Category: Surgery

Surgery was, and still is, a very important aspect in medicine. The development of surgery has come a long way, but it is important to look back at its roots. Looking back and understanding the changes that occurred allow us to see the different advances in surgery, the mortality rate for surgeries, and how surgery…

Unequal representation of women in the health sector starts from the field of education itself. Ever since the right to education became a fundamental right, several barriers that were present in the past have been removed but however a few barriers still exist for women through academic institutions. These barriers could be understood through the…

A shortage of orthopedic surgeons performing joint replacement is expected in the next several years. By 2025, there will be a projected shortage between 25,200 surgeons and 33,200 surgeons which is an extreme shortage of practitioners in this field (Rechtoris). This is one of the reasons that I want to become a surgeon along with…