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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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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Choosing a Heart Surgeon
Is My Cardiac Surgeon Prepared? If you are choosing a cardiac surgeon, chances are that you have a disease of the heart or blood vessels...
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Back Pain Treatment – Hemilaminectomy
The spinal column is made of a number on individual vertebral bones stacked on one another. These vertebrae have a hollow section around which the...
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Cauterization Definition and Tools
Cauterization has been used as a method of wound closure since ancient times. Severed limbs suffered in battle were burned to stop bleeding and, while...
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Treating the Ankle – Broström Surgery Information
Broström surgery is a surgical procedure that was first introduced in the 1960s. The Broström surgery is performed to stabilize the ankle if it has...
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Arthrodesis – Orthopedic Surgical Procedure
Arthrodesis is an orthopedic surgical procedure in which a joint is surgically fused together. An arthrodesis procedure is performed on patients that have a joint...
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Surgical Instruments Info – Surgical Graspers
Very few maneuvers in surgery are done without some sort of surgical instrument. Each step in a surgery-from initial incision to the final suture-is done...
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Surgical Instruments Info – Surgical Retractors
The longstanding joke among surgeons is that the best surgical retractors are third year medical students. This joke, based on a sad daily reality, is...
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Noninvasive Surgery Info
Noninvasive surgery is a term that is applied loosely depending on the source. Strictly speaking, a noninvasive surgery or procedure is one in which the...