Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Researchers examined studies on pediatric medical overuse. Ear tube placement and tonsillectomy are among the ...

The American Academy of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery Foundation published an updated set of guidelines for tympanostomy tube, or ear tube, procedures in Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery on ...

On average, nearly four million annual surgical procedures in the U.S. are completed on pediatric patients. Despite this growing figure, surgical innovation has focused heavily on technologies for ...

Transcending transplants A condition that could formerly only be treated with a liver transplant can now be treated with medication. After 30 years of research, Dr. Jeffrey Teckman, a professor of ...

(HealthDay News) — Race and procedure type impact 30-day morbidity in pediatric patients undergoing urologic procedures, according to a study published in Pediatrics. David I. Chu, MD, from The ...

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Preceptis Medical, Inc. announced today that the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) has finalized the creation of a new add-on G code to identify and ...

Researchers found that opioid prescriptions for children who underwent one of eight common outpatient surgeries declined over a period of five years. These findings suggest that clinicians are using ...

Tonsillectomy/adenoidectomy accounted for most morphine milligram equivalents in opioid prescriptions dispensed after surgery. HealthDay News — Pediatric surgical ...

Using a laser for a rare brain surgery to treat drop seizures, which cause a child with epilepsy to suddenly fall, holds some advantages over a traditional open craniotomy, including shorter hospital ...