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Surgery is the medical specialty that treats diseases or injuries by operative manual and instrumental treatment. more at Wikipedia
Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Endometriosis | 782 |
73% |
| Crohn's Disease & Ulcer... | 191 |
94% |
| Breast Cancer | 181 |
97% |
| Brain / CNS Tumors | 132 |
90% |
| Kidney Stones | 125 |
89% |
Overall, 84% (1913
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Surgery Reviews
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Performed 5-19-08.They got all the cancer from the colon.He's recovering well and is in high spirits
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terrible, bcs I thought it was only to operate the tumor, but I had the ganglios infected,my tumor was very small, i only had a parcial mastectomy
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after 2...
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Had complete large intestine and partial small intestine removed.
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I had 9 surgerys and all of them help for a while but if I for get to take my meds it startes all over again.
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Inital removal VERY successful. In thanks for awesome surgeon and accessibility.
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got most of the cancer out of colon. took a large tumor and 14 inches out!
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I'm scheduled for surgery to remove my large intestine the end of May.
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partial mastectomy,no reconstruction, breast is half the size of the other and is kinda funny looking. Oh well.
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- Left breast lumpectomy
- Sentinel node disection.
- Sentinel node disection.
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ten surgeries followed with a complete hysterectomy
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had a laproscopy pain went away for a month then returned even worse
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Worked well at first, no cramps for about 2 years. Started having horrible cramps again after around the 2 year mark. Have not had another lap for fear of even more scarring and hurting my fertility.
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flap surgery
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Having lump and surrounding tissue removed
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I had the surgery as well. You won't go back to work for 4 weeks at least, not 3 1/2 days!!! Maybe stay in the hospital for three days. I stayed in f... [More] -
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Just my advice : I am 45 years old. I have had back problems for 25 years. I have 3 herniated discs and degenerative disc disease. (the lower 3) I h... [More] -
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I had the colon resection (Sigmoid removal) in November 2007. They took 8 inches due to the advanced diver causing chronic infections. The most im... [More] -
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I had to have the surgery in 2006. I had a large abcess and needed to have it done. Illiostomy (spelling?)and all. After being out of life for 3 mo... [More] -
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ive had several surgeries and it takes longer to heal. gg [More]
