Tag: Surgery
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Diet, Meds & Surgery Key To Hold Off Parkinson’s: Docs | Bhubaneswar News – Times of India
[ad_1] Bhubaneswar: Proper diet, physiotherapy, medication and surgical intervention can improve the quality of life of a patient suffering from Parkinson’s disease. Experts have stated that it is not a curable disease, but proper pharmacological and non-pharmacological interventions can help the patient.Dr Lulup Kumar Sahoo, a neurologist who mainly focuses on Parkinson’s disease treatment, said…
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Post-surgery infections may mainly be caused by skin bacteria
[ad_1] A scanning electron micrograph of Enterococcus faecalis bacteria, which can infect surgical wounds Science Photo Library/Alamy Surgical infections could primarily be caused by bacteria that already live on your skin, rather than via external contamination, according to a study of just over 200 people who underwent spinal procedures. Hospitals tend to have strict hygiene…
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Kerala doctors remove adrenal tumour from baby | Thiruvananthapuram News – Times of India
[ad_1] THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: Doctors at the Kerala Institute of Medical Sciences (KIMS) successfully performed minimally invasive surgery to remove a tumour from the adrenal gland of an 11-month-old child using the Posterior Retroperitoneoscopic method.The baby girl, a resident of Kollam, was diagnosed to have a tumour on the right adrenal gland, identified through ultrasound by Dr.…
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Princess of Wales announces she is being treated for cancer
[ad_1] “In January, I underwent major abdominal surgery in London and at the time, it was thought that my condition was non-cancerous. The surgery was successful. However, tests after the operation found cancer had been present. My medical team therefore advised that I should undergo a course of preventative chemotherapy and I am now in…
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First picture of Princess of Wales released following surgery absence
[ad_1] The happy family photo was taken by Prince William in Windsor [ad_2] Source link
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Painter gets hands back, thanks to brain-dead woman donor and Ganga Ram doctors | Delhi News – Times of India
[ad_1] NEW DELHI: A painter who lost both of his hands in a terrible accident will now be able to paint again, thanks to a miraculous surgery performed by doctors at Ganga Ram Hospital.The 45-year-old, who underwent the first successful bilateral hand transplant in Delhi, will be discharged from Sir Ganga Ram Hospital tomorrow. He…
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86-year-old in pain gets new lease of life after surgery in Chennai | Chennai News – Times of India
[ad_1] Chennai: At 86, B Veeraswami smiled, made small talk, and dined with family and friends a few days ago at a wedding — a set of tasks he was unable to do for more than five years. A surgery to relieve him of pain caused by trigeminal neuralgia, a neurological condition that causes intense,…
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What is malignant melanoma?
[ad_1] Any diagnosis of melanoma is cancer even if the term ‘malignant’ is not used before it. [ad_2] Source link
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Valve Replacement Surgery Success: 80-Year-Old Survives Without Major Cuts | Kolkata News – Times of India
[ad_1] Kolkata: An 80-year-old with severe comorbidities has survived a life-saving aortic valve replacement surgery—without a single major cut in the body—at a private hospital. The octogenarian also suffers from a severe lung ailment and had been left incapacitated by the obstruction in blood flow due to the narrowing of the aortic valve. A team…
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Not sleeping enough before surgery may increase pain during recovery
[ad_1] Getting enough sleep before surgery may help recovery marvent/Shutterstock Not getting enough sleep before having surgery may increase post-operative pain. This suggests that improvements in recovery time may require good amounts of sleep not just after an operation but also before going under the knife. Maíra Bicca at Johns Hopkins University in Maryland and…