No surgery is risk-free, but understanding the possible complications can help you make better and more informed decisions. Possible risks include a reaction to anesthesia, postoperative pain, nerve ...

Managing hypertension (high blood pressure) before, during, and after surgery is important to ensuring the best outcomes. If your blood pressure is too high before surgery, the procedure may need to ...

Spinal stenosis surgery helps to reopen your spinal canal, the channel in your backbone that houses your spinal cord and other nerves. A doctor does the surgery when the space in the canal narrows ...

Surgery to remove your stomach is called a gastrectomy. There are different types of gastrectomy. The type you have depends on the stage and position of your cancer. You might have: a subtotal or ...

Learn as much as you can about back surgery ahead of time. The more you know, the better the choice you’ll make. The odds that something could go wrong go up for people with certain health ...

Eighteen additional surgeries were performed including mass re-excision (14 cases), stoma formation (3 cases), anoplasty (2 cases), and bleeding control (1 case). The mean VWR in the additional ...