Surgery
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Adhesions
A reader is eager for any thoughts and suggestions on adhesions – internal scar tissue that forms an abnormal bond between two parts of the body after trauma. She has tried taking serrapeptase, a pro...
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Elective surgery surgical risk
* High-risk operations - Major surgery, particularly in the elderly - Aortic and other major vascular surgery - Peripheral vascular surgery - Any surgery with large fluid changes and/or blood loss. *...
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Elective surgery
Cardiac risk factors
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Elective surgery beta-blocker shocker
A recent analysis of 37,151 patients receiving atenolol (a long-acting beta-blocker) or metoprolol (a short-acting beta-blocker) in patients aged over 65 undergoing elective surgery found that those g...
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Elective surgery: giving it a vote of no confidence
Elective surgery is any procedure that is subject to choice, as opposed to urgent or emergency surgery that must be performed straightaway. You can derive benefit from an elective procedure, but it ma...
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Prostate surgery
Radical prostatectomy to remove the entire prostate - the walnut-sized gland located in front of the rectum, between the bladder and the penis - is the first port of call in the treatment of clinicall...
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Prostate surgery what to do instead
* Opt for watchful waiting if your tumour is localised while monitoring whether your cancer is progressing (and if so, how quickly). This ‘conservative management’ approach entails regular PSA (prosta...
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So you think you need . . . surgery for a slipped disc
Lower-back pain is the most common pain-related condition in the West (Radiographics, 1998; 18: 621-33) and, in a fair proportion of cases, the culprit is diagnosed as a slipped disc - technically kno...
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So you think you need . . . surgery for a slipped disc
Lower-back pain is the most common pain-related condition in the West (Radiographics, 1998; 18: 621-33) and, in a fair proportion of cases, the culprit is diagnosed as a slipped disc - technically kno...
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So you think you need . . . surgery for a slipped disc - what to do instead
* Exercise As 60 per cent of PLIDs cure themselves (usually within four months), the simplest solution is to work with the natural healing process. The true experts in musculoskeletal problems are, of...
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