More than 200,000 hip and knee replacements are performed in the U.K. every year. They are usually performed only when conservative treatments such as physiotherapy, weight loss, and medications are ...

Two new studies published in Anaesthesia (the journal of the Association of Anaesthetists) analysing pain and other factors connected with day surgery in the UK show that around 1 in 8 patients having ...

One in eight patients who undergo day surgery develop complications and need overnight or longer hospital admission, reveals a new report. Some operations have much higher admission rates - including ...

There is a wide gap between current practice and national guidance/targets for day-case vaginal prolapse surgery that may be associated with a lack of evidence-based guidelines and adequate resources.