During the procedure, your doctor will insert a long, thin tube (catheter) into an artery and move it up into your heart. This procedure can be used to diagnose and treat certain heart problems.

Lead extraction is the removal of wires from your heart. The wires are part of an implanted cardiac device. This sheet tells you what to expect before, during, and after the procedure.

Therapeutic plasma exchange (TPE) is a treatment that removes plasma from your blood. The removed plasma is then replaced with a substitute to help ease symptoms of disease.

Lateral ankle ligament reconstruction is a surgery to tighten and firm up one or more ligaments on the outside of the ankle.

Peripheral nerve blocks (PNBs) are a type of regional anesthesia. To do the block, a healthcare provider injects numbing medicine into a certain nerve or bundle of nerves. The area below the nerves is then numbed for a time.

Laser photocoagulation uses a laser to seal off abnormal blood vessels in your eye. This treatment can’t restore eyesight that you already have lost. But it may slow down the damage to your central vision.

Sacral nerve stimulation helps treat bladder problems caused by diseases of the nervous system. Before sacral nerve stimulation is done, you need a trial or test procedure to see if it will work. This is called percutaneous nerve evaluation (PNE). Read on to learn the details.

An ovarian cystectomy is a surgery that removes a cyst from your ovaries. It's usually done only if the cyst is large or painful.

Atrial flutter is a type of arrhythmia. It causes the heart to beat faster than normal. Atrial flutter can increase the risk for certain serious problems, such as stroke.

Atrial fibrillation, or A-fib, is a common type of heart arrhythmia. It causes fast, chaotic electrical signals in the atria.