A man who had a medical emergency while in vacation in Florida died on the operating table after the surgeon mistakenly removed his liver instead of his spleen, according to the patient’s family.

(Reuters Health) - The deadliest time for many surgery patients isn't when they're on the operating table, it's while they're recovering in the hospital and after they go home, a new study suggests.

The incident occurred in 2016, but Massachusetts state regulators have just now fined a top Boston surgeon who left a patient awaiting ankle surgery lying on an emergency room operating table, while ...

Whether a patient is rushed into the operating room (OR) for emergency care or going in for scheduled surgery, data plays a key role in their experience. Collecting healthcare data generated across a ...