Medical Science
Fetal surgery: How and why
By: Paul Simms
Fetal surgery is necessary or desirable in a number of different circumstances. Performing surgery on a fetus is complicated because not only do you have the risks associated with any surgery, but fetal surgery also greatly increases the chance of a premature birth even if...
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Elderly medicine: Preparing for heart bypass surgery
By: Dr Pandula Siribaddana
Heart bypass surgery or better known as coronary bypass surgery (CABG) is the procedure used in replacing the defected circulatory vessels towards the heart muscles through a grafted channel which will make a bypass of the blocked segment of the coronary arteries. Usually, the blocked...
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The history of angiography
By: Paul Simms
Angiography is a medical technique in which still images or moving images are taken to visualize the blood filled areas of the body. These areas include various veins or arteries located throughout the body as well as the chambers of the heart. The term Angiography...
Dangers of Gastric Bypass Surgery
By: J G Williams
Gastric Bypass surgery poses side effects, that one may never imagine. After working in a hospital/patient advocate setting for a few years, I have seen patients complain of side effects, that didn't seem worth the surgery. Among the top complaints for these patients, was...
Stem cells: Do we even need them?
By: Paul Oranika
Stem cell research is a controversial and hotly debated topic, which has sharply divided opinions among medical scientists. The issue is related to the use of some kinds of cells to regenerate the damaged tissues in the human body. It is a very important...
Liver disease: Overview of liver transplant
By: Dr Pandula Siribaddana
Introduction: In modern day surgical practice, transplantation of organs and tissues has been serving to cure medical illnesses in vast number of disease entities. Out of all, one of the costliest transplants is the transplantation of the human liver. The indications and contraindications: The surgery...
Unique left handed facts
By: Pat Jacobs
Being left-handed in a right-handed world can be frustrating at times. Left-handed guitarists and violinists must restring their instruments, while left-handed saxophonists do not exist. Gum wrappers are right-handed (really!), as are apple corers, Polaroid cameras, scissors, can openers, wrist watches, and the typical...
Structure and function of the small intestine
By: Roberto Chiodetti
Structure and function of small intestine The intestine is the last and more important part of the G.I. tract, where the final act of digestion,namely absorption of nutrients into the blood stream, take place.The intestine is divided into small and large...
Liver disease: What makes the liver transplant successful
By: Dr Pandula Siribaddana
When the liver disease progress into a certain level, the function of the liver would not be able to compensate for the demands of the body and thus deemed to be in a state of failure. In such instances, the medical management would do little...
Liver disease: Preparing for surgery
By: Dr Pandula Siribaddana
Liver is an important organ in many aspects and when it comes to surgery the importance is even higher. The main reason for such importance is the potential for patient with liver disease to develop complications in several aspects. This article would be looking into...
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