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U S Department National Cancer Institute
1,304 words... tumors that are too big to be surgically removed and to help destroy any cancer cells that may remain after surgery. Chemotherapy is 77 % effective in killing small cases of cancer (United States Cancer Patient Survival). If a cancer tumor can be located to a specific region, surgery is used to remove the tissue the cancer has infected. Surgery is usually recommended for patients who have small cancer cells scattered throughout the body, and patients who have a single organ that is infected ...
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Frontal Lobes Nerve Fibers
1,967 words... main, a hole of 2. 5 to 5 cm of diameter, drilled by hand into the skull of a living man, without any anesthesia or asepsis, during 30 to 60 long minutes. This is maybe the most ancient form of brain surgery known to man: it is called trepanning (from Greek trianon, borer) or trephining (Sabbatini, 1997). This perhaps was the first idea that man can be cured of mental illness by biological exploration. Thousands of years later, psychosurgery was discovered by accident in America in 1847 when...
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Men And Women Scar Tissue
1,151 wordsMan kinds essential nature entails self-improvement and perfection. Because human beings have always sought out self-fulfillment through self-improvement, plastic surgery may be one of the worlds oldest hearing arts. According to the Plastic Surgery Information Service, there is written medical evidence that cites medical treatment for facial injuries for over 4000 years. Physicians n ancient India were utilizing skin grafts for reconstructive work as early as 800 BC. Furthermore, the driving fo...
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Kill Cancer Cells Cancer Has Spread
1,042 words... are than 2 centimeters but it has spread to the lymph nodes under the arm. The cancer is 2 to 5 centimeters but has not spread to the lymph nodes under the arm. B) The cancer is 2 to 5 centimeters and has spread to the lymph nodes under the arm. The cancer is larger than 5 centimeters but has not spread to the lymph nodes under the arm. Stage 3 A) The cancer is smaller than 5 centimeters and has spread to the lymph nodes, and the lymph nodes are attached to each other or other structures. Th...
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The Eye And Laser Surgery
1,557 words... pascal pulse of 250 is very long compared to other lasers. The discharge is build up in three phases: 1) X-ray pre-ionisation provides a homogeneous distribution of electrons in the discharge area. 2) A high voltage pre-pulse with a very fast rise time multiplies these electrons in an avalanche process, providing a homogeneous ignition of the discharge. Finally the main pulse gives the high current at moderate voltage to create the laser output. The energy per pulse is 1 Joule. With a repeti...
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Rotator Cuff Tear Tear Is Fixed Surgery
394 wordsArthroscopic shoulder surgery helps many athletes speed up the healing process of many shoulder injuries. If an athlete requires some type of shoulder surgery many of them prefer to have the surgery done Arthroscopically so that they can resume playing or training to get back into their sport. Sometimes Arthroscopic surgery will even save some players careers. Baseball pitchers are the most common athletes to require shoulder surgery. Their shoulders have a lot of pressure put on them when they ...
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Brain Surgery Plastic Surgery
1,416 wordsThe most important and influential discovery was the practice of surgery. With this invention, human life became more sophisticated, humans lived longer, and we obtained a knowledge of ourselves sufficient enough to break the boundaries built by ignorance. Lacking prescription drugs, accurate tools, computer technology, and any background experience to build from, our ancestors struggled to learn how to repair the human body. They did an suprisingly competent job of treating the sick and injured...
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York Basic Books Brain Surgery
1,274 words... autopsy. The use of autopsy came about due to the extensive embalming practices of the Egyptians. It was not unlikely for an embalmer to examine the body for a cause of the illness which killed it. The use of surgery evolved from a knowledge of the basic anatomy and embalming practices of the Egyptians. Doctors and other medical personnel kept detailed notes on papyrus describing the conditions they encountered, and the treatment applied in all areas of medicine, including gynecology, bone s...
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Examination Of Liposuction And Cosmetic Surgery Procedures
1,285 wordsFat cells lie beneath the skin throughout the body, but accumulate in greater amounts in certain areas. When we gain or lose weight, we are not adding or subtracting fat cells but rather changing the amount of fat within each cell. It is not surprising, therefore, that many people find that in spite of the weight they lose, they are left with bulges or fat deposits in undesirable places. Liposuction surgery is a technique that uses a high suction attached to special probes which are passed throu...
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Breast Implants Breast Cancer
889 wordsBreast Implantation is a surgery being done across America within 40 % of all women. Thought women do know that this surgery can be very dangerous, the effects are often being ignored. Most women have the want for a larger bust size, and enhanced cleavage. With doctors now saying implantation is a simple surgery and very affective, more women throughout America are now choosing to get the surgery done. There are many new ways to enhance the bust size of a woman, yet breast implantation is still ...
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D Sezgin Sun Types Of Lasers Laser
684 wordsThe light beam produced by most lasers is pencil-sized, and maintains its size and direction over very large distances; this sharply focused beam of coherent light is suitable for a wide variety of applications. Lasers have been used in industry since 1964 for cutting and boring metals and other materials, and for inspecting optical equipment. In medicine, they have been used in surgical operations. Lasers have been used in several kinds of scientific research. Lasers have opened new fields in s...
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Da Vinci Operating Room
832 wordsJust as computers revolutionized the later half of the twentieth century, the field of robotics has the promise to equally alter the way we live in the twenty first century. We have already seen how robots have modified the manufacturing of cars and other customer goods by streamlining and speeding up the assembly lines. Robots have also enabled us to see places that humans are not yet able to visit, such as other planets and depths of the ocean never before explored. And just as computer contro...
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Plastic Surgery Cosmetic Surgery
1,288 wordsPlastic Surgery Everybody wants to be beautiful and attractive. Some of us use make up, blow-dry our hair, spend tons of money on clothes, work out at gyms and practice various diets, while others go even further: they undergo plastic surgeries. This paper will attempt to provide arguments against having a plastic surgery. The first argument is that plastic surgery is a consequence of the American consumerist culture. This country believes that everything can be bought if you have money: a car, ...
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Female Genital Mutilation Order To Create
2,443 wordsFemale Genital Mutilation Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is a process of removing part, or all female genitalia. There are different types of FGM, such as the removal of clitoris, which is called clitoridectomy and is the most common type of FGM, removal of labia minora and labia majora in order to create a pink surfaces that later will be stitched together in order to create a cover over the vagina. All that remains from regular female genitalia after this surgery is the tiny hole, through whi...
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Basal Cell Ultraviolet Rays
1,390 wordsEvery hour one American is killed by skin cancer and every thirty seconds one American gets skin cancer. Cancer is a deadly disease that alters the DNA of a skin cell and causes it to reproduce at a rapid pace. This overproduction of cells can be harmful and in many cases deadly. Out of these cancers the most common is Basal cell carcinoma. Many steps have been made in the treatment of Basal Cell Carcinoma, some have been very successful and some not. The cells that have the altered DNA are call...
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Mayo Clinic American Academy
2,305 wordsCataracts In Cataracts Cataracts 2 Cataracts In Elderly Introduction What is a cataract? A cataract is a cloudy or opaque area in the normally transparent lens of the eye. Its effect on vision depends on the extent of the cloudiness. Small spots in the lens may cause little or no vision loss. As the opacity thickens, it prevents light rays from passing through the lens and focusing on the retina, the light sensitive tissue lining the back of the eye. Early lens changes or opacities may not distu...
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Cell Lung Cancer Small Cell Lung
3,371 wordsLung cancer is not just one disease but rather a group of diseases. All forms of cancer cause cells in the body to change and grow out of control. Most types of cancer cells form a lump or mass called a tumor. Cells from the tumor can break away and travel to other parts of the body where they can continue to grow. This spreading process is called metastasis. When cancer spreads, it is still named after the part of the body where it started. For example, if breast cancer spreads to the lungs, it...
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Breast Implants Cosmetic Surgery
1,766 wordsBreast Implants One of the first uses of silicone in a medical implant came in the form of lifesaving tubes implanted into young children to funnel excess fluid from the brain into the chest cavity, where the fluid could be safely metabolized and excreted. Since these shunts were first used, in the late 1950 s, silicone in various forms has come to be an important part of many implants. It is used in tracheotomy tubes, in artificial lenses for the eye, in artificial heart valves and in facial im...
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Period Of Time Anorexia Nervosa
2,691 wordsIn recent history, the idea of feminine beauty has been shifting toward a less healthy, overly thin model. More than 25, 000 years ago when humans first evolved, women exaggerated their reproductive organs, like breasts and hips, using fertility symbols. Slim women were not considered beautiful because they did not seem healthy enough to nourish and raise a family, or make it through the winter. Slim women were also considered to be poor, because they could not afford enough food to keep their b...
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Lose Weight Thirty Percent
654 wordsGastric Exclusion Operations Over thirty percent of the US population is currently obese. A scary statistic. Contrary to popular belief, obesity is not a psychological, nor an eating disorder. Obesity is a hereditary disease, that can not be treated by Jenny Craig, or Weight Watchers. Surgery for obesity should not be considered only as a last resort. Right now surgery is the only effective treatment for obesity. One type of surgical treatment is gastric exclusion. There are four questions that ...
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