Laser Surgery

Posted by anhie | September 3rd, 2010 in Surgery | No Comments »

laser surgeryLaser Surgery for Treating the Problems of varices

With the arrival of summer and high temperatures with venous insufficiency people accused of more intense the symptoms of his illness. Tingling in the legs, tiredness, heaviness … These are some of the most characteristic annoyances that cause varicose veins. Dr. Carlos Lisbona, angiologist and vascular surgeon in the unit of laser surgery for varicose veins Teknon Medical Center of Barcelona, highlights the laser surgery techniques to solve the problems of varicose veins.

Heat and Varices
The symptoms of varicose veins get much worse with the arrival of the heat and the veins were vasodilated. There are even cases where the summer season makes the surface the discomfort for the first time in patients who until then had not submitted angiologists problem.
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Abdominoplasty

Posted by anhie | August 31st, 2010 in Cosmetic surgery | No Comments »

abdominoplastyThe alterations introduced the abdomen can be caused by excess fat, skin or muscle wall weakness. When there is laxity of the skin will be necessary to resort to an intervention called abdominoplasty or tummy tuck which is to remove skin and excess fat and treat muscles.

Patients who are interested in an abdominoplasty are often women who have had children. During pregnancy the abdominal muscles dilates and not just recover, skin and excess fat and muscle repair were dilated. It is very typical of the 30 to 50 years.
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The technique ELMA

Posted by anhie | August 27th, 2010 in Cosmetic surgery, Surgery | No Comments »

the technique elmaLet’s talk about a new cosmetic surgery operation in which the body gets a radical change, mainly the abdomen, hips and entire back. Stop by eliminating all “love”, leave the flat stomach and reduce many sizes of clothes, getting a total change.
The technique ELMA is a combination of several techniques, which applied to the body, with a single operation is achieved by changing skyline, especially women, who have had children from 35-40 years.
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Active Control of Hepatitis Virus B

Posted by anhie | August 24th, 2010 in Hepatitis | No Comments »

active control of hepatitis virus BMany people infected with hepatitis B do not need medication to control their disease. The doctor is the person who will assess the characteristics of the patient and the state of the virus, which can be enabled or not. There are drugs that help the disease progress to liver cancer or cirrhosis, two of the most serious stages which can lead to hepatitis B. Dr. Rafael Esteban Mur, chief of internal medicine and hepatology Valle Hebron Hospital, and professor of internal medicine at the Autonomous University of Barcelona, explains how they are treated both active and inactive cases of hepatitis B.
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Hepatitis and Pregnancy

Posted by anhie | August 20th, 2010 in Hepatitis | No Comments »

hepatitis and pregnancyA woman diagnosed with hepatitis can become pregnant as normal. If suffering from a chronic hepatitis B or C virus does not exist any limitation and that pregnancy does not influence negatively on their illness and vice versa. If the patient is an antiviral treatment must comply with the drug and choose one that is less harmful to the baby. In the case of hepatitis C treatment should be discontinued during pregnancy, although as is for a maximum of nine months will not mean abandoning many therapeutic harm to the patient.

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Lymphedema

Posted by anhie | August 17th, 2010 in Breast Surgery | No Comments »

lymphedemaThere is a secondary disease associated with breast cancer affects one in four women with mastectomies. This problem is likely to cause functional impairment and interference in their daily lives, so they know to help prevent it. We are not referring to lymphedema. Dr. Inmaculada García Montes, President of the Spanish Society of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation, does not explain what is lymphedema and what techniques can be used to treat it.
Lymphedema is manifested by swelling of the arm. It is caused by an accumulation of lymph, a protein-rich fluid that is located in the subcutaneous tissue because there is a disruption or alteration of the drainage system. Occurs when after breast surgery have to remove the lymph nodes. Radiation therapy may also provoke because it directly affects the bottom of the skin. Many women who undergo operations due to breast cancer totally ignore the existence of this problem.
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Gastroesophageal reflux disease

Posted by anhie | August 13th, 2010 in Tumors | No Comments »

gastroesophageal reflux diseaseGastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), as its name suggests, is the emergence of a reflux of stomach contents into the esophagus. Under normal antireflux mechanism exists in which several factors are involved: the lower esophageal sphincter, the existence of a segment of intraabdominal esophagus, the correct installation of terminal esophagus at the point where it enters the stomach or esophageal hiatus, and a good gastric emptying. When they fail one or more of the aforementioned factors appear reflux, which is a chronic and producing reflux esophagitis. And how chronic esophagitis is produced as late complications of stenosis, bleeding, aspiration pneumonia and Barrett’s esophagus (changes in the epithelium of precancerous character.)
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Inguinal Hernia

Posted by anhie | August 10th, 2010 in Surgery | No Comments »

inguinl herniaA hernia is a protrusion of an organ through an opening in the muscular wall of the cavity that surrounds it. In inguinal hernia can leave structures of the abdominal cavity through the inguinal floor preserving the integrity of the skin and the peritoneum which is the sac. All inguinal hernias should be repaired surgically with few exceptions and one of the most frequent in the western world.

The classic repair using the patient’s own tissues were accompanied by a not inconsiderable number of relapses. The use of prosthetic materials in repair has improved cure rates.
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Abdominal wall hernia repair

Posted by anhie | August 6th, 2010 in Surgery | No Comments »

abdominal wall hernia repairIncisional hernias are solutions of continuity of the anterolateral abdominal wall. They occur in up to one fifth of the laparotomy and usually appear after the onset of local complications in the original surgery seromas, abscesses, bruises or general such as immunosuppression, malnutrition or coughing. They have a great tendency to recur. Should be corrected and that over time resulting increase in volume may suffer more discomfort and strangulation of herniated viscera.
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Traumatic diaphragmatic hernia

Posted by anhie | August 3rd, 2010 in Surgery | No Comments »

traumatic diaphragmatic herniaDiaphragmatic rupture occurs in 1-5% of blunt trauma, mainly road traffic accidents, and 10 to 15% of penetrating injuries thorac. Most injuries occur in males (in a ratio 4 / 1) and 75% of lesions in the left chest 20% on the right and 5% bilateral.

Acute injuries and diagnosed during hospital needed urgent surgery because of their seriousness, but there are a large number of patients who are not diagnosed during the acute process and that subsequently developed a diaphragmatic hernia. The subsequent symptoms may be minimal and the diagnosis can be delayed for months or years after trauma. The diagnosis is suspected from a chest X-ray in demonstrating the presence of intrathoracic abdominal organs in place and confirmed with CT, MRI or gastrointestinal transit. The most commonly herniated viscera are stomach, colon, spleen, small intestine and greater omentum.
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