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Surgery
hideSurgery (from the Greek: χειρουργική cheirourgikē, via Latin: chirurgiae, meaning "hand work") is a medical specialty that uses operative manual and instrumental techniques on a patient to investigate and/or treat a pathological condition such as disease or injury, to help improve bodily function or appearance, or sometimes for some other reason. An act of performing surgery may be called a surgical procedure, operation, or simply surgery. In this context, the verb operating means performing surgery. The adjective surgical means pertaining to surgery; e.g. surgical instruments or surgical nurse. The patient or subject on which the surgery is performed can be a person or an animal. A surgeon is a person who performs operations on patients. Persons described as surgeons are commonly medical practitioners, but the term is also applied to physicians, podiatric physicians, dentists and veterinarians. Surgery can last from minutes to hours, but is typically not an ongoing or periodic type of treatment. The term surgery can also refer to the place where surgery is performed, or simply the office of a physician, dentist, or veterinarian.
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Tumor-attacking virus strikes with 'one-two punch'
Dec 01, 2009 |
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Ohio State University cancer researchers have developed a tumor-attacking virus that both kills brain-tumor cells and blocks the growth of new tumor blood vessels.
Your own stem cells can treat heart disease
Nov 17, 2009 |
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The largest national stem cell study for heart disease showed the first evidence that transplanting a potent form of adult stem cells into the heart muscle of subjects with severe angina results in less pain and an improved ...
Surgeon 'gluing' the breastbone together after open-heart surgery
Nov 12, 2009 |
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An innovative method is being used to repair the breastbone after it is intentionally broken to provide access to the heart during open-heart surgery. The technique uses a state-of-the-art adhesive that rapidly ...
Like mother, like daughter, at least around the eyes
Oct 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- New research suggests the old saying commonly told to husbands-to-be is true, that if you want to know what your wife will look like, look at her mother.
Study: Exercise improves body image for fit and unfit alike
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Oct 08, 2009 |
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Attention weekend warriors: the simple act of exercise and not fitness itself can convince you that you look better, a new University of Florida study finds.
Alcohol in bloodstream associated with lower risk of death from head injury
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Individuals with ethanol in their bloodstreams appear less likely to die following a moderate to severe head injury, according to a report in the September issue of Archives of Surgery.
New Zealand scientists develop wireless heart pump
Sep 16, 2009 |
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New Zealand scientists have developed the technology for a wireless heart pump they say could save thousands of lives and offer an alternative to heart transplants.
In the Middle of Brain Surgery, Patients Wake Up and Begin Talking
Sep 11, 2009 |
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Kim Delvaux was undergoing surgery to remove a brain tumor when doctors at Loyola University Hospital woke her up. Dr. Vikram Prabhu talked to her about her favorite topics -- NASCAR and her kids.
Some brain tumors may be mediated by tiny filament on cells
Aug 23, 2009 |
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UCSF scientists have discovered that a tiny filament extending from cells, until recently regarded as a remnant of evolution, may play a role in the most common malignant brain tumor in children.
New robot-assisted surgical method found successful for treatment of thyroid cancer
Aug 19, 2009 |
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Using a novel robot-assisted endoscopic technique, a team of surgeons at Yonsei University College of Medicine in Seoul, Korea, has successfully treated 200 consecutive patients with thyroid cancer. The minimally invasive ...
Mayo researchers: Dramatic outcomes in prostate cancer study
Jun 19, 2009 |
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Two Mayo Clinic patients whose prostate cancer had been considered inoperable are now cancer free thanks in part to an experimental drug therapy that was used in combination with standardized hormone treatment and radiation ...
New brain imaging method shows promise for epilepsy
May 21, 2009 |
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With 25 percent of his brain already gone, Clint Galster sat alone in a vaultlike room as doctors tried to figure out whether even more brain tissue could be taken out.
Cementless hip implants are durable for at least 20 years
May 01, 2009 |
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Despite the common perception that total hip replacements last about 10 years, researchers at Rush University Medical Center have found that the devices are extremely durable, even 20 years after surgery.
From connective tissue to bones
Apr 30, 2009 |
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Cartilage, bones and the internal walls of blood vessels can be created by using common connective tissue cells from human skin. Researchers in reconstructive plastic surgery at Linköping University have successfully manipulated ...
Patients can safely skip pre-surgery stress tests and beta blockers
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Physicians should "throttle back" from routinely ordering stress tests and prescribing beta blockers to patients before non-cardiac surgeries, according to a report by the University of Michigan released online this week.
