A reader wants her mother to pick another date for a hip-replacement surgery so that she doesn’t have to miss an important work conference. Cue the cutting email from Mom.

Plastic surgeon Dr. Michael K. Obeng tells PEOPLE the risks of elective surgery after an autopsy report revealed country singer Hank Williams Jr.’s wife died from a complication during liposuction ...

People having elective surgery on Fridays are no more likely to die than people who undergo procedures any other weekday, a large Canadian study suggests. Prior studies have shown a higher risk of ...

“Choosing to undergo elective surgery is not a decision that should ever be taken lightly and I've learned that the hard way, ...

Considering a knee replacement? Plastic surgery? With a pandemic of new coronavirus cases looming, it's probably time to postpone elective surgery if you can, a surgeons' group says. Therefore, "each ...

Tier 4 is emergency surgery that must be performed immediately or the patient will lose life or limb. For example, if someone has colon cancer, and the cancer is completely obstructing their ...

For the last few years, Linda Rohn, 72, of Simi Valley, Calif., has known that she needed to have a total knee replacement for her arthritic right knee. But as her pain got worse, the coronavirus ...

The state government is being accused of elective surgery “cancel culture” after a record 17,664 such surgeries were ...

The ASA guidance suggests that patients on GLP-1 drugs should consult their healthcare providers well in advance of any planned surgery.

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced some elective surgery can start again in private hospitals, as it becomes clear the health system will cope with the additional coronavirus ...