News tagged with painful procedures

Surgery without external scars is gaining traction

When Patricia Manrique was told she needed her gallbladder removed she immediately thought about the classroom full of children who rely on her to teach them tap and ballet each day. The Chicago Park District physical instructor ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Mar 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Stem cell therapy -- a future treatment for lower back pain?

Lower back pain affects many people and may be caused by degeneration of the discs between the vertebrae. Treatment for the condition using stem cells may be an alternative to today's surgical procedures. This is the conclusion ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 29, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Varicose vein study shows radiofrequency ablation causes less post-operative pain

A study to compare two increasingly popular treatments for varicose veins has found that patients who received radiofrequency ablation reported less post-procedural pain than those treated with endovenous laser ablation.

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created May 17, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

MRI: Just as effective as MR arthrography in the diagnosis of hip labral tears

Conventional magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may be an effective alternative to minimally invasive MR arthrography for the diagnosis of hip labral tears, a common cause of hip pain, according to a study to be presented at ...

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created May 10, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

How to relieve the pain effectively after laparoscopic cholecystectomy?

Fibrin sealant has been an extremely effective and widely used adjunct to surgical procedures to control diffuse slow bleeding over large surfaces. In addition, fibrin sealant has been used as a carrier for other compounds. ...

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created Dec 22, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0