Plastic surgery is one of the medical specialty concerned with the "correction" or restoration of form and function. Though cosmetic or aesthetic surgery is the best-known kind of plastic surgery‚ most plastic surgery is not cosmetic;[2] plastic surgery includes many types of reconstructive surgery‚ hand surgery‚ microsurgery‚ and the treatment of burns. Treatments for the plastic repair of a broken nose are first mentioned in the Edwin Smith Papyrus‚[6] a transcription of an Ancient Egyptian
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Lasik Eye Surgery is a very popular and fascinating procedure used to change the shape of the cornea to correct vision. According to American Society for Cataract and Refractive Surgery’s Eye Surgery Education Council‚ more than 700‚000 Lasik eye surgery procedures are performed each year. To be an ideal candidate for LASIK‚ your eye doctor will evaluate to look for risk factors that may occur during the surgery. If you meet the certain requirements‚ you will be eligible. Lasik eye surgery has many
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For skeptics of cosmetic surgery Argument over cosmetic procedures about the risks and benefits. Does cosmetic surgery make individuals feel confident about themselves? Although the economy is just beginning to rebound consumers feel more open about spending money on cosmetic surgery. Justifiable reasons for these surgical procedures wanting to change their appearance‚ peer pressure and bullying‚ and even low cost procedures.
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General Surgeon Do you want to save someones life? Can you work under pressure? Can you work sixty hours or more a week? If any of this sounds interesting to you‚ then you might want to become a general surgeon. What exactly is a surgeon you ask‚ surgeons are doctors with highly specialized training that can perform surgery on any part of the human body to correct deformities and problems caused by injury or disease. For example‚ an orthopedic surgeon might perform surgery to repair torn knee
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Discharge Criteria in Day Surgery The continuing increase in day surgery procedures has led to a number of issues‚ as nurses are challenged to provide the best possible care within a short time frame as well as to minimize the length of hospital stay. Utilizing the evidence from the literature‚ I am focusing especially on factors that lead to a delay in discharge and the introduction of guidelines to overcome the issue. I presently work the day surgery unit of a new hospital and
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Preventing Mistakes in Surgery Preventing mistakes in surgery is one of the National Patient Safety Goals (NPSG) of 2015. Wrong-site surgery has affected hundreds of patients every year. According to Knight and Aucar (2010)‚ wrong-site surgery is defined as “any surgery that involves the wrong person‚ organ‚ limb‚ or side”. Wrong-site surgery can occur in numerous procedures including urologic‚ neurosurgical‚ and orthopedic‚ with orthopedic procedures having the most wrong-site surgeries performed. The
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The media plays an important role that has a huge impact on our society about plastic surgery. According to Hoffmann (2004)‚ the media conveys the messages to the public through advertisement‚ magazines‚ and television‚ which has increased the distorted standard of beauty that leads to plastic surgery. The media is driving the public’s impression of beauty by communicating its messages about the physical perfection. Besides‚ the media is also sending powerful messages through images‚ which oppress
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Incorporating Robots into Surgery: Ethical Considerations on Jobs Introduction In his political cartoon “Frugal and Regression” Ed Fisher depicts a robot taking a job slip before a man who says “So it’s finally happened?.” This political cartoon depicts one of the greatest ethical dilemmas. When incorporating robots into surgical procedures‚ a vast amount of surgeons will lose or be forced to alter their jobs. Although that may be true‚ incorporating robots into surgical procedures will
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Knee replacement surgery: A modern approach to get relief from the pain Knee replacement surgery is a surgical procedure where the diseased part of the knee joint is replaced with an artificial implant or material. Since it is a complex procedure‚ it should always be done by an experienced and skilled orthopedic surgeon. The doctors usually advise for knee replacement surgery when the patient can’t perform even the simplest movements in the normal life due to the pain‚ swelling and stiffness. Sometimes
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Robotic surgery has been on the rise since its approval in 1997‚ spreading to hospitals and surgical centers all over the United States and seen Internationally. This increase in technology in the medical field could be either a remarkable change or the medical industries worst “Terminator” nightmares. This type of surgery has been revolutionary to the surgical field‚ by creating machines that are capable of more procedures and higher precision than the machine before. Using information found in
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