Appendectomy: Surgery to remove the appendix
2020年8月24日 · Appendicitis is an inflammation of the appendix, a finger-shaped pouch that projects from your colon on the lower right side of your abdomen. Appendicitis causes pain in your lower right abdomen. However, in most people, pain begins around the navel and then moves. As inflammation worsens, appendicitis pain typically increases and eventually becomes severe. …
Emergency Gallbladder Surgery: Do You Need It, Or Can You …
2014年8月11日 · Study: younger, older people likelier to visit ER repeatedly with gallstone pain before surgery ROCHESTER, Minn. — Gallstone pain is one of the most common reasons patients visit emergency rooms. Figuring out who needs emergency gallbladder removal and who can go home and schedule surgery at their convenience is sometimes a tricky question, and it …
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Unique chemotherapy for late-stage cancers
2017年10月24日 · HIPEC is a unique treatment designed to combat cancer that has spread inside the abdominal cavity, such as advanced or metastatic cancer of the colon, ovary and appendix. It also may be used to treat mesothelioma , a rare type of cancer affecting the thin layer of tissue that covers many internal organs.
Women’s Wellness: Still need a Pap smear after hysterectomy?
2019年4月4日 · It depends. Pap test, also called a Pap smear, is a routine screening test for early diagnosis of cervical cancer. If you had a partial hysterectomy — when the uterus is removed but the lower end of the uterus (cervix) remains — your health care provider will likely recommend continued Pap tests. Similarly, if you […]
Granulosa Cell Tumor of the Ovary Requires Regular, Long-term …
2010年4月30日 · Bilateral oophorectomy, removal of both ovaries, is recommended for women who have completed child-bearing. For a GCT that appears to have spread beyond the ovary, the surgery likely would also have included removal of lymph nodes in the pelvis and along the aorta and removal of the omentum (an area of fat attached to the lower part of the ...
Mayo Clinic Q and A: What is a tonsillectomy and who needs one?
2023年5月11日 · Sometimes, a person can have tonsillitis once or twice and recover with no issues. But for others, like your son, the inflammation occurs repeatedly and does not respond to treatments, or it causes complications. A common procedure called a tonsillectomy, which is the surgical removal of the tonsils, may be recommended in these cases.
Surgeries Can Be Combined, but May Not Be Necessary
2010年4月16日 · Fortunately, gallbladder removal (cholecystectomy) can often be performed using a minimally invasive (laparoscopic) technique. During laparoscopic cholecystectomy, the surgeon typically makes four small incisions in the abdomen; some newer variations of the procedure use fewer incisions.
Recovering From Abdominal Hernia Repair Often Takes Longer …
2014年4月3日 · Salt Lake City — Think having a hernia repaired is going to be a walk in the park — or that you’ll be ready to take a walk in the park within hours afterward? It may be time for a reality check, a Mayo Clinic study suggests. Researchers found that though patients tend to […]
Mayo Clinic Q and A: Kidney stones and calcium
2021年7月6日 · DEAR MAYO CLINIC: I have trouble with kidney stones and recently found out they are calcium oxalate stones. While I have stopped consuming all dairy products, I know that I need calcium as I age for bone health. Would adding in almond milk or another type of plant milk help? How do I take care of both my […]
Long-term pancreatic cancer survivors report excellent post …
2023年8月28日 · "The modern management of pancreas surgery often requires patients to be treated with multiple treatment modalities, including chemotherapy, radiation and surgery," says corresponding author Cornelius Thiels, D.O., a Mayo Clinic surgical oncologist and hepatobiliary and pancreas surgeon.