Pneumonia — not deep incision surgical site infections — is the most common serious infection after heart surgery, according to research presented at the American Heart Association‘s Scientific ...

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A study of infections and other complications treated by the NHS shows that going to Turkey for cheap surgery could cost you ...

While the risk-adjusted coronary artery bypass graft surgery mortality rate decreased 9.2 percent from 2008 to 2009, the rate of infection increased 11.1 percent (not risk-adjusted) in the same time ...

OSN Cornea/External Disease Board Member Eric D. Donnenfeld, MD, and a panel of experts examined a series of unusual ...

Advances in antiretroviral therapies, particularly highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART), have markedly improved the life expectancy of individuals living with HIV. Consequently, an increasing ...

Dotty Bollinger, chief medical operations officer at Laser Spine Institute in Tampa, Fla., recently presented a free webinar titled “10 Critical Requirements of a Successful Infection Prevention ...

Septic arthritis is an infection in the joint area. Alongside antibiotic treatment, minimally invasive or more major surgery could be part of a person’s treatment. Sometimes, antibiotics are enough to ...

A physician performed surgery at Halifax Health Medical Center in Daytona Beach, Fla., while infected with Clostridium difficile, according to a Daytona Beach News-Journal report. An independent ...

Laser gum surgery offers a minimally invasive alternative to traditional scalpel-based procedures, significantly reducing ...

SAN FRANCISCO -- Los Angeles Dodgers center fielder A.J. Pollock will need surgery because of an infection in his surgically repaired right elbow. Manager Dave Roberts said Pollock will undergo the ...