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… Cystectomy On this page: Surgery Overview What To Expect Why It Is Done How Well It … wall or to treat cancer that has come back (recurred) after treatment. Partial cystectomy takes out part of the … It uses a piece of your small intestine to make a tube. After surgery, the urine passes from the ureters through the …
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… Radiofrequency Palatoplasty for Snoring On this page: Surgery Overview What To Expect Why It Is Done How Well It … to vibrate and you are less likely to snore. What To Expect After the surgery, most people report a little pain, such as … a short time to recover. footnote 1 It takes about 4 weeks after the surgery for you to notice a decrease in your …
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… (Arthroplasty) for Toe Joint Deformities On this page: Surgery Overview How It Is Done What To Expect Why It Is … 6 of 6, Phalangeal head resection for hammer toe: Slide 6, After the toe has healed, the surgeon removes the pin, and … You may be able to walk on the affected foot right after surgery, but you might need a special shoe. How soon …
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… Breast Enlargement On this page: Surgery Overview How It Is Done What To Expect Why It Is … understand that your breasts will look and feel different after surgery. You will have scars where the doctor made the … gel or a saline (saltwater) solution. What To Expect After the surgery you will probably feel weak. You may feel …
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… Splenectomy On this page: Surgery Overview Surgery Overview A … small cuts. The spleen helps protect you from illness. After your spleen is gone, you may be more likely to get certain infections. So before or soon after your surgery, you will need a pneumococcal shot. You …
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… Bowel Resection for Colorectal Cancer On this page: Surgery Overview How It Is Done What To Expect Why It Is … stay in the hospital for 4 to 7 days or as long as 2 weeks after surgery. Sometimes the two parts of the colon or … operations is usually 6 to 12 weeks. The recovery time after a one-stage operation or after the final operation of …
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… gland duct and cause a cyst. The cyst can get bigger after sex, because the glands make more fluid during sex. … stitching the sides together. Sometimes a carbon dioxide laser or silver nitrate is used to prevent a cyst from … back. For severe cysts that keep coming back, you may have surgery to remove the Bartholin gland and duct. Related …
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… Tracheostomy for Obstructive Sleep Apnea On this page: Surgery Overview What To Expect Risks … by blockage of the upper airway. footnote 1 What To Expect After surgery, you will stay in the hospital until it's safe … be sore and you may have trouble swallowing for a few days after surgery. It will also feel different to breathe and …
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… Transurethral Resection of the Bladder On this page: Surgery Overview What To Expect Why It Is Done How Well It … You may feel the need to urinate often for a while after the surgery. But this should improve with time. It may … Your urine also may look pink for up to 2 to 3 weeks after surgery. This is because there may be blood in it. You …
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… Flap Procedure for Gum Disease On this page: Surgery Overview What To Expect Why It Is Done How Well It … to help speed recovery: Take painkillers as prescribed. After 24 hours, you can rinse your mouth gently with warm … gauze pads before they become soaked with blood. Relax after surgery. Strenuous physical activity may increase …
