Appropriate positioning of the surgeon and the patient’s eye is essential, and the goal in selecting and adjusting a particular surgical position is to maintain the ease of surgery while allowing ...

CHICAGO – Placing patients in the prone Trendelenburg position during spine surgery may put them at an increased risk for postoperative vision loss. Previously found to occur in 0.05% to 0.2% of spine ...

Positioning patients with large vessel ischemic (clot-caused) stroke with their heads flat (0-degrees) before surgery to remove the blood clot resulted in significant improvements in neurological ...

The following article is written by Michael McKevitt, senior vice president, business development, for Regent Surgical Health. The ambulatory surgery center sector of the healthcare industry is ...

The Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) has updated their recommendations for performing PCI at centers without surgical backup, proposing a new algorithm that factors in ...

An estimated 30 percent of all diseases globally require surgical care and expertise, yet global surgeons based in academic health centers (AHCs) often face institutional barriers that make it ...