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Surgery is the medical specialty that treats diseases or injuries by operative manual and instrumental treatment. more at Wikipedia

Treatment Success Rate

Top 5 Communities
Condition Members Success
Endometriosis
983
74%
Crohn's Disease & Ulcer...
299
94%
Breast Cancer
226
97%
Kidney Stones
178
89%
Colon Cancer
150
97%
Overall, 85% (2513 Members) find Surgery helpful
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Surgery Reviews

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Working / Worked
It worked and releived some pain for about 4 months, then it all started comming back again.
Working / Worked
Had my laparoscopy Jan 2008 and so far seems to have worked and helped.
Working / Worked
worked for 2 years with no pain, having another surgery this month. No side effects
Working / Worked
Lapraoscopy, the Dr. burned off a lot of scar tissue that was binding my organs together. Afterwards, the pain level has decreased dramatically.
Got three feet of intestines and four inches of my colon removed.
Working / Worked
Feb '09 he is now cancer free
Working / Worked
oh yeah a total of four. got sent home with drains which pretty much either fell out or stopped working
Had blockage in small instestines in January. They took out 8". Suggested Crohn's which later tests proved was correct. Incision got infected, so back into hospital. Was not a fun month. Tried to operate laproscopically but ended up with about an 8" scar.
the docotors said they removed all my crohns was sent home with no meds and was back in the hospital within a few days
Working / Worked
Had a colon resection in June 2007, emergency colosty in July 2007 (colon burst), and colostomy reversal in June 2008.
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Discussions

  1. Discussion: surgery??
    I had the surgery as well. You won't go back to work for 4 weeks at least, not 3 1/2 days!!! Maybe stay in the hospital for three days. I stayed in f... [More]
  2. Discussion: surgery
    Just my advice : I am 45 years old. I have had back problems for 25 years. I have 3 herniated discs and degenerative disc disease. (the lower 3) I h... [More]
  3. Discussion: surgery
    I had the colon resection (Sigmoid removal) in November 2007. They took 8 inches due to the advanced diver causing chronic infections. The most im... [More]
  4. Discussion: surgery
    I had to have the surgery in 2006. I had a large abcess and needed to have it done. Illiostomy (spelling?)and all. After being out of life for 3 mo... [More]
  5. Advice: Surgery
    I had knee and shoulder surgery last year and the pain with fibro caused me to into a flare after each operation. I am facing (as of Monday) outpatie... [More]

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