surgery

May 10, 2022

National foundation recognizes Heart Institute’s case volumes, superior outcomes in surgical repairs to halt degenerative disease.

October 29, 2021

Study will test whether the nervous system can be used to modulate immune activity and reduce severity of an autoimmune disease.

October 23, 2021

Percentages convey the risk of surgical complications to patients better than terms like "common" or "uncommon," researchers find.

August 18, 2021

Formerly conjoined twin Charity Gutierrez-Vazquez has given birth at UWMC, where she and her sister were born in 2000.

February 11, 2021

The assistive device was designed for procedures involving structures above patients’ shoulders.

October 5, 2020

In a large U.S. trial, more than 70% of patients randomized to receive antibiotics ultimately avoided surgery, investigators found.

May 19, 2020

UW Medicine has seen a 65% decrease in total surgeries over a 12-week span of the virus, said Douglas Wood, surgery chair at the UW School of Medicine.

July 18, 2019

Of all the data captured, the greatest variability was between surgeons, the study published in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons, showed.

July 3, 2019

The suspect, an abnormal, fused protein, gathers enzymes that drive uncontrolled cell growth.

March 26, 2019

Implanting replacement aortic valves via catheter is as good as, or better than, surgery for low-risk patients, new studies show.

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