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Finding a Surgeon
Finding a surgeon refers to the process of choosing a doctor with specialized training in one or more branches of surgery to perform a specific...

Urologic Surgery
Urologic surgery is the integration of surgical activities for the pelvis—the colon, urogenital, and gynecological organs—primarily for the...

Finding a Urologic Surgeon
You may very well find your urologic surgeon to be one of the most important people you meet. After all, he or she, within a few hours and with...

Introduction to Urologic Surgery and Its Costs
Urologic surgery is the term for all surgical operations that have to do with the urinary tract and its associated structures. For both sexes, this...

Choosing a Surgeon
While you will probably not be golfing with him or her anytime soon (nor would you likely want to!), you should learn a few things about the person...

Preoperative Preparation
There will be many healthcare professionals working to make sure you have an excellent outcome from your surgery. Besides the surgeons, there are...

What Could Be Happening During Your Surgery
As surgical techniques advance in sophistication, there are a number of intraoperative procedures that could be taking place during your surgery....

What Do I Need to Know About Endoscopy?
In medicine, the term endoscopy can be used in several ways depending on the specific procedure. In general terms, endoscopy refers to a procedure...

What to Expect on the Day of Surgery
Surgery can be somewhat frightening even for the bravest among us. You are only partially clothed, everywhere you look people are dressed in masks...

Will there be a robot in your operating room?
While this may seem like silly question, an ever-increasing number of surgeries are being performed with the assistance of a robot. Sound like science...

Surgery Demographics – Security and Confidentiality
Surgery demographics are the statistics compiled about the age, gender, race and other characteristics of those undergoing surgery. Essentially surgery...

Surgery Recovery Period
The period after your surgery, called the recovery period, is a very important part of your overall surgical experience. The ease with which you...

Suprapubic Aspiration
The urinary bladder is frequently the site of bacterial infection which can cause urinary urgency, frequency, even fever and pain if the infection extends...

Nephrology - Treating Diseases of the Kidney and Urinary System
Nephrology is the medical discipline that studies and treats diseases of the kidney and urinary system. Diseases of the kidney can range from cancer,...

Stapled Hemorrhoidectomy Information
Hemorrhoids are a problem for about ten million people in the United States alone and millions more worldwide. Hemorrhoids are areas of abnormal tissue...

One Day Surgery
Day surgery refers to a surgical procedure that takes place in a single working day, from preoperative preparation, the surgical procedure, postoperative...

Minimally Invasive Surgery
There are two main ways to think about minimally invasive surgery: as a collection of minimally invasive surgical procedures and as a way of approaching...

Biopsy Types and Information
A biopsy is a procedure in which a small amount of tissue is removed from the body for further analysis. A biopsy may be its own procedure or be included...

Removing Tumors - Curative Surgery
Simply put, curative surgery is a surgery that results in a cure from some disease. While many medical treatments simply reduce symptoms or slow the...

Fistulotomy Info
A fistula is an abnormal connection between two organs or tissues. A fistula can occur virtually anywhere in the body, but it most often occurs between...

The Da Vinci Surgical System - Robotic Surgery Device
The da Vinci Surgical System is among the most commonly used robotic surgery devices used in the world today. Rather than being a "virtual reality"...

Surgical Instruments Info - Surgical Retractors
The longstanding joke among surgeons is that the best surgical retractors are third year medical students. This joke, based on a sad daily reality,...