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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. 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]

4. Surgical staple - Wikipedia

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   Staplers are used to close both internal and skin wounds. Skin staples are usually applied using a disposable stapler, and removed with a specialized staple remover. Staplers are also used in vertical banded gastroplasty surgery (popularly known as "stomach stapling"). Vascular stapler for reducing warm ischemia in organ transplantation.

5. Cox maze procedure - Wikipedia

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   The Cox maze procedure, also known as maze procedure, is a type of heart surgery for atrial fibrillation. "Maze" refers to the series of incisions arranged in a maze -like pattern in the atria . Today, various methods of minimally invasive maze procedures, collectively named minimaze procedures , are used.

6. 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 ...

7. 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.

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. Damar Hamlin's life was saved by an AED. Here are 5 things ...

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   The American Heart Association reported a major spike in interest in hands-only CPR in the days following Hamlin’s cardiac arrest, which could lead to greater bystander intervention and higher ...