In cases of deep partial tears — when more than 90 percent of the tendon is torn — surgery is recommended only if the symptoms can’t be controlled with nonsurgical treatments. How bad does a rotator cuff tear have to be for surgery? At what point does a rotator cuffRead More →
Normal daily tasks for radiologists include: Obtaining patient histories from patient interviews, electronic records, referring clinicians or dictated reports. Preparing comprehensive reports of findings. Performing diagnostic imaging procedures, such as MRI, CT, PET, ultrasound or mammography. Is a radiologist a real doctor? Radiologists are medical doctors (MDs) or doctors ofRead More →
Partial tears: Also called incomplete tears, the damage experienced by the tendon does not sever it completely. Complete tears: More commonly referred to as a full-thickness tear, this injury entirely separates the tendon from the bone. Basically, it creates a hole in the tendon. How long does it take forRead More →
Chemotherapy tends to work best in patients who are fit. If you are fit enough to have chemotherapy, you usually start it within about 8 weeks of having surgery. How long after lobectomy can chemo start? Typically, this post-surgical chemotherapy begins within six weeks of the surgery. However, not allRead More →
After a minor (decompressive) laminectomy, you are usually able to return to light activity (desk work and light housekeeping) within a few days to a few weeks. If you also had spinal fusion with your laminectomy, your recovery time will likely be longer — from two to four months. IsRead More →
General anesthesia is the most common method of anesthesia for both laparotomy and laparoscopy approaches to interval tubal sterilization. Regional, neuroaxial anesthesia can be used for laparotomy as well as colpotomy and is the most common method of anesthesia for postpartum tubal sterilization. What are the side effects of BTL?Read More →
A tympanomastoidectomy (say “tim-PAN-oh-mas-toyd-ECK-tuh-mee”) is surgery to treat frequent ear infections that have damaged the eardrum and tissue in and near the ear. The doctor removes the abnormal or infected tissue in the bony area behind the ear, called the mastoid. The doctor repairs the eardrum. How serious is aRead More →
Your surgery will take 1 to 2 hours. You will receive anesthesia (medication to make you sleepy) during your surgery. Your surgeon will put absorbable sutures into the wall of your vagina. Is Rectocele surgery painful? Surgical repair may relieve some, but not all, of the problems caused by aRead More →
The procedure itself takes about two hours. It is performed laparoscopically, so it requires only small incisions. Gastric sleeve patients typically remain in the hospital an average of one to two days. How much does it cost to get a gastric sleeve? The average cost of a gastric sleeve surgeryRead More →
Technique. First, the incision is made from lateral incisor to the second molar tooth. Then the flap of mucosa and periosteum is elevated and dissected to expose the anterior wall of sinus and then anterior wall is opened in the canine fossa where the bone is relatively thin with theRead More →