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… Laser Surgery for Genital Warts On this page: Surgery Overview … pregnancy. Talk with your doctor about when treatment should be done during pregnancy. How Well It Works Laser … pregnancy. Talk with your doctor about when treatment should be done during pregnancy. How Well It Works Laser …
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… Hemorrhoids: Which Treatment Should I Use? Decision Point You may want to have a say in this decision, or you may simply want to … hemorrhoids. This works only for internal hemorrhoids. Have surgery to remove the hemorrhoid. This works for both …
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… Trabeculectomy (Filtration Surgery) for Glaucoma On this page: Surgery Overview What To … is still draining out of the new opening. Not all blebs have to be easily seen to work. What To Expect Most people don't have to be admitted to the hospital. But children who have
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… Weight-Loss (Bariatric) Surgery On this page: Surgery Overview What To Expect Why It … surgery is only used for people who are very overweight and have not been able to lose weight with diet and exercise. … or sugar. If you do, you may vomit, get stomach pain, or have diarrhea. Weight loss You probably will lose weight …
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… Tube-Shunt Surgery for Glaucoma On this page: Surgery Overview What To … eye ( local anesthesia ). What To Expect Most people don't have to be admitted to the hospital. But children who have the surgery may stay in the hospital overnight. And in …
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… Aortic Valve Replacement Surgery On this page: Surgery Overview How It Is Done What … If your chronic regurgitation is getting worse and you have symptoms, you may choose to have surgery. You might have surgery before you get …
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… Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Surgery On this page: Surgery Overview What To Expect Why It … will probably need 2 to 3 months to fully recover. You will have follow-up visits with your doctor to check on your recovery. Then, you will likely have annual checkups. You might have a test, such as a CT …
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… Open Surgery for Kidney Stones On this page: Surgery Overview … needed to remove kidney stones. You may need it if: You have large stones caused by an infection ( staghorn calculi … the kidneys, ureters , or bladder . Other treatment methods have failed to remove or dissolve the stone. How Well It …
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… Whipple Surgery for Pancreatic Cancer On this page: Surgery Overview … of the tissue around it. Before your surgery, you may also have a laparoscopy so the doctor can look at the pancreas … the chances—but doesn't guarantee—that all cancer cells have been removed. The second part of the surgery involves …
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… Incision Care After Surgery On this page: Overview Overview … lower the risk of problems like infection. Your doctor may have used stitches, staples, skin glue, or tape strips to … head. Allow the warm and soapy water to run across your shoulders and down over the incision. Pat the incision dry. …