(HealthNewsDigest.com) - West Orange, NJ, May 20, 2022 – The International Association for the Study of Pain defines failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS) as lumbar spinal pain that “persists despite surgical intervention” or develops after surgery.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - ROCHESTER, Minn. — Outpatient surgery may be an option for people who are having their hips, knees or other joints replaced.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - DETROIT – While not as common as knee or shoulder arthroscopy, hip arthroscopy has become a viable surgical option for patients to alleviate pain and restore their quality of life.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS), the world’s top-ranked health system specialized in orthopedic care, marked a major expansion and renovation of its Uniondale location with a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - BOSTON - New research findings suggest that providers are poor predictors of patient satisfaction with anesthesia and perioperative comfort.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - In a small operating room at El Buen Samaritano Hospital, a team of surgeons, nurses and surgical personnel work to fix a distal femur fracture. The break is four months old.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - CHICAGO - Machine learning (ML) models developed by surgeons at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston have shown a high level of accuracy in predicting which types of patients....

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - ROCHESTER, Minn. — Jim Nemecek was feeling fine last autumn. He had healed well from a 2020 spine surgery at Mayo Clinic called a diskectomy, and the active 69-year-old from the Atlanta area was doing what he loves best: playing tennis.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - BUFFALO, N.Y. — The foods we eat on a regular basis influence the makeup of the bacteria — both good and bad — in our mouths.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Many patients who undergo surgery to correct a collapsing foot share the question: Will I be able to get back to doing the things I love?

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - New York, NY, March 16, 2022 – Each year in the United States, more than 100,000 women have mastectomies. Advances in surgical techniques today offer women the hope of a soft, warm breast that may look similar and feel much like her original breast....

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - CLEVELAND – University Hospitals is the first health system in Greater Cleveland to add the Mazor X Stealth™ Edition Robotic Guidance Platform to its regional spinal surgery program.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Going into surgery is nerve-racking for anyone, but it can be especially frightening for children.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - "I was 38 minutes with no brain activity," says Joe Bitter, recalling a 2015 incident. He collapsed one night without warning, and his life thereafter would be much different.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Bariatric surgery is one of the most effective interventions in the fight against ongoing obesity. In fact, a recent PubMed study documents 14 years of significantly lower mortality rates for patients who opted to undergo weight-loss surgery than those who did not.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - West Orange, NJ, February 2022 – The idea of undergoing spine surgery for a lingering back or neck problem can certainly be intimidating.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - A Michigan Medicine study found that preadolescent children with severe neuromuscular scoliosis who are treated with growth-friendly surgery prior to spinal fusion....

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - More than 185,000 amputations occur in the U.S. annually, according to the Amputee Coalition. Most are lower limb amputations resulting from diabetes, trauma and cancer.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - West Orange, NJ, November 30, 2021 - Having surgery to tackle back or neck pain is a huge decision. But what comes after spine surgery? Postoperative physical therapy, or PT, is usually the next logical step to reclaim your strength and improve the odds of a full recovery

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - NEW ORLEANS, La. – Cataract surgery is one of the most successful medical procedures performed in the United States, with nearly 4 million Americans choosing to have their cataracts removed every year.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Epilepsy surgery in infants younger than 3 months is safe and effective, according to a multinational, multicenter study published in the journal Epilepsia.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Bethesda, Md. – As the intensity of fighting in current conflicts has declined over the last several years, military surgeons have been challenged to maintain their skills for treating combat casualties.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Julie Berg's life revolves around three things: family, friends and faith. The 79-year-old has a large extended family that enjoys celebrating large and small milestones together, and she has a wide network of close-knit friends across two states.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Miami, FL, August 2021 - Minimally invasive surgery often serves as both key and “keyhole” for diagnosing and treating several of the most common shoulder disorders, namely rotator cuff injuries, labrum (SLAP) tears,....

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - New York, NY, August 19, 2021 – Hundreds of thousands of women undergo breast surgery every year. Whether these procedures are reconstructive, cosmetic, or therapeutic, surgery itself is traumatic to the body.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Monday, July 27, 2021, CLEVELAND: A new analysis from the STAMPEDE trial shows that over the course of five years, patients who had bariatric and metabolic surgery to treat uncontrolled type 2 diabetes....

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - ACL tears can sideline an athlete or crush an Olympic dream. It's a common knee injury affecting nearly twice as many women than men.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - West Orange, NJ, July 21, 2021 – Atlantic Spine Center has become the first ambulatory surgery practice of its kind along the mid-Atlantic seaboard to perform a successful spinal fusion operation using a next-generation, GPS-like robotic navigation system -- the ExcelsiusGPS®

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - When Zechariah (Zech) Kaehr of Columbus, Ohio, was 15, he began to notice pain in his back and side that got worse with eating and exercise. Later, he developed blood in his urine, nausea, vomiting and weight loss.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - GAINESVILLE, Fla. — New research published today shows that people receiving deep brain stimulation, or DBS, for the treatment of Parkinson’s disease may be managed successfully at home by a home health nurse in the months following surgical implantation.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - For only the second time in the world, doctors used a minimally invasive surgery to disconnect the right and left sides of the brain and the left epilepsy-generating zones of a boy with epilepsy, stopping his seizures.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - West Orange, NJ, June 23, 2021 – If you’ve been dealing with chronic back or neck pain that hasn’t responded to conservative measures, you may be wondering if surgery is an option.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - NEW YORK CITY, — New research found that patients who received nivolumab (Opdivo®) after bladder cancer surgery reduced their overall risk for high-grade bladder cancer recurrence.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Millions of people consume caffeine in coffee, tea, sodas and energy drinks, but when they go without, the withdrawal symptoms can include drowsiness, difficulty concentrating and intense headaches.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - DALLAS  – Using a laser for a rare brain surgery to treat drop seizures, which cause a child with epilepsy to suddenly fall, holds some advantages over a traditional open craniotomy, including shorter hospital stays for patients

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - CHICAGO: The American College of Surgeons (ACS) has introduced its National Surgeon Scientist Program (NSSP) to provide competitive funding opportunities for faculty members within their first one to five years....

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - LOS ANGELES — Every year, more than 795,000 people in the United States have a stroke. Of these, approximately 80% lose arm function and as many as 50-60% of this population still experience problems six months later.

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Sixty-nine-year-old Mark Eisen says he waited seven years for a surgery he hopes will change his life. Last week, he had the first total wrist replacement with KinematX™....

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - Montclair, New Jersey (April 12, 2021) - Spine surgery may sound scary, but for many people living with failed back surgery syndrome (FBSS), revision spine surgery is a welcomed procedure....

(HealthNewsDigest.com) - The parallels between surgery and elite athletics are many. You must be on your game at all times and ready to instantly execute precise movements.