Last Thursday, plastic surgeon Scott Green signed onto a Zoom call to a local court to contest a traffic violation — while performing surgery on an unconscious patient. The video, obtained by The ...

An operating room fire that started on a patient’s abdomen. Surgical placement of a drainage tube in the wrong kidney. An unnecessary gall bladder-related procedure. Repeated failures to document that ...

A semi-mobile operating unit effectively serves clinics that need additional surgical facilities at an affordable cost, according to one surgeon. “Operating rooms are a major investment for newly ...

It is the stuff of nightmares, but as many as one in 500 patients wakes up while on the operating table. When patients are questioned about their experience of surgery, many more than previously ...

When a patient undergoes surgery, his or her family members are often left in the dark throughout the majority of the process. Instead of keeping these family members feeling anxious and worried, ...

Hospitals are bringing together surgeons, anesthesiologists and nurses with architects, engineers and administrative staff to rethink the modern operating room. By Ellen Rosen This article is part of ...