Operations

Operations: clear overview, key topics, and practical navigation to related guides.

Carotid artery stenting: indications, surgery, risks, and recovery

Carotid artery stenting is a minimally invasive vascular procedure in which a physician inserts a catheter through a vascular access site to the narrowed area of the carotid artery, dilates it with a balloon, and installs a metal mesh frame, or stent.

Endovascular thrombectomy: indications, timing, stages, risks, and recovery after stroke

Endovascular thrombectomy is a minimally invasive procedure in which a doctor inserts catheters through a vascular access into the blocked artery of the brain and mechanically removes the clot.

Carotid endarterectomy: indications, surgery, risks, and recovery

Carotid endarterectomy is a vascular surgery in which a surgeon opens the carotid artery in the neck and removes the atherosclerotic plaque that is narrowing the lumen of the vessel.

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass: indications, surgery, risks, and life afterward

Roux-en-Y gastric bypass is a metabolic and bariatric surgery in which the surgeon creates a small gastric pouch in the upper part of the stomach and connects it to the small intestine so that food bypasses most of the stomach and the first part of the small intestine.

Sleeve Gastrectomy: Indications, Procedure, Risks, and Recovery

Sleeve gastrectomy, or gastrectomy, is a bariatric surgery in which the surgeon removes most of the stomach, leaving a narrow, tubular stomach, similar in shape to a banana.

Surgical care for obesity: types of operations, indications, risks and monitoring

Obesity surgery is a treatment for a chronic condition, not a quick way to improve appearance. Modern bariatric and metabolic surgery aims to achieve sustainable weight loss, improve metabolism, and reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes, hypertension, obstructive sleep apnea, fatty liver disease, and cardiovascular complications.

Jejunostomy: indications, types, nutrition, care, complications, and life with a stoma

A jejunostomy is an artificial connection between the jejunum and the body's surface. The jejunum is the middle section of the small intestine, located after the duodenum and before the ileum. It actively absorbs water, electrolytes, proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins, and trace elements.

Appendectomy: How the appendix is removed, when surgery is needed, recovery, and risks

An appendectomy is a surgical procedure to remove the appendix, the vermiform appendix of the small intestine. It is most often performed for acute appendicitis, when the inflamed appendix can progress to perforation, abscess, generalized peritonitis, and systemic infection.

Nasal polyp removal surgery: indications, preparation, technique, and recovery

Surgery to remove nasal polyps is most often performed not as a simple "cut-off of growths," but as part of endoscopic sinus surgery for chronic rhinosinusitis with nasal polyps.

Kidney Removal for Cancer: Partial and Radical Nephrectomy, Indications, Risks, and Recovery

Removing a kidney due to cancer is called a nephrectomy, but this term covers a variety of procedures. Sometimes, the surgeon removes only the tumor and a small margin of healthy tissue, preserving the rest of the kidney.

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