0 General Surgery Details

General Surgery Details In the early days of medicine, knowledge of surgery was extremely limited and confined as compared with modern day surgery. Surgeons had been generally trained in general surgery where they perform operations mostly around the abdominal region. General surgery does not include complicated operations with the head or heart. All general surgeons are also trained in emergency surgery where they are needed to deal with initial procedures for nearly any surgical emergency and therefore they can always be found in the Emergency Room. They are always called to stabilize critically ill or badly injured patients...

0 Laparoscopic transperitoneal sublay mesh repair: a new technique for the cure of ventral and incisional hernias Surgical Endoscopy, 09/17/2012 Clinical Article

Laparoscopic transperitoneal sublay mesh repair: a new technique for the cure of ventral and incisional hernias Surgical Endoscopy, 09/17/2012  Clinical Article Schroeder AD et al. – The initial results indicate that the new laparoscopic transperitoneal sublay mesh repair is a safe and effective method for the treatment of small– and medium–size ventral and incisional hernias. Methods This prospective cohort study with a control group involved 93 patients. Between 2008 and 2010, 43 patients underwent the laparoscopic transperitoneal sublay mesh repair. During the...

0 Lap Band Surgery Or A 500 Calorie Diet?

Lap Band Surgery Or A 500 Calorie Diet? by Donald SaundersIf you are contemplating lap band surgery then you might well be encouraged by the results of an Australian study which reported that, in a controlled test, lap band surgery proved to be far more effective in the long term than a very restrictive 500 calorie diet. However, before you rush off to your surgeon, you might just like to take a moment to examine the study closely.The study involved a total of 80 patients half of whom were given lap band surgery and half of whom were put on a very low calorie diet of just 500 calories.After six months both groups were showing...

0 How To Find Cosmetic Surgery Financing

How To Find Cosmetic Surgery Financing by Terry EdwardsIf you have been contemplating cosmetic surgery then you knew it can cost a lot of money depending on the type of procedure. This is where cosmetic surgery financing can be a huge help.Although you will find some who will put the cost of surgery on a personal credit card, for most folks this simply is not an option. With that said, a credit card will be accepted by just about every cosmetic surgery center and does work well as a method of payment.The drawbacks with using plastic will often be the high interest rates that are charged unless you can pay off the balance pretty...

0 Gastric Bypass Surgery helps you achieve that ideal weight

Gastric Bypass Surgery helps you achieve that ideal weight by Nicholas BowenTired of crash diets and bone crunching exercises at the gym? No matter what you do, that ideal weight always manages to elude you time and time again. New products that are constantly advertised on television have been tried and discarded. You stare nostalgically at your old pair of jeans having given up all hope of ever fitting into that precious pair. You hang around malls searching for maternity clothes that fit your size - and you are not pregnant. Self-esteem is at an all time low. All these signs are typical symptoms of an overweight person. A gastric...

0 What You Need to Know About Neck Surgery

What You Need to Know About Neck Surgery by Mayoor PatelIf you have recently begun to feel intense amounts of neck or back pain, you may have a condition that needs treatment from a medical professional. Often such conditions are easily curable with a simple hot or cold pad or regular visits to a chiropractor, but for more advanced, for more severe cases, your only option may be neck surgery.Surgery on your neck involves cutting into your spine in order to correct some sort of anatomical defect which is causing your pain. While there are other, less invasive types of surgeries and treatments available, neck surgery is often your...

0 Dr. Randall B. Weil Announces New Cosmetic Surgery Website

Dr. Randall B. Weil Announces New Cosmetic Surgery Website by Sara GoldsteinCosmetic surgery has grown in popularity over the last 20 years. As its popularity has increased, the technology behind it has also developed. Plastic surgeons are now able to provide breast implants with either silicone or saline. They can perform a facelift that will take twenty years off your appearance. They can eliminate fat on just about any place on your body to give you the body that you always wanted. With all of these options, it is becoming more difficult to find the procedure that is right for you. For this reason Dr. Randall Weil has released...