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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 | 986 |
74% |
| Crohn's Disease & Ulcer... | 300 |
94% |
| Breast Cancer | 227 |
97% |
| Kidney Stones | 178 |
89% |
| Colon Cancer | 151 |
97% |
Overall, 85% (2519
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Surgery Reviews
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Last was in May of 2007. We are set to schedule my next in December of this year during my winter break from graduate school.
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after primary stone blasting and removal, I am still passing many shards of this huge stone. Have lost 60% of function in this kidney following e coli infection
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Awaiting follow up visit/bloodwork/MRI etc, but appears surgery was successful in removing what ended up being a functionign prolactinoma surrounded by a cyst.
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Surgery takes out what is hurting at the time but doesn't fix the next one.
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3 months relief.
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My surgeon is wonderful. Under God, I credit him with being the second biggest contributor of saving my life. When he saw how many lymph nodes were positive, he went searching for more cancer. God Bless him!
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Resection in 2007.
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Resection in 2007.
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Unilateral Mastectomy 10/21/09, clean margins, no invasive component.
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Have had 5 surgeries in last year related to abcess areas+drainage
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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] -
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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] -
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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] -
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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] -
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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]
