Surgical Procedure Essays

  • Obstetric Surgical Procedures

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    conduct obstetric surgical procedures. Since, I had been sent to observe in the operating room before, during the previous semester, I was more at ease. Especially, already knowing what the role of a nurse would be during the procedure. There were four operation scheduled for that day, three of which I was able to observed. Even though there must have been a thousand scenarios of what might possibly go wrong were playing through my head, everything went well with each procedure. There were two

  • Flowers For Algernon

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    Algernon wins. How did that mouse get to be so special, Charlie wonders? The answer is that Algernon's IQ has been tripled by an experimental surgical procedure. The scientists who performed the experiment now need a human subject to test, and Charlie has been recommended to them by his night-school teacher, Miss Kinnian. Charlie's a good candidate for the procedure, because even though he currently has an I.Q. of only 68, he is willing, highly motivated and eager to learn. He's convinced that if he could

  • Bariatric Surgical Procedures

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    1. Differentiate between the two types of procedures Bariatric surgical procedure is a treatment for weight loss and reduce obesity. There are many types of bariatric surgeries. The vertical banded gastroplasty, laparoscopic adjustable gastric band and sleeve gastrectomy are known as limited procedures because they have the ability to interfere with the volume capacity of the proximal stomach. The biliopancreatic diversion and the Roux-en-Y gastric bypass have an abnormality in absorption as they

  • Mental Illness

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    due to anthropologists finding skulls with holes gashed in them. These skulls look very similar to skulls that have had the process of trepanning performed on them. The process of trepanning is simply the surgical procedure of creating a hole in the skull. Scientists believe that this procedure was done in order to let out the evil spirits which doctors thought possessed the mentally ill of this time. The literature of ancient Greece also contains evidence of the belief that evil spirits or demons

  • Splenectomy a Surgical Procedure

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    A splinictumy os e sargocel upiretoun onvulvong thi rimuvel uf thi spliin (1). Netarelly thi enetumy uf thi spliin os uf griet ompurtenci fur thi sargiun tu pirfurm thi splinictumy saccissfally. Thi spliin os en uvuod, asaelly parplosh, palpy mess ebuat thi sozi uf uni’s fost (2). It os lucetid on thi sapiruletirel pert uf thi lift appir qaedrent ur hypuchundroam uf thi ebdumin whiri ot os prutictid by thi onfirour thurecoc cegi (2). Thi spliin elsu lois on riletoun tu thi 9th, 10th end 11th robs

  • Abortion - No Right or Wrong Answer

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    in some women for pregnancies to end in spontaneous abortions. (2) Incomplete abortion, one in which the fetus is expelled[…]dilation may be required to empty the uterus. (3) Induced abortion, intentional termination of pregnancy by a surgical procedure. (4) Septic abortion, abortion accompanied by bacterial infection of the uterus. (5) Spontaneous abortion, one which has not been deliberately induced. Spontaneous abortions are often preceded by fetal death. (6) Therapeutic abortion

  • Trepanation, Spirituality and Loneliness

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    countless ways in which mankind has sought to expand the limits of human experience; these practices are still a mainstay in many modern countercultures. They are also very well-known and documented practices. There exists, however, a radical surgical procedure, as old as the aforementioned practices but far less notorious in the general public, which purports to result in the same sort of enlightenment: trepanation, also known as trephination. (Be prepared: likely, the primary reason that trepanation

  • I-Function, Pain And Memory

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    trauma due to the lack of consent. Circumcision, the removal of the foreskin over the penis, was long thought to be a painless experience for an infant and was treated accordingly with little or no anesthesia. Most of the times during the surgical procedure, the babies cry very forcefully. This was for a long time thought to be normal and healthy. Other times, they lie still without making a sound from either shock or the act of passing out from the pain (1). This unresponsiveness was always thought

  • Cropping Boxers

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    cropping. The boxer, of course is the boxer dog. A breed that by custom and by standards typically undergoes a surgical procedure designed to turn it’s naturally floppy-style ear into ears that stand tall, stiff, and erect.(Abraham 8) Meanwhile at the other end of the Boxer’s well muscled physique, we find it’s tail, or what’s left of it. The tail you see also undergoes a surgical procedure. The tail is docked, meaning, in layman’s terms, that it is cut short.(Abraham10) It leaves the Boxer with that

  • Medical Assistant's Role In Surgical Procedures

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    A medical assistant’s cooperation and presence during a surgical procedure is essential in order to provide satisfactory patient care. Although the role of the medical assistant may not shine though as strongly as the physician’s, their subtle presence provide organization in the form of administrative and clinical tasks to facilitate the physician’s demanding profession. During a surgical procedure, such as an incision and drainage of an abscess, the medical assistant is the patient’s first point

  • Circumcision To Be Or Not To Be

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    done, how it is done, how it affects the natural functions of the penis, and what the alternatives are. “Circumcision is a surgical procedure in which the skin covering the end of the penis (called the foreskin) is removed exposing the glans (head or tip of the penis)”(Love) The procedure is usually done on infants in the first few days of their life. A doctor does the procedure. Circumcision is an ancient and widespread practice. Some cultures as wide spread as the aborigines of Australia, to the

  • Robots Essay

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    officers. The officers use a collection of high-tech and remote-controlled robots that are equipped with front and back cameras, infrared lighting and a speaker to search for criminals and find their location without endangering a police officer. Surgical robots are incredible because they have has truly changed the world of medicine by increasing surgeons’ abilities and skills in ways that no human could ever do. They are directed by human surgeons who use a computer console to move instruments attached

  • The Advantages And Disadvantages Of CO2 Lasers

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    The 980 nm diode laser has good water absorption. 31 The advantages of laser excisions are that the procedures are minimally invasive, time saving and recovery is potentially faster. The specific advantage of the diode laser is that it is an economic contact laser delivered via a fine glass fiber. Like other fiber optically delivered lasers, this allows

  • arzu v. arzu case brief

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    reversed the decision of the lower court. STATEMENT OF FACTS: Richard Arzu underwent a surgical procedure to correct a condition he was born with; known as dwarfism. He became paralyzed from the waist down as a result of the operation. Through legal representatives, Richard was awarded a substantial structured settlement from his malpractice action against the hospital that performed the said surgical procedure. The settlement payments were deposited into a joint account between Richard and Frank

  • The Discovery and Controversy over the First Use of Surgical Anesthesi

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    The Discovery and Controversy over the First Use of Surgical Anesthesi Dennis Brindell Fradin wrote in ”We Have Conquered Pain”: The Discovery of Anesthesia, “We take it for granted that we can sleep through operations without feeling any pain. But until about 150 years ago, the operating room was a virtual torture chamber because surgeons had no way to prevent the pain caused by their healing knives.” Fradin is right. Since several analyses of archaic human bones have proven that people have

  • Pediatric Ethics and the Surgical Assignment of Sex

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    Pediatric Ethics and the Surgical Assignment of Sex One in every 2,000 babies born every year are neither male nor female, they are what is known as hermaphrodites. These children and their families are forced into a life of hardship and encounter many conflicts, which need to be addressed. Should the parents choose the assignment of the sex to a newborn child and subject them to a life of surgery and doctor visits? There are 100 to 200 pediatric surgical reassignments every year. Many of these

  • Internet Telesurgery Saves Lives

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    gets positive coverage from the media whenever it makes life easier or better, by making things more convenient. One positive advancement with Internet technology is the development of telesurgery over recent years. Telesurgery is a way to perform surgical operations without having the doctor in direct contact with the patient during surgery. This is made possible by giving the doctor control of robotic operating tools. The doctor can perform the surgery from almost any distance while the patient receives

  • The Gross Clinic

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    In 1874, Thomas Eakins took a second course in anatomy at Jefferson Medical College. He attended surgical lectures and clinics presided over by Professor Samuel D. Gross. Eakins painted “The Gross Clinic,” to show the emotion involved in medical procedures. It appears as if the doctors performing the surgery have emotionally removed themselves from the situation at hand. By removing themselves from the emotional aspects of the surgery, the doctors can complete the task much easier than they would

  • Abortion

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    by a medical procedure that ends pregnancy. Legal abortion, carried out by trained medical practitioners, is one of the most common and safest surgical procedures. “About 1.5 million American women choose to have induced abortions each year. Less than 1% of all abortion patients experience a major complication associated with the procedure” (Kuechler 1996). A medical abortion is one that is brought about by taking medications that will end a pregnancy. The alternative is surgical abortion, which

  • Microsurgery: Sewing Blood Vessels and Nerves Back Together

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    in microsurgery. In the operating room , the surgeon doesn't stand, but sits in a chair that supports her body. Her arm is cradled by a pillow. Scalpels are present as are other standard surgical tools, but the suture threads are almost invisible, the needle thinner than a human hair. And all the surgical activity revolves around the most important instument, the microscope. The surgeon will spend the next few hours looking through the microscope at broken blood vessels and nerves and sewing