The Department of Justice has fined Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center $15 million for allowing cardiac surgeons to perform more than one surgery at the same time. The government believes that surgeons ...

The practice of doctors performing overlapping surgeries is safe for most patients, but high-risk patients might be the exception, a new study found. A large study published in JAMA found that for ...

Most people aren't aware that surgeons are sometimes involved in multiple operations happening at the same time, and many patients might object to the practice if they knew about it, a recent U.S.

Tens of millions of Americans undergo surgery each year. They expect their surgeon to be in the operating room for the entire procedure. That’s not always the case — the surgeon may have two ...

Concurrent surgeries in which a surgeon runs two operations at once are not significantly associated with higher patient mortality or complication rates for most patients, according to a study ...