Surgery

On October 16th, 2017, I was able to observe a surgery during my clinical session. Surgery is defined as the art and science of treating diseases, injuries and deformities by operation and instrumentation. (Lewis, 2017) The reason for surgery can include: diagnosis, or determining the presence and extent of a pathologic condition, cure, or eliminating and/or repairing of a pathologic condition, palliation, or alleviation of symptoms that does not cure, prevention, or removing something from the

Recovery from the surgery usually requires a few weeks in the hospital. It may also include several visits and checkups in the first year. After that, the patient usually needs only one checkup a year to make sure that the valve is still working correctly. At the checkup, the doctor will do a number of tests to see if the replacement or repair is working like it should be. If they find something wrong, they will continue to monitor the person until they find out if it is life-threating or not. If

Cataract surgery has become a widespread phenomenon across the world in recent years. Technologies rapid advance has led to new and better techniques to do surgery. Laser assisted cataract surgery is better than the conventional cataract surgery since there is less surgical time, it is more precise, and there are less complications. Surgery may be terrifying for people sometimes, therefore, the less time it takes the more at ease people feel. The conventional cataract surgery may take from fifteen

Aesthetic and Re-constructive Surgery These are two surgical specialties that involve the restoration, reconstruction, or alteration of the human body. Re-constructive surgery aims to reconstruct a part of the body or improve its functioning and Aesthetic surgery aims at improving the appearance of it. Re-constructive surgeons use these surgical techniques to manage increasingly complex wounds like severe burns and to grow additional bone, skin or other tissues. This ranges from very simple techniques

Plastic Surgery and Its Types Surgical specialties are known as an important part of medicine. There are many surgical specialties, and every specialty focuses on a specific system of the body. One of these specialties is plastic surgery. Plastic surgery is one of the most important specialties that focuses in appearance improvement, and it has two separate types which have some similarities in master programs, concepts, and procedures. On the other hand, they have some difference in procedure

Christmas Surgery It was eight days until Christmas everyone was off from school and it was the beginning of winter break, Christmas songs were playing, trees were up in houses, Christmas lights were shining, and normally I would have been in my warm bed still asleep at 6:30. But today was the day that I was going to have people surrounding me and waiting on me in a hospital. I knew that sometime during my life I would have to a surgery to correct a scar that was on my lip. This surgery was something

Headline: ACL Surgery: Is Reconstruction the Best Option? Keywords: ACL Surgery, options, meniscus, reconstruction, orthopedic, knee Page Description: ACL surgery is one of the best treatment options for ACL tear. There may be other injuries in the knee like torn meniscus along with ACL tear. Reconstruction surgery can be helpful as suggested by the orthopedic surgeon. Text: { ACL Surgery ACL surgery is the procedure performed for reconstruction of ACL tear. ACL surgery helps in repairing

Uprising of Robotic Surgery The newest surgical procedure As the years pass, technology is advancing rapidly in many different areas, particularly in medicine. Just 15 years ago, people did not have access to the medical technology available today. Patients are operated on differently and the medical field is continuously advancing to ensure the safest and fasted way to perform a surgery and decrease the recovery time that follows. In recent years, the use of robotics in surgery has grown extensively

LAPAROSCOPY Laparoscopy surgery is a minimally invasive type of surgery that is used to diagnose and treat various forms of disorders. It is performed with the help of a remotely controlled surgical device known as a Laparoscope. What is Laparoscopic Surgery? Laparoscopic surgery is a minimally invasive surgical procedure that uses a laparoscope to diagnose, treat and perform various types of surgeries on many medical disorders. Laparoscopic surgery is also known as Minimally Invasive Surgery (MIS), keyhole

grocer living in South Africa. Despite Washkansky only living for 18 days post-surgery, Barnard was instantly boosted to worldwide fame and praised for his exceptional pioneering in the field of science. Prior to Barnard’s procedure, heart transplants had only been attempted on subhuman species such as frogs, dogs, cows, and chimpanzees. Following his first success, Barnard continued practicing cardiovascular surgery for 16 years, until his retirement in 1983. During this time, he performed many