Physicians are now able to open an airway in the trachea by controlled percutaneous introduction of tracheostomy tubes. Elective percutaneous dilatational tracheostomy (PDT) is the gradual dilation of the tracheal entrance site made by sequentially sized dilators being placed over a wire guide,...
During endoscopic carpal tunnel release, physicians insert an optical device through a small incision into the carpal tunnel of the wrist in order to release pressure of the median nerve, which passes through this canal into the wrist.
Implanting radioactive seeds (brachytherapy) into the prostate is considered as effective as surgery for men with early stage prostate cancer. Five years after treatment, men who received brachytherapy were as likely to be as disease-free as similar patients who have undergone a radical...
Medical science has developed many procedures to stabilize the spinal column in the lower back and fuse vertebrae. These techniques range from the simplest, lumbar fusion, to the more complex, the use of instrumentation in pedicle screw fixation and Harrington rod placement. Currently, there is...
