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Urinary incontinence - vaginal sling procedures
National Library of Medicine — Vaginal sling procedures help control stress incontinence, urine leakage that can happen when you laugh, cough, sneeze, lift things, or exercise. They help close your urethra (the tube that carries urine from the bladder to the outside) and the ...More…
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Simple prostatectomy
National Library of Medicine — Prostatectomy - simple; Suprapubic prostatectomy; Retropubic simple prostatectomy; Open prostatectomy Simple prostate removal is a surgery to remove all or part of the prostate gland through a surgical cut in your lower belly, to treat an ...More…
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Prostate brachytherapy
National Library of Medicine — Implant therapy - prostate cancer; Radioactive seed placement Brachytherapy is a procedure to implant radioactive "seeds" into the prostate gland to kill prostate cancer cells. Implants may be short-term or permanent. They may give off high or . ...More…
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Prostate resection - minimally invasive
National Library of Medicine — Laser prostatectomy; Transurethral needle ablation; TUNA; Transurethral incision; TUIP; Holmium laser enucleation of the prostate; HoLep; Interstitial laser coagulation; ILC; Photoselective vaporization of the prostate; PVP; Transurethral ...More…
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Angioplasty and stent placement - peripheral arteries
National Library of Medicine — Percutaneous transluminal angioplasty - peripheral artery; PTA - peripheral artery; Angioplasty - peripheral arteries A stent is a small, metal mesh tube that expands inside an artery. Angioplasty and stent placement are two ways to open blocked ...More…
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Protein-losing enteropathy
National Library of Medicine — Protein-losing enteropathy is an abnormal loss of protein from the digestive tract or the inability of the digestive tract to absorb proteins. There are many causes of protein-losing enteropathy. Any condition that causes serious inflammation in ...More…
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Portacaval shunting
National Library of Medicine — Portacaval shunting is a treatment for high blood pressure within a vein that flows into the liver. Such high blood pressure is called portal hypertension. Portacaval shunting is a major operation. The procedure requires a surgical cut in the ...More…
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Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
National Library of Medicine — The pneumococcal conjugate vaccine helps protect against mild and severe infections due to the bacteria Streptococcus pneumoniae. This bacteria frequently causes ear infections, meningitis, and pneumonia in children. The pneumococcal conjugate ...More…
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Absent pulmonary valve
National Library of Medicine — Absent pulmonary valve syndrome; Congenital absence of the pulmonary valve; Pulmonary valve agenesis Absent pulmonary valve is a rare defect in which the pulmonary valve that carries oxygen-poor blood from the heart to the lungs is either missing ...More…
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Pneumothorax - infants
National Library of Medicine — For information about pneumothorax in older children and adults, see: Pneumothorax A pneumothorax occurs when the tiny air sacs (alveoli) in a baby's lung burst, leaking air into the space between the lung and chest wall (pleural space). The most ...More…
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Radical prostatectomy
National Library of Medicine — Prostatectomy - radical; Radical retropubic prostatectomy; Radical perineal prostatectomy; Laparoscopic radical prostatectomy; LRP Radical prostatectomy is surgery to remove all of the prostate gland, as well as some of the tissue around it, in ...More…
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Lung plethysmography
National Library of Medicine — Pulmonary plethysmography; Static lung volume determination; Whole-body plethysmography Lung plethysmography is a test used to measure how much air you can hold in your lungs. You will sit in a small, airtight room known as a body box. You will ...More…