surgery

Pediatric surgeon Mikki Kollisch advises how best to prepare your child for surgery. And, pancreatic surgeon Thomas Vandermeer discusses how pancreatic cancer is often discovered and diagnosed, and how advances in treatment are offering new hope.

Surgeons from 18 upstate hospitals and health agencies hope changing the way they prescribe medication can impact the opioid crisis. Dr. Jeffrey Albright,…

Robotic-assisted surgery is an ever-expanding field in medicine, and new technology is allowing surgeons to perform procedures better, easier and safer…

Pediatric rheumatologist Caitlin Sgarlat Deluca explains the variety of tools she makes available through the Pediatric Integrative Medicine Center for…

Some patients can safely undergo surgery to have their knee joint replaced and go home the same day, says Dr. Timothy Damron, the vice chairman for…

Major surgery may be a last resort for most people but for those who suffer from joint pain, cartilage loss, and limited mobility, a replacement surgery…

You lift up your arms to get something just out of reach and you feel it -- pain in your shoulder. It used to be a slight twinge, but now it’s a…

For many of us, our knowledge of what happens in an operating room may come from medical dramas on TV. But what really happens in the surgical suite after…

The need for living kidney donors is growing, partly because people are living longer on dialysis, explains Dr. Vaughn Whittaker, a transplant surgeon at…

People with high cholesterol, who cannot tolerate statin drugs, may have a new option with a new class of drugs known as PCSK9 inhibitors.Upstate…