The treatment of injuries or disorders of the body by incision or manipulation, esp. with instruments.
The treatment of injuries or disorders of the body by incision or manipulation, esp. with instruments.
Questions tagged [surgery]
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How surgeries are performed on military and hospital ships?
I am intersted in papers or reports on how the operations are conducted in the presence of permanent pitching.
Is it even possible to perform, for example, heart transplant in such conditions?
What operations are known to be possible to perform?
How…
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How do neurosurgeons drill into skull without damaging the brain?
I stumbled upon some videos showing real brain surgeries and noticed how the surgeon often uses a hand-held drill to create a hole in the skull (for accessing the brain). This made me wonder:
How does the surgeon ensure that the drill doesn't drill…
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Are there other surgeries with comparable restrictions to the real-life test for transsexual genital surgery?
Transsexuals seeking sex reassignment surgery require at least one, and usually two, referrals from medical professionals. Ordinarily, in order to get these referrals the patient must have completed one year of real-life experience (the "real-life…
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Is there a common standard to assess the safety of medical procedures?
Many medical procedures (which are less or more necessary) like LASIK, joint replacement, tonsillectomy or gallbladder removal are described for patients as very safe (usually with a high number of successful previous procedures taken around the…
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Why is the cost estimate for the first head transplant 100 million USD?
I read on https://web.archive.org/web/20171118202503/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2017/11/17/italian-doctor-says-worlds-first-human-head-transplant-imminent/847288001/:
An Italian doctor announced Friday that he will soon perform the…
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How long does it take for Medicaid/Medicare/Private Insurance to reimburse a Health Care Facility?
How long does it normally takes Government Health Care and Private Insurance to reimburse a Health Care Facility/Hospital for a surgery?
I've heard estimates from (Incredibly Fast) 3 Months to More than year, are these numbers correct?
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What is the least a human needs to survive and remain concious?
This question is rather morbid, but I have been asking it myself for quite some time.
My thought process was this: If someone removed my limbs, I'd still be able to survive. Other non-vital organs, such as my eyes, could be removed as well and still…
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Vicryl suture not dissolving
I had surgery recently, the doctor said he used vicryl suture to close the wound. I understand that vicryl dissolves in 70 days, but it's been 80 days since my surgery and the suture is still there. Also, everytime I google vicryl, I see the thread…
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Which is a good size of leg stent?
A stent is a small mesh tube that's used to treat narrow or weak arteries. Some stents are coated with medicine that is slowly and continuously released into the artery. These stents are called drug-eluting stents. The medicine helps prevent the…
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i have appointment for "Elektiv-Ambulanz" (Germany)
I have an appointment for "Elektiv-Ambulanz", what does it mean I want to do my surgery as an outpatient instead of inpatient.
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What is meant by surgical stabilization?
This idiom pops up in many articles, yet I have yet to find a definition of it, because it's always used in a specific context (e.g. surgical stabilization of the spine)...
I know that the meaning of stabilization is to keep a patient's state from…
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Strapping a reduced hernia
On the embarrassing bodies TV show I have noticed that hernias seem to be very simple to fix if deal with early on.
Would it be safe to reduce it by gently easing it back in behind the mussel, then strapping it until the muscle is strong enough to…
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