Open heart surgery is a procedure that can be performed in two ways: the first is cutting the chest open (which is very invasive) the second is working on the heart around the ribs. These options have been the same for over 50 years (!). However, they changed a year Read more…
Bariatric Surgery Bariatric surgery, also known as weight loss surgery and obesity surgery, includes a variety of surgical procedures performed on people who have obesity. Bariatric surgical procedures cause weight loss by restricting the amount of food the stomach can hold, causing malabsorption of nutrients, or by a combination of Read more…
Rib Removal Surgery – Overview Rib removal surgery is an operation that is performed to remove one or more ribs. Humans have 24 ribs (12 pairs) and some have 13 pairs. The first seven sets of ribs are termed “true ribs” as they are directly attached to the sternum or Read more…
Types of Surgery – Overview Surgery is a procedure in which incision and physical manipulation are used to treat a patient with an injury or a disease. The patient’s tissues are cut during this technique to permit the manipulation of otherwise inaccessible tissues. There are various types of surgery and Read more…
If you have a surgical procedure that involves an incision, a scar will form where the incision was closed. This new scar tissue is formed from myofibroblasts and collagen fibers which are produced by your body in response to the injury. The initial scar formation, referred to as the proliferation Read more…