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  2. Situs inversus - Wikipedia

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    The heart is located on the right side of the thorax, the stomach and spleen on the right side of the abdomen and the liver and gall bladder on the left side. The heart's normal right atrium occurs on the left, and the left atrium is on the right. The lung anatomy is reversed and the left lung has three lobes while the right lung has two lobes.

  3. Colostomy - Wikipedia

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    Only the proximal stoma is functioning. Most often, double-barrel colostomy is a temporary colostomy with two openings into the colon (distal and proximal). The elimination occurs through the proximal stoma. Colostomy surgery that is planned usually has a higher rate of long-term success than surgery performed in an emergency situation.

  4. Colostomy reversal - Wikipedia

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    A colostomy reversal, also known as a colostomy takedown, is a reversal [1] of the colostomy process by which the colon is reattached by anastomosis to the rectum or anus, providing for the reestablishment of flow of waste through the gastrointestinal tract.

  5. 10 things you should know about living with a stoma - AOL

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  6. Stoma (medicine) - Wikipedia

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    In anatomy, a stoma (pl.: stomata / ˈ s t oʊ m ə t ə / or stomas) is any opening in the body. For example, a mouth , a nose , and an anus are natural stomata. Any hollow organ can be manipulated into an artificial stoma as necessary.

  7. Hartmann's operation - Wikipedia

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    During this procedure, the lesion is removed, the distal bowel closed intraperitoneally, and the proximal bowel diverted with a stoma. The indications for this procedure include: a. Localized or generalized peritonitis caused by perforation of the bowel secondary to the cancer b.

  8. Heart failure is reversed with new gene therapy in animal ...

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    "We call this reverse remodeling. It’s going back to what the normal heart should look like." "A possible new therapy to cure heart failure is on the way," Hong told Fox News Digital in a statement.

  9. Are Vasectomies Actually Reversible? Doctors Explain. - AOL

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    Sperm can linger in the vas deferens, and it can take about 15 ejaculations to clear it out (or a couple of months). He urges patients to get a semen analysis after two or three months to make ...