About Operations: How to Prepare for and Recover From An Operation

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Difference Between a Hospital Ward and Private Room

Many of us would probably choose to stay in a private room as opposed to on an open-plan hospital ward if we needed to go into hospital. However, unless we�...

All About Having a Gastric Band Fitted

Gastric banding is an alternative form of surgery to having a gastric bypass in that it’s designed to help people who are very overweight and need to lose...

Having Your Appendix Removed

No surgical procedure is ever pleasant nor can it be guaranteed that there will be no risk whatsoever in terms of something going wrong but having your appen...

I Had My Finger Sewn Back On: A Case Study

Maia has just celebrated her 21st birthday with a holiday in Lanzarote with her boyfriend. She is full of beaming smiles and cannot contain her excitement th...

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Surgery for Gallstones

It is not unusual to have gallstones; around 15 in every 100 people in the UK has stones within their gallbladder. Not everyone knows about them, however, as...

Lymph Node Removal and What it Reveals

If you have been having symptoms, or have a cancer screen or medical examination that reveals a lump that could be a tumour, this is a very worrying time. Fu...

New Breast Construction Techniques

Having breast cancer treatment today usually means that you can expect a very good outcome as treatments have improved dramatically over the last 20 years. A...

Trigeminal Neuralgia Surgery

Trigeminal neuralgia is an extremely painful illness caused when the trigeminal nerve that leads from the spine in the neck to areas of the head and face bec...

Acoustic Neuroma Surgery

Acoustic neuroma surgery is the main treatment used for this type of ear tumour. Acoustic neuromas are not usually malignant, aggressive cancers; they are a...

Hospital Parking Charges

Hospital parking charges have always been unpopular, but as promises made to scrap hospital parking charges made during the run up to the 2010 election have...

Who Needs Mole Removal?

Mole removal is necessary if a mole becomes cancerous. This can happen to any mole on the skin and is classed as a type of cancer known as malignant melanoma...

What Is Carpal Tunnel Surgery?

Carpal tunnel surgery is an operation that becomes necessary if the transverse carpal ligament in the hand starts to press on the median nerve, the main nerv...

What Is Stereotactic Radiosurgery?

Radiotherapy has been used to treat different cancers for decades, and is often used to try to shrink tumours that are too difficult to operate on. Early for...

Adenoids: Why Are They Removed?

Fifty years ago it was quite common for a child to have his or her tonsils and also adenoids removed. Both are glands in the throat and are easily accessible...

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