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surgery
Doctors and surgeons should treat patients, not computer screens
Surgeons have to consider all potential causes when there are problems after an operation
Lumbar or sacral spine surgery places patients at a risk for hemorrhagic stroke, even more so if the surgeon punctured the dura
Medical expert: Dr. McHugh used wrong-size implants, caused nerve damage
Learn the things you can do to avoid being the next victim of a botched cosmetic surgery
Learn the risk factors for a spinal cord compressing epidural hematoma and the signs you should look out for
Surgeons aren't experts in reading CT and MRI scans, like radiologists are
Registered nurses with additional anesthesia training are lobbying for more authority to handle complex anesthesia cases independently
Learn the life-threatening mistakes made by some anesthesiologists and certified registered nurse anesthetists (CRNAs)
Many outpatient ambulatory surgery centers aren't staffed to provide proper infection control or to handle emergency complications