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View Post: Abdominal Pain. Cause of abdominal pain
3 Aug 2009 by DoctorFrog  
Abdominal pain is caused by inflammation (for example, appendicitis, diverticulitis, colitis ), by stretching or distention of an organ (for example, obstruction of the intestine, blockage of a bile duct by gallstones, .... mouth or anus and into the small intestine where small intestinal causes of abdominal pain or bleeding can be diagnosed, biopsied, and treated. Surgery. Sometimes, diagnosis requires examination of the abdominal cavity either by laparoscopy or surgery. ...
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View Post: usmle preparation: Abdominal Trauma, Blunt
20 Nov 2009 by asghar  
In the late 1980s and early 1990s, considerable interest was garnered for the use of laparoscopy in the evaluation and management of blunt and penetrating abdominal trauma. .... Angiography is a valuable modality in the nonoperative management of adult abdominal solid organ injuries from blunt trauma. It is used aggressively for nonoperative control of hemorrhage, thus avoiding nontherapeutic cost-inefficient laparotomies. Surgical Therapy Resuscitative thoracotomy in the ...
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View Post: BE AWARE - Phentermine.com - Weight loss support forums
26 Nov 2009 by nickaroo242  
When gallstones are suspected to be the cause of symptoms, the doctor is likely to do an ultrasound exam—the most sensitive and specific test for gallstones. A handheld device, which a technician glides over the abdomen, ... Surgery to remove the gallbladder—a nonessential organ—is one of the most common surgeries performed on adults in the United States. Nearly all cholecystectomies are performed with laparoscopy. After giving you medication to sedate you, ...
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View Post: Single-port Laparoscopic Abdominal Sacral Colpopexy: Initial ...
31 Aug 2009 by Wesley M. White, Raj K. Goel, Mia A. Swartz,...  
Objectives. To determine the efficacy and safety of single-port laparoscopic abdominal sacral colpopexy (ASC) for the treatment of female pelvic organ prolapse (POP). ... symptomatic POP with laparoscopic, robotic, or single-port laparoscopic ASC. All patients underwent preoperative history and physical examination including POP quantification (POP-Q) staging and urodynamics. ASC with or without anti-incontinence surgery was performed via the aforementioned approaches. ...
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View Post: Dr. Rozeboom Tweeting During Surgery via Hospital Spokeswoman ...
1 Sep 2009 by Margarita  
Vitals Spotlight - We Give the Doctor an Exam - Dr. Rozeboom Tweeting During Surgery via Hospital Spokeswoman. ... Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus, a reproductive, sexual, hormone responsive organ that supports the bladder and bowel. Whether the surgery is performed abdominally, vaginally, hands-on laparoscopically or laparoscopically by a gynecologist controlled robot, a hormone responsive sex organ is removed, the vagina is shortened, and there is a ...
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View Post: Appendectomy – An Emergency Surgical Procedure To Remove The ...
30 Nov 2009 by expedient  
Once the diagnosis is made for appendicitis by physical examination, laboratory studies, and CT scan of the abdomen, the appendix will be removed, which is also called as appendectomy. Appendectomy is still considered to be an emergency ...
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View Post: ISPUB - Periadrenal Bronchogenic Cyst with Intracystic Milk of Calcium
4 Nov 2009
Laparoscopic resection of the left retroperitoneal cyst and the left adrenal gland was performed. On the gross specimen, yellow to greenish intracystic fluid and calcifications were was found in the cyst wall. ... Possible complications related to bronchogenic cysts include extrinsic mass effect to the adjacent organ and perforation or secondary infection 3,11 . The treatment of asymptomatic bronchogenic cysts remains a controversial topic. As most bronchogenic cysts are ...
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View Post: HowStuffWorks "Diagnostic Laparoscopy - Medical Dictionary"
1 Dec 2009
The purpose of this examination is to actually see if a problem exists that has not been found with noninvasive tests. Inflammation of the gallbladder (cholecystitis), appendix (appendicitis), pelvic organs (pelvic inflammatory disease) ...
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View Post: causes of laparoscopic injuries: a survey
20 Aug 2009 by Charfoos & Christensen PC  
however, new technologies, especially imaging technologies, can provide an earlier diagnosis than is possible with a laparoscopic examination. thus, for certain diagnoses, choosing to use a laparoscope may be the error. ...
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View Post: Adhesions: Abdominal, Bowel, Pelvic - Symptoms, Treatment ...
26 Oct 2009 by Jan Modric  
Adhesion causes: surgery, STDs. Symptoms: chronic pain, infertility. Diagnosis: lower GI, CT, MRI, laparoscopy. Treatment: laparoscopic adhesiolysis. ... 2. Signs. During physical examination, doctor may find distended abdomen, tender spots , unusual mass, loud (or absent) abdominal sounds due to intestinal obstruction, pale or dry skin due to anemia or dehydration. ...
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