HIPEC-based cytoreductive surgery is an aggressive locoregional treatment that begins with the resection of disseminated intraabdominal disease, either completely or with minimal residual disease. After cytoreduction, chemotherapy is infused into the abdominal...
ACL reconstruction surgery aids in the reconstruction of a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL), a major ligament in the knee. Soccer, football, basketball, and volleyball are the most common sports for ACL injuries. Ligaments are strong tissue bands that connect one...
Debulking cytoreductive surgery is a common ovarian cancer treatment procedure that helps to remove as much cancerous tissue in the patient’s abdomen as possible while leaving no tumour nodules larger than 1 centimetre in diameter behind. This procedure is...
Uterine cancer is a type of cancer that begins in the cells of the uterus. It is a common gynecologic cancer that primarily affects women who have gone through menopause. The most common symptom of uterine cancer is abnormal vaginal bleeding. Laparoscopic radical...
Kyphosis surgery is a posterior spinal fusion with instrumentation in which the surgeon uses metal rods and screws to hold the spinal bones in place. Compression fractures are typically treated non-surgically. The surgery itself takes four to five hours, with a three...