It’s natural for children to have questions or feel uncertain if they need surgery. The team at University of Utah Health is here to help you and your child feel at ease. As a parent, you can offer ...

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.

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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 ...

Within the next year, about 50 million people will undergo surgery in the United States. And with rare exceptions, all of these people — both adults and children — will suffer from anxiety beforehand.

Thanks to 3D printing, orthopedic surgeons can now get their hands on the bones of patients before they reach the operating table. Models of their patients’ bones are giving these surgeons a new ...

The best way to navigate a surgery recommendation is to ask a lot of questions. By Melinda Wenner Moyer When a close family member was recently advised by a doctor to have a minor operation, I felt ...

The lead up to brain surgery can be a stressful time. It is recommended that you ask your neurosurgeon any questions you have, no matter how trivial you think they are. The greater your knowledge of ...