A surgeon is a doctor who specializes in evaluating and treating conditions that may require surgery, or physically changing the human body. Surgeries can be done to diagnose or treat disease or ...

During ORIF surgery to fix a severe broken bone, your doctor will need to use some form of hardware to hold the bone back together. (Photo Credit: iStock/Getty Images) ORIF surgery is needed only for ...

Melanoma surgery is a fairly minor procedure that can completely cure early stage melanoma. There are minimal risks, and recovery is typically quick. Melanoma is a type of skin cancer that can develop ...

Bariatric surgery (weight loss surgery) is one of the options available to some people to help with excess body weight.

Researchers examined the number of thoracic surgeons by region in the United States using data from 2010 and 2014 to calculate both density and patterns of change. There are more thoracic surgeons ...