Despite its focus on the emergency room—and decidedly not on a surgical center—we see an awful lot of procedures occurring at ...

Madelung’s disease (MD) is a rare disorder of fat metabolism, with symptoms often characterized by the appearance of chronic accumulations of abnormal adipose tissue in areas such as the neck and ...

Isolated gallbladder perforation in blunt trauma is rare, accounting for approximately 2% of abdominal trauma laparotomy patients, often leads to delayed diagnosis due to non-specific symptoms. We ...

A large proportion of the population has abdominal obesity despite a normal BMI, and these individuals are at increased cardiometabolic risk, two new studies found. “Individuals with normal BMI but ...

BACKGROUND Ascites is a common clinical sign noted in 3% to 4% of hospitalized medical patients. Nearly 94% of patients with ascites have non-malignant etiologies, with the most common being chronic ...

Radiologists are beginning to use AI-based computer vision models to help speed up the laborious process of parsing medical scans. However, these models require large amounts of carefully labeled ...

Sequana Medical NV received premarket approval from the U.S. FDA for its Alfapump system to treat recurrent or refractory ascites due to liver cirrhosis. Data from the Poseidon pivotal study showed ...

That nagging pain in your lower left abdomen might be more than just a temporary discomfort. While some individuals dismiss such pain as simple muscle strain, medical experts warn that it could ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . The FDA has granted premarket approval to Sequana Medical’s alfapump implantable device for the treatment of ...