Results: 61.67% of our patients were males, and 38.33% were females with the ratio of 1.6 (Male: Female). Six (10%) cases were subjected to a palliative correction surgery (group I) and 57 (95%) cases were subjected to total repair surgery (group II). 11 (18.3%) cases had po...
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A recent study from womanshealth.gov states: About 20 to 80 percent of woman develop fibroids by the time they reach age 50. The Fibroid Treatment Collective offers women a chance to treat fibroids without invasive fibroid surgeries or myomectomies. Located in Los Angeles, The Fibroid Treatment...
Blockage or scarring of the Fallopian tubes prevents pregnancy in some women. This may be due to endometriosis (overgrowth of uterine lining tissue outside the uterus), previous surgeries, or damage as a result of previous pelvic infections. Laparoscopic surgery can remove scar tissue in some wom...
Female Infertility An additional 40% of infertile couples have problems traced to the female partner. These can include irregular or absent ovulation, blockages in the Fallopian tubes, or abnormalities in the reproductive organs. In the remaining 20% of infertile couples, no specific cause can be...
Anesthesiologists are pain managers. They oversee pain medications, and administer them during surgeries; we mostly know anesthesiologists as the ones who "put us to sleep" for surgery, and administer a wide range of pain medicines. Though you're unlikely to see an anesthesiologist outside of the...
The male to female ratio was close to one, the average age at surgery was 11.4 years. The mean age at the onset of epilepsy was 5.8 years and the mean duration of epilepsy at the time of surgery was 5.5 years. Table 2. Demographic and clinical data. Demographic and clinical data N ...
Briefly, a sterile surgical procedure was carried out to implant a headpost and a chronic 10 Â 10 microelectrode (Utah array; Blackrock Microsystems) array in area V4 of two monkeys (Macaca fascicularis; monkey N: female, 8 years old and monkey C: male, 10 years old). After recovering...
Intra-operative autologous transfusion:recycling your blood during surgery. Blood lost during surgery is filtered and put back into your body during surgery. This can be done in emergency and elective surgeries. It has the advantage of eliminating or minimizing the need for someone else's blood du...
This test is performed by inserting a sterile lubricated cotton swab (Q-tip) into the female urethra. The cotton swab is gently passed into the bladder and then slowly pulled back until the neck of the cotton swab is fit snugly against the outflow tract of the bladder (the bladder neck)...