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Lower urinary tract injury during gynecologic surgery is relatively uncommon. Bladder injuries are the most frequent urologic injury inadvertently cause...

Many people find that as they age it becomes increasingly difficult to fully extend or stretch their fingers. In many cases, arthritis or some other joint disease may be to blame. But a condition in the palm of the hand may also cause the fingers to contract. Dupuytren’s (pronounced du-pwe-trahns’) contracture is a fairly common condition that occurs when the connective tissue (fascia) under the skin begins to thicken and shorten. As the tissue tightens, it may pull the fingers down towards the palm of the hand. In some individuals, the condition may progress until the involved fingers become disabled. Dupuytren’s disease is a proliferative fibroplasia of the subcutaneous palmar tissue, occurring in the form of nodules and cords, that may result in secondary progressive and irreversible flexion contractures of the finger joints. Other secondary changes include thinning of the overlying subcutaneous fat, adhesion to skin, and later pitting or dimpling of the skin.

Pleural disease is common with a rising case frequency. Many of these patients will be symptomatic and require diagnostic and/or therapeutic procedures. Patients with pleural disease present to a number of different medical specialties, and an ...

Thoracentesis is a procedure that uses a needle to drain fluid from around the lungs. It’s used to test the fluid for illnesses and relieve chest pressure.

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An abdominal tap is used to remove fluid from the area between the belly wall and the spine. This space is called the abdominal cavity or peritoneal cavity.

Tonsils, tonsil pain, tonsillectomy and adenoidectomy. Introductory guide to tonsilletomy from expert Mike Dilkes

Treatment of temporomandibular joint ankylosis with total prosthetic joint reconstruction: a case series and scoping review of the literature

AB acoustogramrecord of sounds produced by the motion of a joint ankylosing spondylitisa long-term disease with inflammation of unknown cause ankylosis"freezing of a joint" arthrectomysurgical removal of a joint arthrocentesispuncturing a joint with a needle and removing fluid from the joint arthrodesisfixing a joint...

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