The PHSD alert reveals, “Group A Streptococcus usually causes no symptoms or causes only mild illnesses like strep throat, ...

Lisa Farris worried that a nasty infection from recent liposuction and a tummy tuck was rapidly getting worse. So she phoned ...

Background Complex breast surgery, including immediate breast reconstruction and oncoplastic procedures, is increasingly performed to optimise oncologic and aesthetic outcomes. Postoperative wound ...

In some cases, patients who traveled hundreds of miles or more for seemingly routine surgeries allegedly suffered painful complications while recuperating in hotel rooms or unlicensed “recovery homes, ...

Court filings in Florida show patients staying in recovery houses and hotels have died or suffered untreated complications, ...

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KNOXVILLE, Tennessee — Four more patients are suing a Knoxville surgery center alleging poor care, doubling the number of complaints filed against it in Knox County Circuit Court. 10News reported in ...

KNOXVILLE, Tennessee — Four more patients are suing a Knoxville surgery center alleging poor care, doubling the number of complaints filed against it in Knox County Circuit Court. 10News reported in ...

Surgical antimicrobial prophylaxis using non-beta‑lactams administered before major surgery was independently associated with a significantly higher risk for surgical site infection than conventional ...

• Antibiotics seem to reduce surgical site infections in people undergoing surgery to fix the lower limb arteries (peripheral arterial reconstruction of the lower limb). • Closed incision negative ...