Decision Points about surgery
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Decision Points about surgery
Decision Points are designed to guide you through key health decisions, combining medical information with your personal information to make a wise health decision. Click on a link below to learn more about surgeries for your condition:
Achilles tendon rupture- Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) repair
- Aortic valve stenosis: When to have aortic valve replacement
- Aortic valve stenosis: Types of valves
- Banking blood before surgery
- Birth control
- Blocked tear duct
- Breast cancer
- Bunions
- Carotid endarterectomy
- Carpal tunnel syndrome
- Cataracts
- Chronic fluid behind the eardrum
- Circumcision
- Dupuytren's disease
- Endometriosis
- Episiotomy
- Gallstone attacks
- GERD (gastroesophageal reflux disease)
- Hammer, claw, or mallet toes
- Hemorrhoids
- Herniated disc
- Hip replacement
- Infertility
- Inguinal hernia
- Knee replacement
- Meniscus tear
- Miscarriage
- Nearsightedness
- Obesity
- Obstructive sleep apnea
- Ovarian cancer prevention
- Pelvic organ prolapse
- Peripheral arterial disease
- Plantar fasciitis
- Prostate cancer
- Prostate enlargement (benign prostatic hyperplasia or BPH)
- Rotator cuff disorders
- Scoliosis
- Sinusitis
- Spinal stenosis
- Stable angina
- Temporomandibular disorder
- Tennis elbow
- Tonsillitis
- Tubal infertility
- Ulcerative colitis
- Umbilical hernias in children
- Urinary incontinence in women
- Uterine fibroids
- Varicose veins
- Warts or plantar warts
- Wisdom tooth removal
Credits
| Author | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Editor | Sydney Youngerman-Cole, RN, BSN, RNC |
| Associate Editor | Daniel Greer |
| Primary Medical Reviewer | Steven L. Schneider, MD - Family Medicine |
| Last Updated | October 4, 2005 |
| Last updated: | October 04, 2005 |
|---|---|
| Author: | Susan Van Houten, RN, BSN, MBA |
| Reviewed By: | Steven L. Schneider, MD - Family Medicine |
| Editors: | Sydney Youngerman-Cole, RN, BSN, RNC, Daniel Greer |
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