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Local Anaesthesia for your Eye Operation, A member of staff will sit with you and may offer to hold your hand throughout the operation. A sterile surgical sheet will be p...
If you have sedation, you may remember little or nothing about the operation or medical procedure. However, sedation does not guarantee that you will have no memory of the operation....
Your anaesthetist will give enough anaesthetic to last longer than the expected length of the operation. If the operation takes much longer than expected (for example, if the ...
During the operation An anaesthetist will stay with you for the whole operation and watch your condition very closely, adjusting the anaesthetic as required. , Hip replacement ...
It is often used in childbirth but it can also be used during surgery to supplement a general anaesthetic, and it is continued after the operation for pain control. How does an epidural ...
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Incisional hernia Incisional hernia develops as a late (it can be years afterwards) complication of about 1 in 10 tummy operations. Usually, the hernia is a bulge in the tummy wall near th...
Patients on long-term steroids do not as a rule require supplementary steroid cover for routine dentistry or minor surgical procedures under local anaesthesia. However, the British D...
Postoperative complications may either be general or specific to the type of surgery undertaken and should be managed with the patient's surgical history and medical co-morbidities in min...
Surgical Emergencies in Childhood, There is some debate about the role of Doppler ultrasound in assessing an acute scrotum; the European Association of Urology (EAU) guidelines describe it as...
Operations for Glue Ear, Who needs an operation for glue ear? An operation may be advised to restore hearing to normal if glue ear does not clear after a time of 'wa...
Surgical Drains (Indications, Management, and Removal), Surgical drains of various types have been used, with the best intentions, in different operations for many years [...
There are a number of variations on this operation (surgical procedure). It is a more extensive hand operation. However, it gives the best chance of a long-term cur...
Occasionally teeth may be damaged accidentally during the operation, as all the surgical instruments will be in the mouth very close by. It is important to let the doctor doing the a...
It is major heart surgery and can be undertaken: As the initial procedure. As a repeat procedure. After percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) - also called 'stenti...
Laparoscopy is a surgical procedure which uses a special surgical instrument called a laparoscope to look inside the body or to perform certain operations.
By the age of six months the cartilage is too hard to be remoulded and a surgical solution is required. Pinnaplasty or otoplasty is an operation which adjusts the shape of the car...
Video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) is a surgical procedure that allows doctors to see inside the chest and lungs. It is a form of 'keyhole' surgery which can be use...
This happens in approximately 1 in 100 surgical procedures. It is less common when the procedure is done earlier in the pregnancy. In about 1 in 1,000 surgical operations...
This last operation will however destroy the normal white line. These reconstructive procedures tend to be used to treat congenital deformities and those acquired through injury or d...