Whatever the procedure, bypass patients decline - Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery often results in cognitive decline or even stroke. Such a decline can affect between 3 per cent of patient...

Joint replacement: hidden blood loss - Blood loss during hip- or knee-replacement surgery is far greater than appreciated, according to a UK study. The researchers found that as much as hal...

One operation you may do better to bypass - Heart bypass - or coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) - is a radical procedure that has become the most frequently performed of all surgical operation...

Bypass surgery: low-risk overkill - Up to one-third of all coronary bypass surgery may be unnecessary, and could even be hastening the death of the patient. ...

Bypass surgery causes heart contractions - Atrial fibrillation the sudden contraction of the heart is common after coronary bypass surgery, researchers have discovered. ...

Bypass surgery causes stroke - About 6 per cent of patients who have coronary bypass surgery could suffer a stroke directly afterwards. Of these, 5 per cent die, and nearly half suf...

Bypass surgery linked to brain injury - Bypass surgery may increase the risk of microscopic blood clots in the brain, and cause memory loss and other problems after surgery, according to new...

You've got to have heart if you want to get well - Coronary bypass surgery patients who were optimistic about a positive outcome were more likely to have their wishes fulfilled. ...