By Christina Frangou Michael Kavic, MD, a hernia surgeon and editor-in-chief of the Journal of the Society of Laparoscopic Surgeons, is calling on practicing surgeons,…
BOSTON – Patients who receive robot-assisted laparoscopic surgery (RALS), an increasingly widespread facet of surgical medicine, tend to be higher income white males, according to…
By: Daniel Kuhn, M.D. This article addresses what it takes to protect, rehabilitate, and enhance the career of surgeons from the point of view of wellbeing,…
by Monica J. Smith New York—When minilaparoscopy debuted in the mid-1990s, it failed to gain ground largely due to limitations of the instruments, which lacked…
By Alice Goodman NEW YORK – While some evidence in the surgical literature suggests that intraperitoneal bupivacaine reduces postoperative pain scores and narcotic use, a…
By Alice Goodman NEW YORK – Virtual learning of laparoscopic surgical skills is now possible and appears to be as successful as direct mentoring through…
By Alice Goodman NEW YORK – Cryoablation of the endometrium is a safe and effective office-based procedure for the treatment of menorrhagia, resulting in few…
By Alice Goodman NEW YORK – More than a year after the Food and Drug Administration first warned physicians and patients about the risks of disseminating…