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FDA: Battery-powered mobile medical carts could be a fire hazard. The agency has received reports of explosions, fires, smoking and overheating related to lithium batteries.

Trendelenburg patient's fall leads to long legal battle. Surveillance video contradicts patient's claims, limits damage.

$1.2 Million awarded in anesthesia death. Anesthesiologist says it was a pre-existing blood clot -- not his off-target nerve block -- that caused patient's death.

In rare move, FDA bans powdered gloves. Agency says powdered gloves present an unreasonable health risk to medical professionals and their patients.

CRNAs left out of new VA policy. Department of Veterans Affairs to withhold full authority from nurse anesthetists and maintain the physician-led model.

Cellphone-assisted surgery? After power outage, Ohio surgeon completes surgery aided by light from her staff's cellphones.

Senate finance committee takes aim at concurrent and overlapping surgeries. The first would be prohibited, the second more tightly regulated.

Negligence complaint ties lung paralysis to improper placement of regional block. Man alleges his permanent lung injury occurred during placement of interscalene brachial plexus nerve block.

Surgeons remove thyroid gland by making 3 small incisions inside the mouth underneath lower lip. Endoscopic transnoral thyroidectomy is part of a near-scarless endoscopy evolution.

Anesthesiologist dealing with fallout following racially insensitive Facebook post about First Lady.

Bill promotes pricing transparency and protects physicians from EHR penalties. The Senate is expected to vote on the 21st Century Cures Act early next week.

Donald Trump picks staunch Obamacare critic Tom Price, MD, as U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services. The 6-term representative from Georgia has a detailed plan for replacing Obamacare.

Appendectomy patients don't need an overnight stay. Researchers found little differences when they compared patients discharged on the day of an operation with those hospitalized overnight.

A look back at OR Excellence.

Drug-resistant fungus linked to 4 deaths in U.S. hospitals. The CDC says Candida auris has been identified in a total of 13 cases here.

Study: Patient warming doesn't prevent SSIs in clean wound surgery. Researchers find intraoperative hypothermia not significantly associated with SSIs.

Study: Surgical robots may be too complex to adequately clean.

Why do joint implants fail? Investigator examines failed artificial joints for clues.

One small incision in the navel Is all that's needed with new Lap Chole system. The Fortimedix FMX314 requires one 15-millimeter trocar in the umbilicus.

At ORX, an expert recipe for improved patient safety. Leadership, teamwork and communication are key, says Kenneth P. Rothfield, MD, MBA, CPE, CPPS.