Surgery

ask ten people their opinion on plastic surgeries revealed that a 70% of them did not agree. Plastic surgery gives people many benefits in the way they think about their self-image and self-esteem. The leading reason why plastic surgeries are beneficial is because of the mental, emotional, and physical advantages they offer in giving people a new appearance to make them feel and look better. Self-esteem is one of the main keys when acquiring plastic surgeries. The purpose of this is to make…

smaller incision (ref). If a patient’s ACL reconstruction surgery has already failed, a surgeon may recommend a quadriceps tendon auto graft (ref) or allografts, which is a tendon taken from a cadaver and are becoming increasingly popular due to their success of ACL reconstruction (ref). Physical therapy is a crucial part of ACL surgery, as much of the success of the reconstruction is based on beginning exercise immediately after surgery. Patients treated with surgical reconstruction have…

Wrong Site Surgery: Problems and Solutions Wrong site surgery (WSS) has been around since surgery itself but the statistics that accompany it are relatively new. Before 1999 there was no number for surgery associated injuries, deaths, and near misses because there was no process or system for recognizing and reporting the incidents (Hughes, Mulloy, 2008). Wrong site surgery can be defined in many ways with many subcategories. One definition is, “surgery performed on the wrong side or site of the…

Should people do surgery to lose weight? Many people think they can lose weight by surgery every time they need. However, the author’s know that there are many people disagreement with the person, who wants to do surgery to lose his fat. Nevertheless, many people prefer to do surgical operations for many issues, and they do not care about it because they know the disadvantages and the thoughts that surround them. Nevertheless, doing these operations with the knowledge, there are many people died…

As robotic surgery becomes more common; the moral and ethical implications have come into focus. While surgery itself is an acient practice; surgical ethics are still a relativly new concept. Often surgical practices are not field tested. New surgical procedures will often happen out of necessity, or during a surgical procedure. Since robotic surgery requires special equipment such as software and special physical equipment; it has allowed for further research and study prior to using this…

Ptosis surgery is one of the most performed surgeries by oculoplastic surgeons. It is a common reconstructive surgery where the surgeon fixes the problem of droopy eyelid(s). Ptosis has many causes including age related weakening of the muscle, long term use of contact lens, congenital weakness, trauma, or sometimes neurologic disease. The problem can occur either in one eye (single eyelid drooping) or both the eyes (both eyelids drooping). Droopy eyelids can reduce the vision of the patient and…

an emotional act which usually occurs between person to person, in this same act, a patient is exposing their vulnerabilities to a robot with the respect that a robot will not take advantage of their openness. The dissemination of robotic-assisted surgery have allowed for the impossible to be done, and that includes performing operations from another country away. Kehlet and Wilmore were quoted estimating “...that in the future most collective surgical procedures will become day surgical…

Should cosmetic surgery in adolescents be legal? More teenagers are going “under the knife” to get breast implants, lip injections, or liposuction. Doctors are struggling with this topic today. Cosmetic surgery is surgery to improve a “normal” appearance. Body image is very important to teenagers. There are different influences that affect self esteem and how they see themselves. Social media is a main influence. Teenage celebrities are undergoing plastic surgery and it is being…

Surgery is hectic. With a minimum of eight people in an operating room, not including the patient, and the necessary medical devices, the room can be a tight squeeze for many. Adding the obstacle of a surgical robot and the machinery needed to operate it only decreases the space for the surgical team. Robots in the operating room push human surgeons out. Machines operating on humans is a compelling idea, but is not justifiable because robotic surgery is dangerous, less efficient than human…

Plastic surgery is difficult to define specifically where it has a number of key characteristics, said by The Plastic Surgery Report. Surgical and non-surgical techniques are involved to reshape the normal structure the body. Consumers begin an innermost characteristic of plastic surgery to improve their self-esteem and appearance. As a result of medical need, other medical procedures are performed for therapeutic reasons. However, it is difficult to define the procedures performed for…