After dealing with acid reflux in myself and two of my children I have encountered the question "what about surgery to fix the problem?"... Read more »
Like most parents, I was filled with fear when the doctor said my daughter needed acid reflux surgery. I resisted the surgery for a long... Read more »
Chest pain is one of the scariest symptoms a person can have because the first thing we usually think of is a heart attack. Of course,... Read more »
"A chance to cut is a chance to cure" - This is an adage that surgeons have lived with for generations. But that may be changing. ... Read more »
Medical treatment can successfully control the symptoms and complications of Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease (GERD) in the vast majority of... Read more »
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Fundoplication; Nissen fundoplication; Belsey (Mark IV) fundoplication; Toupet fundoplication; Thal fundoplication; Hiatal hernia repair; Endoluminal... Read more »
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During breast cancer treatment, you may have different kinds of pain in your chest. After surgery, you may feel a mixture of pain and numbness in... Read more »
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Hip arthroplasty; Total hip replacement; Hip hemiarthroplasty References Eikelboom JW, Karthikeyan G, Fagel N, Hirsh J. American... Read more »
Plastic surgeons say that a cosmetic surgery similar to a forehead lift may lessen migraine symptoms. In a recent clinical trial involving 75... Read more »
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This is an operation in which cardiac surgeons remove part of the blood vessel (graft) from somewhere else in the body, and attach it to a narrowed... Read more »