Dutch mobile game publisher Spil Games has a hit with Operate Now: Hospital, a surgery game that has been downloaded more than 10 million times in six months.

A nurse practitioner at Cincinnati Children’s Hospital has come up with a new way to help ease anxiety for kids heading into surgery.

Spil Games ‘ Operate Now: Hospital surgery simulation game has surpassed 30 million downloads on mobile devices. Amsterdam-based Spil Games said that the game, which also lets you manage a ...

At Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, kids are encouraged to play in waiting areas before surgery and to take a "comfort item" - occasionally a Game Boy - into the operating room.

The body can be prepped for surgery, and so can the brain — by giving patients "neurobics," or games that serve as cognitive exercises, according to a study published Nov. 11 in JAMA Surgery.

Florida Hospital Celebration Health surgeons have a new way of making sure they are mentally primed and ready for surgery. Video games. General surgeon Dr. James "Butch" Rosser recently conducted ...

At Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, kids are encouraged to play in waiting areas before surgery and to take a “comfort item” — occasionally a Game Boy — into the operating room.