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Kidney Removal - Articles
Kidney removed through belly button
by
Katherine B.
Posted
Fri 20 Feb 2009 7:12pm
What is it with kidney removal? Is there a contest going on I don't know about? First I wrote about the kidney being removed through a patient's vagina and now there's an article about a cancerous kidney removed via one incision in the bellybutton.
I'm all for research but what's the deal here?
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Kidney Removed via the Patient’s Belly Button - Spain
by
Medical Quack

Posted
Sat 14 Mar 2009 3:53pm
trained on the surgical instruments used. BD
The team of Dr. Antoni Alcaraz of Hospital Clínic de Barcelona has removed a kidney from a woman diagnosed with kidney cancer... remotely and extract it once it has been entrapped inside the body. Accessing the kidney via this route means no visible marks are left as the minimal incision made by the surgeons
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#1 Surgically Removed Item From Dogs & Cats
by
Matt FM.
Posted
Sat 23 Jul 2011 9:08am
to Veterinary Pet Insurance (VPI), they compiled a list of most common items surgically removed from pets.
Do you know what is #1?
It is the sock!
Here is the list:
Top 10 Surgically Removed Items
1. Socks
2. Underwear
3. Panty Hose
4. Rocks
5. Balls
6. Chew Toys
7. Corn Cobs
8. Bones
9. Hair Ties/Ribbons
10
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Surgical Removal of Excess Skin after Massive Weight Loss
by
Meg W.
Posted
Mon 13 Sep 2010 11:24am
Dr. Motykie is a plastic surgeon in Los Angeles specializing in rhinoplasty and facial rejuvenation. He's got a YouTube channel where he features testimonials from his patients. We haven't seen any other single surgeon with this many videos (29) published on YouTube. Still, it's debatable if this is a worthwhile marketing strategy as most of th ...
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Surgical removal of wisdom teeth
by
Dave W
Posted
Mon 30 Jan 2012 6:47am
Problems with wisdom teeth are common and can be easily resolved through surgery. This article will be of help to anyone wanting to know how wisdom teeth are surgically removed and what the associated problems might be.
The wisdom tooth (or third molar) is the la ...
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Surgical removal of small colon ...
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Dr. Rubens D.
Posted
Mon 03 Nov 2008 7:55pm
Surgical removal of small colon polyps is costly and unnecessary
04 nov 2008--Polypectomy (the surgical removal of polyps by colonoscopy) of small polyps found during CT colonography is costly and unnecessary according to a study performed at the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health in Madison, WI.
A decision analysis model
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Wrong Side Kidney Surgery Leads to Court Case – Riverside, California
by
Medical Quack

Posted
Fri 11 Sep 2009 10:22pm
It still keeps happening and making the news. According to the story, the chart was clearly marked that it was the left and the right kidney was the one to be removed... hospital claiming the surgeon removed his healthy kidney instead of his diseased one, leaving him to endure dialysis treatments every three days.
Francisco Torres, 72, underwent
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