The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons’ Patient Safety Committee provides free, downloadable pre- and post-operative ambulatory surgery patient safety checklists. While the two, one-page ...

Most of our patients don't spend the night in the hospital following their joint replacement surgery. During your stay, your care team will do everything possible to ensure you are comfortable and ...

JOE WRIGHT: In the pre-op waiting area, patients lie on beds in hospital gowns. Nurses and doctors come and run through pages of checklists. They check name tags and ask the patients their names and ...

Bariatric surgery is an option for people who are severely overweight to lose extra pounds and improve associated conditions such as diabetes. However, it’s not an easy way out, and it requires a big ...

He’s in the pre-op room at Roger Williams Hospital, about to undergo major back surgery. The operation will be next to the spinal cord, and his thoughts dwell on the risks. Could a slip cause ...

Preoperative cardiovascular assessment before elective noncardiac surgery should include consideration of a prior COVID-19 diagnosis, according to three doctors who advise a delay of at least several ...