Essays on Surgery

“We create a curvilinear collar-type incision within a skin crease”, my uncle, a hepatobiliary surgeon, said as he incised the patient’s neck. I watched attentively as he dissected through the superficial fascia, incised the platysma, dissected through the deep fascia, and separated the strap muscles….

Cancer treatment here and there harm a body part’s capacity or appearance. Reconstructive Surgery helps repair that harm. This medical procedure differs from a restorative medical procedure on the grounds that reconstructive Surgery is improved the situation a therapeutic reason. Reconstructive Surgery covers a wide…

The concern for neurological out¬come following cardiac surgery is a major issue. The actual challenge is to monitor and pre¬vent deleterious factors from affecting brain function. Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is known to cause neurological impairment and perfusion is one of the few modifiable risk factors….

It was a simple facility; concrete walls, dirt floors, and a line of beds were pushed to one part of the room to avoid the area in the roof that leaked a steady stream of brown water. Within 100 feet from the door I passed…

This essay is about Marc, a 28 year old rugby player and a postman, who had an amputation to his right leg due to a road traffic collision. The health needs and services that will be available to Marc and his family to access, in…

In the short documentary, “Fake Surgery”, it was evident that patients who thought they had undergone a surgery showed signs of healing, despite not undergoing a proper surgery. Doctors have used placebo effects in different experiments throughout the history of medicine to test not only…

Appendectomy – a surgical procedure in which the appendix is removed from right lower abdominal wall, while surgical team watches an enlarged image of the patients internal organs on a television monitor. This procedure is preformed by a general surgeon. The appendix is removed when…