"This is the most technologically advanced operating room, really, anywhere in the world right now," said Dr. Christopher Kalhorn, the neurosurgeon who led the operation. "We can bring the MRI ...

The problem: "In some institutions, up to 45 percent of all medication waste in the operating room is propofol," emphasizes Dr. Florian Windler, a KAI assistant physician at the UKB.

The operating room is no stranger to technological advances: Where once ether was used as an anesthetic, now robots commonly help with surgeries. However, some things have been slow to change.

Neurosurgeon Theodore Schwartz still remembers the first time he witnessed brain surgery in person. He was in medical school, and the surgeon sat in a special chair that was designed to hold the ...

The operating room is a space where precision and calmness reign supreme. For years, it was my sanctuary—a domain where my steady hands and unshakable focus were the difference between life and ...

"Medication errors in the operating room have high potential for patient harm," said senior author Karen C. Nanji, MD, MPH, a physician investigator in the Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care ...

N’Djamena, CHAD – How does a mechanical engineer, a former Marine and a Brazilian immigrant find themselves together in an operating room in N’Djamena, Chad conducting a U.S. Army Medical ...