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… heart can handle more exercise. Check how well your heart valves are working. Look for problems with the structure of … disease Checks for problems with blood vessels and heart valves Checks for problems with the structure of the heart … Checks how well your heart is pumping blood Checks how well valves are working Electrocardiogram (EKG or ECG) Checks …
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… Your doctor may also do a pelvic and para-aortic lymph node biopsy to find out the stage and grade of … that they have more experience with. Pelvic and para-aortic lymph nodes will be biopsied during surgery to help … Your doctor may also do a pelvic and para-aortic lymph node biopsy to find out the stage and grade of …
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… surgeon then puts a tube into the opening to let air in. A valve keeps the opening of the tube closed during the day, … you to speak and breathe normally. At night, you open the valve so that air can go around the blockage in your throat … the tube with your finger or by adding a special one-way valve to the trach tube. You may also be able to use …
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… VUR is caused by a problem with the development of the valve at the end of the tube that carries urine from the … Secondary VUR is also caused by a problem with the same valve. Something inside the bladder prevents the bladder … causes increased pressure in the bladder that keeps the valve from closing properly. What are the symptoms? …
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… from certain problems, such as a herniated disc or spinal stenosis . A fracture of one of the vertebrae. An odd-shaped … that presses on the spinal cord. Spinal decompression for stenosis. This is done to widen the spinal canal that has … procedure is not done very often. That's because spinal stenosis in the upper and middle back is rare. Learn more …
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… Pain Physiotherapy for Back Pain Physiotherapy for Spinal Stenosis Prolotherapy for Low Back Pain Referred Shoulder … Lumbar Herniated Disc: Should I Have Surgery? Lumbar Spinal Stenosis: Should I Have Surgery? Open/close information … Pain Physiotherapy for Back Pain Physiotherapy for Spinal Stenosis Prolotherapy for Low Back Pain Referred Shoulder …
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… may fuse together. Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Current as of: November 9, 2022 Author: … may fuse together. Lumbar Spinal Stenosis Current as of: November 9, 2022 Author: …
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… or the spinal bones Blood vessel problems, such as an aortic aneurysm or peripheral arterial disease Sudden … or the spinal bones Blood vessel problems, such as an aortic aneurysm or peripheral arterial disease Sudden …
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… tunnel of stomach muscle. This surgery strengthens the valve between the esophagus and stomach ( lower esophageal sphincter ). The valve stops acid from backing up into the esophagus as … out of the wrapped portion of the stomach so that the valve ( lower esophageal sphincter ) is no longer supported. …
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… attached to your leg. Sometimes the catheter tube has a valve that lets you drain the urine into the toilet or other … from its sleeve at the bottom of the drainage bag. Open the valve on the drain spout. Let the urine flow out into the … spout touch anything. After you empty the bag, close the valve. Then put the drain spout back into its sleeve at the …
