How safe are surgical centers and doctor-owned hospitals?
Some small surgical centers and physician-owned hospitals cannot handle emergencies that may happen in the operating room
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Surgery
Surgical checklists increase patient safety
A recent study shows that hospitals using operating room checklists have lower post-surgical death rates
Risks of after-surgery rehab care at a rehabilitation hospital
Studies show that going home from the hospital and getting outpatient rehab has benefits
Do alternatives to knee surgery make sense?
Studies show that physical therapy may help, but injections probably do not
Three things that you can do to reduce the serious risks of anesthesia
Botched anesthesia care can cause heart and breathing issues and even death
What happens when plastic surgery goes wrong?
Botched cosmetic surgery can leave patients with nerve damage of serious infections
Two tips for a better weight loss surgery outcome
Cleveland Clinic study highlight the risk of minimizing symptoms like pain and nausea after bariatric surgery
Four tips to protect against dangerous blood clots during and after surgery
Every surgery increases the risk of deep vein thrombosis and deadly pulmonary embolism
Surgeons with bad attitudes get bad results more often for their patients
When a surgeon has had lots of patient complaints, they have 14 percent more surgical complications and problems
Three tips to avoid hernia repair surgery problems
Surgeons sometimes mistake serious problems for normal pain after hernia surgery