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  2. Laparoscopic hiatal hernia repair - Wikipedia

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    A laparoscopic hernia repair is when the hiatal hernia is corrected using a covering for the mesh that is used to repair the weakened area. The defect is then measured and the mesh is stapled into place. [6] A benefit of performing Laparoscopic hernia repair is shorter recovery times compared to other methods.

  3. Colporrhaphy - Wikipedia

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    Colporrhaphy (also vaginal wall repair, anterior and/or posterior colporrhaphy, anterior and/or posterior vaginal wall repair, or simply A/P repair or A&P repair) is a surgical procedure in women that repairs a defect in the wall of the vagina.

  4. Hernia repair - Wikipedia

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    Hernia repair is a surgical operation for the correction of a hernia—a bulging of internal organs or tissues through the wall that contains it. It can be of two different types: herniorrhaphy ; or hernioplasty . [ 1 ]

  5. Posterior cruciate ligament injury - Wikipedia

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    Common causes of PCL injuries are direct blows to the flexed knee, such as the knee hitting the dashboard in a car accident or falling hard on the knee, both instances displacing the tibia posterior to the femur. [1] Surgery to repair the posterior cruciate ligament is controversial due to its placement and technical difficulty. [2]

  6. Hernia - Wikipedia

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    The mesh is placed either over the defect (anterior repair) or under the defect (posterior repair). At times staples are used to keep the mesh in place. These mesh repair methods [broken anchor] are often called "tension free" repairs because, unlike some suture methods (e.g

  7. Inguinal hernia surgery - Wikipedia

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    The benefits of inguinal hernia repair can become overshadowed by risks such that elective repair is no longer in a person's best interest. Such cases include: [21] [10] [12] People with unstable medical conditions; Repair using mesh is withheld if a person has an active infection within the groin or within the blood stream

  8. Pharyngeal flap surgery - Wikipedia

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    In 1928, Rosenthal used an inferiorly based posterior pharyngeal flap in combination with a modified von Langenbeck palatoplasty in primary surgery for cleft palate repair. Taking a different approach, Padgett (1930) utilized a superiorly based flap for cleft palate patients whose primary surgical repair had been unsuccessful (Sloan, 2000).

  9. Shoulder surgery - Wikipedia

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    The recovery depends upon many factors, including where the tear was located, how severe it was, and how good the surgical repair was. [ citation needed ] It is believed that it takes at least four to six weeks for the labrum to re-attach itself to the scapula bone (shoulder blade), and probably another four to six weeks to get strong.