A psychotherapeutic method known as BATHE (Background, Affect, Trouble, Handling and Empathy) could improve patient satisfaction in the pre-operative evaluation by anesthesiologists, according to a ...

So, it’s official. You need surgery. A lot of thoughts are likely running through your head. You may be feeling anxious, confused or scared. While these emotions are normal, there are ways to feel ...

The procedures performed in ASCs are increasingly complex: Orthopedics and spine, for example, are specialties that present such procedures. But it’s not just the procedures that are getting more ...

Minor complications following ambulatory surgery — such as post-operative pain, nausea, vomiting and bleeding — occur at predictable rates. For example, vomiting occurs in 10 to 20 percent of patients ...