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Illustrated Guide to Surgeries & Procedures
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Health Presentations - Surgeries, Procedures and Tests

These graphical presentations cover a variety of medical and healthcare topics from gastrointestinal conditions to plastic surgery. Each presentation can be viewed in a linear fashion or can be navigated to specific points of interest. The presentations feature full-color medical illustrations, labels and other visual explanations.
  

Birth Control

Barrier methods of birth control
Birth control pill
Condom application

Ear, Nose, and Throat

Adenoid removal
Ear surgery
Ear tube insertion
Eardrum repair
Emergency airway puncture
Laryngoscopy
Mastoidectomy
Nose surgery
Parathyroidectomy
Thyroidectomy
Tonsillectomy
Tracheostomy

First Aid

Creating a sling
Hand splint
Poisonous snakes
Snakebite (poison) treatment

General Surgery

Abdominal exploration
Achalasia
Anal fissure
Appendectomy
Biliary obstruction
Breast lump removal
Colon cancer
Colon diverticula
Colostomy
Diagnostic peritoneal lavage
Diaphragmatic hernia repair
Endoscopic retrograde cholangio pancreatography (ERCP)
Gallbladder removal
Gastrectomy
Gastroesophageal reflux
Gastrostomy tube placement
GI Bleeding
Hemorrhoid surgery
Hiatal hernia repair
Imperforate anus repair
Inflammatory bowel disease
Inflatable artificial sphincter
Inguinal hernia repair
Intestinal obstruction repair
Laparoscopic surgery
Large bowel resection
Liver transplant
Mastectomy
Meckel's diverticulectomy
Pancreas transplant
Pancreatitis
Pelvic laparoscopy
Pyloric stenosis
Rectal prolapse repair
Small bowel resection
Spleen removal

Hematological

Alpha fetoprotein
Complete blood count
CSF oligoclonal banding
Growth hormone stimulation test
White blood cell count

Neurological

Carpal tunnel repair
Craniotomy
Ventriculoperitoneal shunt

Obstetrics/Gynecology (OB-Gyn)

Amniocentesis
Anterior vaginal wall repair (Surgical treatment of urinary incontinence)
Breech
C-section
Cervical dysplasia
Chorionic villus sampling
D & C
Epidural
Episiotomy
Hysterectomy
Percutaneous umbilical cord blood sampling
Tubal ligation
Ultrasound
Vaginal birth

Opthalmological

Cataract surgery
Corneal transplant
Eye muscle repair
Radial keratotomy for myopia
Retinal detachment repair

Orthopedics

Bone fracture repair
Bone graft
Bone-marrow transplant
Bunion removal
Club foot repair
Hip joint replacement
Knee arthroscopy
Knee joint replacement
Lumbar spinal surgery
Replantation of digits
Shoulder separation
Spinal fusion
Spinal surgery ? cervical

Pediatrics

Exchange transfusion
Gastroschisis repair
Intestinal obstruction (Pediatric)
Leg lengthening
Meningocele repair
Omphalocele repair
Patent ductus arteriosis (PDA)
Pectus excavatum repair
Umbilical hernia repair

Plastics

Abdominoplasty
Blepharoplasty
Breast lift (mastopexy)
Breast reconstruction
Breast reduction (mammoplasty)
Chin augmentation
Circumcision
Cleft lip repair
Craniofacial reconstruction
Facelift
Forehead lift
Hemangioma excision
Liposuction
Repair of webbed fingers
Scar revision
Septoplasty
Skin graft
Skin smoothing surgery

Thoracic

Chest tube insertion
Coronary artery balloon angioplasty
Heart bypass surgery
Heart transplant
Heart valve surgery
Heart-lung transplant
Lung transplant
Pneumothorax
Pulmonary lobectomy
Tracheoesophageal fistula repair

Urological

Bladder and urethral repair
Hydrocele repair
Kidney removal
Kidney transplant
Osmolality urine
Patent urachus repair
Prostatectomy
Testicular torsion repair
TURP
Vasectomy

Urology

Hypospadias repair

Vascular

Arterial bypass leg
Carotid artery surgery
Venous thrombosis


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