When surgery takes place on a television show, several of the gowned figures clustered around the operating table are surgeons. In the real world, that's not always the case. The person assisting the ...

When you go under the knife for a surgery, it's not just the surgeon who operates on your body. Surgical assistants provide critical help for complex procedures, from making minor incisions to ...

Sterile scrub assistants, also known as surgical technologists, are so-called because of the special sterile clothing that they must wear to work. They typically work full-time but may have shifts ...