I'm an orthopedic surgeon and we're about to perform a total hip replacement for a patient ... Early mobilization helps prevent blood clots in the legs, pnemonias, bed sores and other things ...

Researchers stimulated the vagus nerve in healthy volunteers and showed it triggered blood clot formation, which they say could be used to prevent blood loss after surgery. Zapping the vagus nerve ...

Knee replacement surgery (also called knee arthroplasty) is an operation performed to alleviate the pain of severe ...

Following a method developed in Denmark, staff can have patients back on their feet just hours after ... the risk of clots which can be a dangerous complication of hip replacement surgery." ...