Surgery is a more permanent solution.17Once the hole is repaired with sutures, a full-thickness skin graft or muscle graft can be added to prevent the fistula from opening up again. The rate of complications after fistula repair surgery is high—between 32% and 56%. Pneumonia, airway obstruc...
8-| theres nothing you can do about torn cartridge in the sternum accept have surgery and im not going through that again. Reply Guest over a year ago Ive been reading all of the post above mine and Im a bit concerned. My cracking started in my car when I would put my arm be...
Would love to hear how the surgery went for you. I'm considering the exact same thing, after 3 years of reduced mobility from a fractured xiphoid. I was pregnant when it happened for me, and took a ct scan to show the xiphoid was "floating" unattached to the sternum. ...
The inferior vena cava goes up the abdomen on the right side of the spine (vertebral column). After connecting with the hepatic vein, it goes through the diaphragm, the muscle that helps you breathe and separates your chest cavity from your abdomen. In the chest, the inferior vena cava lie...
Breastbone is also called sternum. I had rheumatoid arthritis at first, but with time I have developed septic arthritis. This infection is a medical emergency. It causes a great damage to your bones. Sternum pain may occur after bypass surgery, or injury of the rib cage. Reply ...
Two weeks ago, I got out of bed and my knee made a slight popping sound. Didn't hurt but I noticed it. Lived with it a week and then my other knee did the same thing.