ATLANTA – Scrawl on the patient with a permanent marker to show where the surgeon should cut. Ask the person's name to make sure you have the right patient. Count sponges to make sure you didn't leave ...

A surgical checklist, similar to what pilots use before every flight, can lower patient death rates -- though the drop was smaller than past research has found, a Netherlands study said. The study, ...

A robotic safe-surgery checklist can reduce readmissions among patients undergoing minimally invasive robotic-assisted gynecologic surgery, according to a study by researchers at Akron, Ohio-based ...

The rate of completion of a surgical safety checklist improved when a printed checklist was used as a memory tool, according to a study in BMJ Quality and Safety. Researchers studied the use of the ...

ATLANTA -- Scrawl on the patient with a permanent marker to show where the surgeon should cut. Ask the person's name to make sure you have the right patient. Count sponges to make sure you didn't ...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVI) is a minimally invasive alternative to open-chest surgery in treating severe aortic stenosis, or a narrowing of the aortic valve - the heart’s primary ...