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The doctors decided the patient needed surgery to remove the tumour. 医生决定该病人需要通过手术来切除肿瘤。 surgerynUS, countable(medical: operation)SCSimplified Chinese手术shǒu shù TCTraditional Chinese手術 Rita had three surgeries to fix her broken leg. ...
Here presents a case of burn contractures on the right hand of an 8-year-old boy that will be released using a split-thickness graft, along with a pigment transfer graft for his left knee and fractional CO2 laser therapy over areas of hypertrophic scar tissue on his bilateral upper extremit...
tests before surgery and, for major surgery, may be given an electrocardiogram or other diagnostic tests prior to the operation. Patients may choose to give some of their own blood to be held in reserve for their use in major surgery, such as knee replacement, where heavy bleeding is common...
Linear staplers are used to connect tissue during minimally invasive surgeries or to remove an organ. Circular staplers are often used for surgeries involving the digestive tract from the throat to the colon. Circular staplers fire two staggered rows of staples from a circular cartridge. This circul...
Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (also called coronary artery bypass surgery, CABG, and bypass operation) is performed to restore blood flow to the heart. This relieves chest pain and ischemia, improves the patient's quality of life, and in some cases, prolongs the patient's life. The go...
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Many bunion surgeries require a period of no weightbearing to ensure bone healing. Your doctor will apply dressings, a brace, or a cast to maintain the correct bone position. Crutches are usually used to avoid putting any weight on the foot. A newer device called a knee walker is a good...
I had emergency surgery to remove mine 6 years ago (went by ambulance due to severe gallbladder attack). They said mine was inflamed & infected (1 of my stones was the size of a large gum ball & it was lodged in my bile duct, hence all the pain!). Recovery sucked (painful), but...
News • Safer, swifter, smaller scar New brain surgery approach targets difficult tumors at skull base Neurosurgeons have developed a minimally invasive surgical technique to remove lesions in the petrous apex. The method provides a new approach to these notoriously diffcult-to-remove tumors. #...