As our bodies age, our skin naturally loses its elasticity resulting in sagging and wrinkles. A facelift is a surgical procedure to tighten and lift facial tissues to reverse the signs of aging by removing excess skin, smoothing out wrinkles, and tightening facial tissues.
During a bone marrow transplant, a patient receives healthy stem cells (blood-forming cells) to replace their own stem cells that have been destroyed by treatment with radiation or high doses of chemotherapy. The healthy stem cells may come from the bone marrow of the patient or from a related or unrelated donor.
Thyroidectomy refers to the surgical removal of all or part of your thyroid gland. The thyroid gland –a butterfly-shaped gland located in the front of the neck- produces hormones that control every aspect of your metabolism, from your heart rate to how quickly you burn calories.
During an upper blepharoplasty, the appearance of the upper eyelids is improved by tightening skin, correcting the level of droopy eyelids, or removing excess skin. Eyelid surgery is the most common facial cosmetic surgery following a facelift. Since your eyelids have an important impact on your overall appearance, their rejuvenation may improve your appearance and help you feel younger. In many instances, the procedure may increase the amount of light entering the eye and improve the quality of vision.
Lumbar discectomy is a surgery performed to fix a disc in the lower back. This is the most commonly performed spinal surgery. During this surgery, a surgeon will remove portions of the herniated disc to relieve pressure on the spinal nerve column.
Between each of the bones in your spine (the vertebrae) is a disc. The disc acts as a shock absorber and helps cushion your bones. A herniated disc is one that extends beyond the capsule containing it and pushes into the spinal canal. A herniated disk can irritate or press on nearby nerves.
Glaucoma is a group of eye conditions that damage the optic nerve, the health of which is vital for good vision. This damage is often caused by abnormally high pressure in your eye.
Cataract surgery involves the removal of your eye lens and replacing it with an artificial lens. Cataract causes your clear eye lens to become cloudy which eventually affects your vision. Since cataract surgery is performed by an ophthalmologist on an outpatient basis, you won’t need to stay in the hospital after the surgery.
Lung surgery generally involves the removal of lung tissue to repair the damage or perform a biopsy. Lung surgery is sometimes performed to stem side effects of other procedures, such as when blood may need to be removed from the organ during a different surgical procedure.
Canthoplasty surgery refers to several cosmetic and reconstructive procedures that reposition the lateral canthus (the outer corner of the eyes where the upper eyelids meet the lower eyelids). Canthoplasty results in a wider-eyed appearance, or cat-eyed.
