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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...