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Health

Operations

Surgery for a hip fracture in the elderly

Geriatricians say that every elderly person with a hip fracture should be operated on.

Penile prosthesis

Endophalloprosthetics, or penile prosthetics, is a surgical intervention for the correction of erectile dysfunction. During the operation, the cavernous bodies of the penis are replaced with implants.

Crushing kidney stones: basic methods

When kidney stones have formed, impairing the functioning of the urinary system, and all attempts to get rid of them with the help of drug therapy have been unsuccessful, one way remains - crushing kidney stones or lithotripsy.

Surgery to remove dropsy of the testicle

There is controversy over the treatment of primary hydrocele. Aspiration and sclerotherapy are described; however, hydrocelectomy or hydrocelectomy remains the treatment of choice for hydrocele.

Arthrotomy

Exposure of the joint and opening of its cavity is performed surgically, and this manipulation in orthopedic and trauma surgery is defined as arthrotomy, which can be performed with various surgical approaches.

Stapedectomy

A stapedectomy is a microsurgery in the middle ear. The operation is performed with the aim of restoring the physiological mechanism of sound transmission by completely or partially removing the stapes.

Lymphadenectomy

Lymphadenectomy is limited or complete, depending on the scale of the operation. The likelihood of developing complications after such a procedure is quite high. However, often the intervention allows you to stop the further spread of cancer structures, and thereby save the patient's life.

Pericardiotomy

Surgical dissection, that is, opening the fibrous membrane surrounding the heart - the pericardium or pericardium, is defined as a pericardiotomy, which provides access to the heart during surgery.

Mediastinotomy

One of the procedures of thoracic surgery is mediastinotomy (Latin mediastinum - mediastinum + Greek tome - section), which consists in opening direct access to the anatomical structures located in the central parts of the chest cavity.

Orchipexy

Orchipexia is a reconstructive operation in male patients with a congenital anomaly, in which one or both testicles (more simply, the testicles) are not detected in the scrotum, that is, with a diagnosis of cryptorchidism.

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