Surgery
'My scars aren't a finish line': three trans and non-binary people on how top surgery changed their lives
For many trans and non-binary people, top surgery – the process of removing breast tissue to get a flatter or masculinized chest – is not an electi...
UK surgeons perform combined C-sec, ovarian cancer surgery on 4 women
In a groundbreaking medical procedure, four women in the UK successfully underwent a combined surgery, in which they gave birth by caesarean sectio...
RACE AND ETHNICITY IN CARDIAC SURGERY: A MISSED OPPORTUNITY?
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Patients’ race and/or ethnicity are increasingly being associated with differential surgical access and outcomes i...
Impact of More Detailed Measures of Disease Severity on Racial Disparities in Cardiac Surgery Mortality among Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders
Studies that examine racial disparities in health outcomes often include analyses that account or adjust for baseline differences in co-morbid cond...
Non-White Mortality Rates: Black, Hispanic Patients More Likely To Die After Surgical Procedures [Study]
(Photo: Pexels/MART PRODUCTION)Non-White Mortality Rates: Black, Hispanic Patients More Likely To Die After Surgical Procedures [Study]
Black peo...
Delays in Time to Surgery Among Asian and Pacific Islander Women with Breast Cancer.
Delays in Time to Surgery Among Asian and Pacific Islander Women with Breast Cancer.
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