Understanding Unilateral Salpingo-Oophorectomy
A unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy is a type of surgery. During the surgery, a surgeon removes 1 ovary and 1 fallopian tube from your pelvis. Read on for details about the surgery.
A unilateral salpingo-oophorectomy is a type of surgery. During the surgery, a surgeon removes 1 ovary and 1 fallopian tube from your pelvis. Read on for details about the surgery.
A gastric ulcer is an open sore in the stomach lining. Ulcers can cause pain. But they may also have no symptoms for a long time.
A thyroglossal cyst is a type of neck lump (mass) that some people are born with. Your healthcare provider may remove the cyst to keep it from getting infected.
McArdle disease is a rare muscle disorder. The symptoms often appear in childhood. But some people are not diagnosed until later as an adult.
A thyroglossal cyst is a type of neck lump (mass) that some people are born with. Thyroglossal cysts are most often found and treated in children. But they may sometimes go undetected or untreated until adulthood.
An implantable loop recorder is a device that records information about how your heart is working.
During a temporal artery biopsy, the healthcare provider will remove a small sample of tissue from one or both of your temporal arteries.
A sympathectomy is a procedure to cut or block a nerve. It's done to treat problems such as severe sweating (hyperhidrosis) and severe facial blushing. Learn more about the procedure here.
A straddle injury is when injury occurs to the groin area between the thighs. It can happen from straddling a hard object. Or it can occur from accidents such as falling onto a bicycle crossbar.
A Lisfranc joint injury is a kind of injury to the bones or ligaments in the arch of your foot. The injury gets its name from a French surgeon.