surgery

First Opinion Andrew Wickline

Surgeons fold against Medicare’s stacked deck

First Opinion Shiza Abbasi and Carrie B. Dolan

To improve children’s health in low-income countries, put pediatric surgery on par with preventing malaria or HIV

Health Trisha Pasricha

Pregnancy tests are routine before many surgical procedures. But Dobbs has raised the stakes of a positive result

Health Miriam Shuchman

Surgeons navigating their pregnancies see a bleak picture getting a bit brighter

Video Chat Gideon Gil

Virtual Event – ‘Augmented’: The future of brain-controlled prosthetic limbs

Health Isabella Cueto

By altering the blood type of lungs, researchers raise the possibility of universal organs for transplants

In the Lab Megan Molteni

STAT Plus: A scientific pioneer finds herself on the sidelines of the race in xenotransplantation

A STAT Investigation Hyacinth Empinado and Usha Lee McFarling

Watch: A rebel with a cause: As a mentor and a leader, this Black orthopedic surgeon fights to diversify his field

A STAT Investigation Usha Lee McFarling

The whitest specialty: As medicine strives to close its diversity gaps, one field remains a stubborn outlier

First Opinion Helena Roderick

Time, facial feminization, and the transgender experience

Health Tech Isabella Cueto

STAT Plus: A new surgical robot is smaller, nimbler, and cheaper, its maker claims. But will it be better for patients?

Health Isabella Cueto

Black children have more complications during appendectomies and incur higher costs, study shows

First Opinion Mark G. Shrime

NIH needs to create a National Institute of Surgery

Health Matthew Orr and Gideon Gil

Watch: After nearly dying in Iraq, a veteran volunteers for a surgical first to ‘help the next troops’

Health Claudia López Lloreda

Elective surgeries are being delayed again. Doctors want to handle it differently this time

Health Kevin Lin

How a 3D-printed graft could speed healing of ruptured eardrums

Health Elizabeth Cooney

Organ donations held almost steady during the pandemic, as the U.S. transplant system scrambled to keep going

Health Tech Katie Palmer

STAT Plus: The success of a novel scoliosis surgery hinges on when growth spurts hit. Can new tools better predict them?

In the Lab Megan Molteni

In mouse experiments, scientists unlock the key to scar-free skin healing

Health Theresa Gaffney

Black children are more likely to die after surgery than white counterparts, new study finds

First Opinion Jason C. Pradarelli

What Tom Brady and Beyoncé can teach surgeons: Coaching can keep you sharp

First Opinion Eric C. Sun and Anupam B. Jena

‘Overlapping surgery’ is safe for most patients, but not all

Health Christina Jewett — Kaiser Health News

Despite red flags at California surgery centers, accreditors award gold seals

First Opinion Christopher Hartnick

Taking risks in pursuit of innovation is good. So is preparing for it

First Opinion Matt Beane — The Conversation

Young doctors struggle to learn robotic surgery and often practice in the shadows