Surgeries

Surgeons can cut out everything except cause - Herbert M. Shelton

Surgeries

image by: Kristopher Radder

HWN Recommends

Why So Much Of The Health Care We Deliver Is Unnecessary - And What We Can Do About It

In the late 19th century, Dr. William Halsted, a pioneer of modern surgical techniques, performed ultra-radical mastectomies for women with breast cancer. The procedure, soon named after him, involved the surgeon removing not only the breast itself but also surrounding musculature and the associated lymphatic system.

Halsted believed, and taught generations of medical students, that the more radical the procedure, the higher the likelihood of survival. And so this approach remained the standard of care for decades – despite his never proving that this mutilating procedure lowered mortality.

Today we know he was wrong...

Recent reviews of clinical outcomes have…

read full article

Resources

 Why So Much Of The Health Care We Deliver Is Unnecessary - And What We Can Do About It

Much of the aggressive and invasive health care we provide in the United States today, compared to time-tested, more conservative approaches, adds little value.

4 Surgeries to Avoid

Reasons to think twice before going under the knife.

The 7 Deadliest Emergency General Surgeries

Gastrointestinal and bowel operations top the list because they're often done without planning or preparation, experts say.

10 Common Outpatient Procedures

There are advantages to outpatient procedures. The anesthesia doesn’t last as long, and the procedure is usually less invasive. That can make them safer. Your recovery also will be faster. You can often go home within a few hours of your procedure.

Amino

Get access to information you can’t find anywhere else—from cost estimates at facilities to detailed stats about every doctor in America. Amino is a quick and easy way to find and book the right care at the right price.

CSurgeries

Peer-reviewed surgical video journal for surgeons, trainees and patients.

Encyclopedia of Surgery

The Encyclopedia of Surgery has been written by various experts in the field of surgery and has been written specifically for healthcare students and patients. The Encyclopedia covers 450 surgical procedures and topics such as laser surgery, hysterectomy, endoscopy, cryosurgery, anesthetics, biopsy, angioplasty, medications and postoperative care, and many related subjects.

GIBLIB

GIBLIB is an online library of the best surgical videos and medical lectures from the top surgical minds across the world.

ORLive

Online surgical and healthcare video and webcasts.

Surgeo

Surgeo is a logistics service built for patients by surgeons. Surgeo simplifies access to quality care by bringing in highly qualified, peer credentialed surgeons – the surgeons we would use if we needed surgery – and offering their services in flat-cost packages. Surgeo enables you to compare packages by surgeon, cost, and location and get quality, convenience, and choice. Surgeo does not provide healthcare services, make referrals, or negotiate cost.

Surgeon Scorecard

Guided by experts, ProPublica calculated death and complication rates for surgeons performing one of eight elective procedures in Medicare, carefully adjusting for differences in patient health, age and hospital quality. Use this database to know more about a surgeon before your operation.

Surgery Theater

Surgery Theater is an online medical publishing company and the world's first educational surgery video sharing platform for all surgical specialties.

Surgicomania

Only for nerds.

WebSurg

WebSurg is a virtual surgical university, accessible from anywhere in the world through the Internet. The WebSurg concept was launched by Professor Jacques Marescaux and his team at the European Institute of TeleSurgery (EITS) in Strasbourg, France.

Introducing Stitches!

Your Path to Meaningful Connections in the World of Health and Medicine
Connect, Collaborate, and Engage!

Coming Soon - Stitches, the innovative chat app from the creators of HWN. Join meaningful conversations on health and medical topics. Share text, images, and videos seamlessly. Connect directly within HWN's topic pages and articles.


Be the first to know when Stitches starts accepting users


Health Cloud

Stay Connected