Hysterectomy is a major operation with the usual complications of surgery. Dr Norman Swan outlines the risks.
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Surgeon behaviour affects patient outcome
Surgeons who are unprofessional towards their colleagues have patients who experience more complications post-surgery.
External beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer
External beam radiotherapy for prostate cancer is usually given along with hormone therapy, which gives a better outcome.
Prostate cancer: surgery or radiotherapy?
Choosing between surgery or radiotherapy can be a very difficult decision for patients with localised prostate cancer.
Should I continue with elective surgery?
Should people continue with elective surgery in the COVID-19 pandemic?
Where should you do your rehab?
Over 50,000 Australians have a knee replacement each year and all those people need rehabilitation to get back on their feet and make the most of their new joint.
Hip fracture: does intensive physiotherapy help?
Various rehabilitation strategies have been trialled with varying intensities and results in people with hip fracture, this is what was found.
Effects of weight loss surgery in adolescents
Researchers investigate the effects after weight loss surgery on obese adolescents 3 years after surgery, these are the results.
Do you need your appendix?
Researchers look at whether we need our appendix or is it just an unimportant little blind alley in the bowel to be thrown in the bucket when you develop appendicitis?
Weight loss surgery and mental health
Researchers looked at the mental health of participants before weight loss surgery then again 10 years after, the results are surprising.