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2. Surgical suture - Wikipedia

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   A surgical suture, also known as a stitch or stitches, is a medical device used to hold body tissues together and approximate wound edges after an injury or surgery. Application generally involves using a needle with an attached length of thread. There are numerous types of suture which differ by needle shape and size as well as thread material ...

3. Surgical staple - Wikipedia

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   One key feature of intestinal staplers is that the edges of the stapler act as a haemostat, compressing the edges of the wound and closing blood vessels during the stapling process. Recent studies have shown that with current suturing techniques there is no significant difference in outcome between hand sutured and mechanical anastomoses ...

4. Cardiac surgery - Wikipedia

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   Cardiac surgery, or cardiovascular surgery, is surgery on the heart or great vessels performed by cardiac surgeons.It is often used to treat complications of ischemic heart disease (for example, with coronary artery bypass grafting); to correct congenital heart disease; or to treat valvular heart disease from various causes, including endocarditis, rheumatic heart disease, [1] and ...

5. Pericardiectomy - Wikipedia

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   Heart function often recovers very quickly after pericardiectomy is performed, [8] although the surgery itself can cause reduced cardiac output in the short term. [4] After surgery, many patients will have a chest drain to remove pericardial fluid. [2] Hospital recovery takes several days, with surgical suture removed after a week. [2]

6. Scientists Find This Type of Exercise Cuts Heart Disease Risk ...

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   A few short bursts of exercise throughout the day may reduce heart disease risk by 50%, according to new research. Women specifically showed the most pronounced effects of short bursts of activity ...

7. Coronary artery bypass surgery - Wikipedia

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   Coronary artery bypass surgery, also known as coronary artery bypass graft (CABG, pronounced "cabbage"), is a surgical procedure to treat coronary artery disease (CAD), the buildup of plaques in the arteries of the heart. It can relieve chest pain caused by CAD, slow the

8. Florida doctor removes wrong organ from patient, resulting in ...

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   Bryan underwent a hand-assisted laparoscopic splenectomy procedure on Aug. 21. In the middle of the surgery, Shaknovsky removed Bryan’s liver instead of the his spleen, the law firm alleges.

9. Mike Trout has stitches removed from surgery on broken hand ...

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   Trout had the stitches removed this week following surgery to repair his broken hamate bone, the slugger said Friday. Trout has been out since July 3, when he hurt his hand on a swing.