Most people feel a mixture of anxiety, nervousness, and excitement in the weeks leading up to surgery. It can also be a busy time when people make preparations for their recovery. Doctors stress the ...

Once you and your doctor decide that surgery will help you, you need to learn what to expect from the surgery. You and your caregiver can create a treatment plan for the best results afterward.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Getting ready to go under the knife can be scary—even when it’s for a procedure you’ve wanted for as long as you can remember. If ...

Surgery might be a physical event, but it’s a mental and emotional one, too. Even if the procedure is routine, it can bring up real fears of pain and the unknown. That kind of stress doesn’t always ...

Exercise and nutritional prehabilitation, as well as multicomponent interventions that include exercise, are associated with lower complication rates and possible improvements in other outcomes among ...

In many institutions, when a patient is scheduled for surgery, the patient is contacted before the procedure and given instructions as to how to prepare for the surgery. This may be done by staff from ...

For many women preparing for a scheduled cesarean section, the question of whether to add a permanent sterilization procedure creates an unexpected layer of complexity to an already significant ...

The UAB Orthopaedics’ Optimization Clinic was established to improve surgical outcomes for patients with complex medical needs by proactively addressing modifiable risk factors before surgery. The ...