgery ...

Decompression surgery does not reduce shoulder pain any more than placebo surgery for people with shoulder impingement - when the tendon rubs and catches in the joint, according to the first ...

A couple of years ago, the British medical journal The Lancet asked a group of experts to assess the global state of surgery. The panel now reports finding a major gap between the need for surgery and ...

A report by the Lancet Oncology Commission on Global Cancer Surgery has outlined nine domains and eight call-to-action points to address the global cancer surgery crisis. The report highlights the ...

Nearly one in two people with cataract blindness worldwide still cannot access a simple surgery that restores sight, according to a study published in The Lancet Global Health journal.

UAB Department of Surgery's Associate Vice Chair of Global Surgery Equity Lily Gutnik, M.D., MPH, has served as a member of The Lancet Oncology Commission on Global Cancer Surgery to create pragmatic ...

The findings showed that opioid prescribing after recovering and getting hospital discharge post a surgery does not reduce pain intensity but does increase adverse events. Opioid prescribing was ...

The long-term claimed to be the first to use real world data to capture the complete picture of the value of paying for bariatric surgery in patients with diabetes. Bariatric surgery makes more sense ...

LONDON: Patients undergoing surgery after contracting the novel coronavirus are at an increased risk of postoperative death, according to a new study published in The Lancet journal which may lead to ...