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Health Encyclopedia: Osteoarthritis Surgery

Surgery

Different surgical procedures are available as a final measure to relieve pain and increase function in patients with osteoarthritis. Certain surgical procedures can help relieve pain if medications fail. Even with these procedures, however, joint replacement may still be needed later on.

Arthroscopy

Arthroscopy is performed to clean out bone and cartilage fragments that, in theory at least, may cause pain and inflammation. More than 650,000 of these procedures are done on arthritic knees e...

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Cataracts: Treatment

Although surgery is the only remedy for cataracts, it is almost never an emergency. Most cataracts cause no problem other than reducing a person's ability to see, so there is no harm in... Read more »

Prostate Cancer Treatment: Localized Prostate Cancer

...knowledge and acceptance of the risks and benefits of each therapy.Patients have three main options:Surgery (radical prostatectomy or cryosurgery) removes the prostate gland. The vessels that... Read more »

Endometriosis: Treatment

...treatment approaches:Watchful waiting (to relieve symptoms)Hormonal therapy (to reduce endometrial implants)Surgery (to reduce endometrial implants, restore fertility, or possibly cure the... Read more »

Endometriosis: Hysterectomy

...HysterectomyHysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus and is the second most frequently performed surgery in premenopausal women. (Cesarean sections are first.) About 600,000... Read more »

Uterine Fibroids and Hysterectomy: Hysterectomy

...HysterectomyHysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus and is the second most frequently performed surgery in premenopausal women (Cesarean sections are first). About 600,000... Read more »

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