Understanding gastroenterology trends in preoperative care can allow gastroenterologists to better prepare patients for surgery and recovery. Richard Hodin, MD, is chief of Boston-based Massachusetts ...

Perioperative care is a critical part of the patient journey. Encompassing the time before, during, and after surgery, perioperative care is a collaborative process that allows clinicians to review a ...

Department of Surgery PGY3 Resident Frank Gleason, M.D., was recently featured in the Annals of Surgery for his article, “Early Elective Surgery After Colon Cancer Diagnosis has Higher Risk of ...

When type 1 diabetes complicates surgery Offering preoperative testing and evaluations in one convenient location can significantly reduce surgical cancellation rates. NEW ORLEANS — Nurse-practitioner ...

This review demonstrates the long-term (≥12 months) efficacy of preoperative smoking cessation programs, providing further support for incorporation of smoking cessation programs into presurgical ...

The only potentially curative options for gastric cancer involve endoscopic or surgical resection, with adjunctive systemic ...

The lead author of a new report identifies four ways to promote preoperative assessments by anesthesiologists. The lead author of a new report that found weak preoperative assessments are a primary ...

Elderly patients undergoing orthopaedic surgery represent a rapidly expanding and high-risk group, with outcomes strongly influenced by pre-existing ...

Initiatives to reduce low-value care (LVC) could widen existing disparities meaning that more people would receive unnecessary care while others still struggle to receive enough, a new study finds.

Richard Hodin, MD, is chief of Boston-based Massachusetts General Hospital’s Division of General and Gastrointestinal and the Division of Gastrointestinal and Oncologic Surgery. He spoke with Becker’s ...