The systematic review of all randomized controlled trials in abdominopelvic surgery is a sobering assessment of Intuitive Surgical's da Vinci system, which was approved by the FDA more than 20 years ...

Families who carry a genetic mutation linked to hereditary diffuse gastric cancer face a decision that sounds almost ...

The UAB Department of Surgery’s Arnold G. Diethelm Fellowship in Abdominal Transplant Surgery has received reaccreditation through the Transplant Accreditation & Certification Council (TACC). Through ...

Jack Georgakis was in his mid-thirties when he was diagnosed with gastroesophageal junction (GEJ) cancer. Troubles for the hardy New Yorker, who had an active lifestyle that included hobbies such as ...

The number of overweight Americans resorting to stomach-shrinking surgery is rising so rapidly that health experts and insurance companies are increasingly becoming alarmed about the safety, ...

Endoscopic ultrasound-guided gastrojejunostomy offers the best clinical success among all other techniques used for palliation of malignant gastric outlet obstruction.

Until Pope Pius XII fell ill in 1954, few people had ever heard of hiatal hernia and fewer knew what it was, although surprisingly many must have suffered from it. Nowadays the diagnosis is being made ...

Rachel Tussey's tummy tuck was successful, her doctor said. But something went wrong as she was recovering at a surgery ...