Surgery

Surgery Billing

Removing a splinter? Treating a wart? If a doctor does it, it can be billed as surgery

Conjoined twin boys, born last year with a shared liver, successfully separated by CHOP surgeons

CHOP Conjoined Twins

Children's Health

50 years after the first procedure, Tommy John surgery is more common than ever − especially for young athletes

An injury can hinder a workout routine, but there often are ways to stay in shape

Prehabilitation Orthopedic Surgery

Mike Jerrick says recent absence from 'Good Day Philadelphia' was to recover from prostate cancer surgery

Jerrick Prostate Cancer

Are you one of the millions about to have cataract surgery? Here’s what you need to know

Children's Health

Weight loss surgery for kids and teens with obesity is becoming more common, study finds

In the 1840s, Dr. Mütter used a revolutionary 'flap' surgery to help burn patients

mutter flap.jpg

Limb-lengthening surgery can make you taller, but it isn't an easy cosmetic fix

Limb-lengthening surgery

Sciatic nerve pain can be debilitating, but surgery often is unnecessary

Sciatica surgery

Medical advancements are giving breast cancer patients more surgical options

Breast cancer surgery

Sen. Bob Casey will not need further prostate cancer treatment after successful surgery, his office says

Hernias are often overlooked as the cause of chronic pelvic pain in women

Hernias women

Jill Biden undergoes Mohs surgery to remove a skin lesion; here's what it entails

Should older seniors risk major surgery? New research offers guidance

Senior Surgery Risk

Why it's important to disclose marijuana use prior to surgery

Marijuana use sedation

Children's Health

For children with severe scoliosis, spinal fusions cause fewer complications than growth-friendly surgeries

Scoliosis in children

Prostate cancer patients may benefit from shorter courses of radiation therapy after surgeries, study finds

Men with prostate cancer

Alternative Medicine

Does acupuncture have a place in the operating room?

Acupuncture Opioids Pain Relief

Suffering from neck or back pain? Avoid these mistakes when self-diagnosing your symptoms

neck back pain

Children's Health

CHOP milestone exemplifies three decades of progress in fetal surgery

CHOP fetal surgery

Competitive dancer waltzes her way back onto the dance floor after nerve surgery

Gail Cohen Penn Nerve Center

Excessive, high-dose opioids commonly prescribed after knee surgery, Penn study finds

Penn Knees Opioids

Dual surgery boosts heart transplant chances for patients with obesity

Obesity heart transplant eligibility

It's time to lower opioid prescription doses in heart surgery patients, Penn researchers say

Opioid use after heart surgery

Surgery patients with COVID-19 more likely to die shortly afterward, study finds

Surgery COVID-19 risk

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy undergoes successful surgery to remove kidney tumor

Some women who have C-sections are at higher risk for postpartum depression, researchers say

Postpartum depression after cesarean delivery

Children's Health

Appendicitis can create an emergency in a hurry

Appendicitis warning signs

Quit smoking at least 4 weeks before surgery, WHO advises

Quit smoking before surgery

U.S. discards too many kidneys viable for transplant, Johns Hopkins study finds

Kidney Transplant JHU

Here's what to expect before and after weight-loss surgery

Before and After Bariatric Surgery Weight Loss

Former FDA adviser warns about dangers of LASIK surgery

LASIK Eye Surgery Dangers

Eagles' DeSean Jackson shares hospital photo after 'successful' surgery

Despite benefits, many cardiac valve surgery patients don't receive cardiac rehabilitation

Children's Health

Everything you need to know about tonsil removal surgery

Children's Health

Bariatric surgery found safe for teens with morbid obesity, Penn research finds

Bariatric surgery

Penn Medicine, Arkansas hospital partnering to expedite heart surgery research

Stock_Carroll - Penn Medicine

Here's what to expect before knee replacement surgery

To save money, American patients and surgeons meet in Cancun

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Philadelphia's best (and worst) hospitals for these four common surgeries

Pennsylvania hospitals surgery outcomes

30-minute procedure claims to delay menopause by 20 years

menopause delay surgery

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