General surgery is a medical specialty that requires substantial expertise on a wide range of diseases, including those that may require nonoperative, elective, or emergency surgical treatment.

High equipment costs and complex logistics have long stood as barriers for ASCs looking to expand their robotic-assisted surgical offerings—something that Intuitive Surgical is trying to change. The ...

Readmissions are common following emergency general surgery, according to a study in JAMA Surgery, but rates varied widely depending on patient factors and diagnosis. Researchers from Boston-based ...

The growing popularity of minimally invasive surgery and accompanied decline in open procedures means junior residents are getting less exposure to some common general surgery procedures, according to ...

If surgery center leaders can identify and add an up-and-coming procedure to their list of approved procedures prior to their competitors doing such, they may be able to corner the market and profit ...

For Medicare patients, surgical outcomes were similar whether they had an MD or a DO surgeon, a claims analysis suggested. After adjusting for patient factors and practice settings, there was no ...