Alphabet Soup – PRK vs. LASIK
There are several options that patients and eye surgeons have for vision correction surgery. Two of the more common procedures are PRK and LASIK. PRK...
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Main Types of Cataract Surgery and Costs
Cataracts are a disorder of the eye in which the lens becomes thicker over time. This thickness blocks light from passing through the lens and...
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Correcting Your Vision – Laser Eye Surgery
Aside from its role in cosmetic surgery and procedures, laser technology has revolutionized the practice of vision correction surgery. Laser eye surgery promises to permanently...
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Finding an Eye Surgeon
Once you’ve made the decision to undergo eye surgery, the next big step is to choose who your surgeon will be. This is no small...
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Upper Endoscopy and Colonoscopy
If you are told that you need to have an upper endoscopy, colonoscopy or both, there are certain things that you should be aware of...
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Training, Location, Expertise – Finding an Oncologist
Once you discover that you have been diagnosed with cancer, seeking rapid and definitive treatment is critical to surviving and ultimately beating the cancer. Finding...
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Treatment for Angina – Transmyocardial Laser Revascularization
While the heart pumps blood to the entire body, it cannot function without its own blood supply. This blood comes through coronary arteries that surround...
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Removing Tumors – Curative Surgery
Simply put, curative surgery is a surgery that results in a cure from some disease. While many medical treatments simply reduce symptoms or slow the...
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Open Heart Surgery – ASD / VSD Closure
A hole in the heart is not just a line from a sentimental romantic movie, it is a real medical condition affecting thousands of newborns...
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Surgical Arrhythmia Treatments
The heart’s ability to pump blood depends on the coordinated action of four heart chambers. What controls this elegant series of heart muscle contractions and...
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Double Valve Replacement
The left side of the heart—the left atrium and the left ventricle—have a tough job to do. The left side of the heart is responsible...
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Closed Mitral Valvotomy
Closed mitral valvotomy is one of the oldest modern heart surgeries having been around for decades. With the advent of open heart surgery and balloon...