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Hemicorporectomy is a radical surgery in which the body below the waist is amputated, transecting the lumbar spine. This removes the legs, the genitalia (internal and external), urinary system, pelvic bones, anus, and rectum.
He was also born with muscular atrophy in his leg muscles, arms stuck to his chest and his head turned all the way back. The doctors initially expected that he might not be able to survive beyond 24 hours soon after his birth and they even advised his mother to let him starve to death.
Macrocephaly is a condition in which circumference of the human head is abnormally large. [1] It may be pathological or harmless, and can be a familial genetic characteristic. . People diagnosed with macrocephaly will receive further medical tests to determine whether the syndrome is accompanied by particular disorde
On Dec. 28, 2023, when Caper was 4 weeks old, he had his surgery. In the hour leading up to it, he suffered six seizures. Two weeks after the surgery, he was discharged from the hospital and ...
A 28-year-old man in Iraq underwent a lengthy operation to cure his uncontrollable head twitch that left him bed-ridden for three years. Miracle 10-hour surgery cures man's debilitating head ...
For more than 50 years, a spinal fusion has been to the go-to surgery for herniated discs. But a new procedure may offer an alternative. New back surgery gaining popularity to alleviate pain [Video]
A laminotomy is an orthopaedic neurosurgical procedure that removes part of the lamina of a vertebral arch in order to relieve pressure in the vertebral canal. [1] A laminotomy is less invasive than conventional vertebral column surgery techniques, such as laminectomy because it leaves more ligaments and muscles attached to the spinous process intact and it requires removing less bone from the ...
Neurosurgery or neurological surgery, known in common parlance as brain surgery, is the medical specialty that focuses on the surgical treatment or rehabilitation of disorders which affect any portion of the nervous system including the brain, spinal cord, peripheral nervous system, and cerebrovascular system. [1]