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Inguinal hernia repair is surgery to repair a hernia in your groin. A hernia is tissue that bulges out of a weak spot in the abdominal wall. Your intestine may bulge out through this weakened area.Mar 13, 2015

A 3D animation introduces gynecology in this brief educational video. The animated presentation gives a visual overview of the female reproductive system. It is a basic learning resource for students beginning their study of gynecological anatomy. The content is offered for educational purposes for learners in health fields.

fixation of a tibial fracture utilizing the Titanium Cannulated Tibial Nail

Detailed video of Arthroscopic ACL Reconstruction using four stranded hamstring graft

Insertion of a Palindrome TDC in the right internal jugular vein under ultrasound and fluoroscopic guidance at a restructured hospital in Singapore

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Clinical Anatomy Lecture Illustrate The Anatomy Of The Abdominal Wall

Basic Surgical Instrumentation

The Hydatid cyst in the video weighed approximately 300gms and had a diameter of 9 cms .

Dental Implant Procedure - Two Stage

The maneuver is commonly used during some activities: Straining to have a bowel movement Blowing a stuffy nose Certain medical tests or exams As a pressure equalization technique by scuba divers, sky divers and airplane passengers The effect of the Valsalva Maneuver is a drastic increase in the pressure within the thoracic cavity.

The Valsalva Maneuver is any attempt to exhale with the mouth and nose closed. Named after the Italian physician and anatomist, Antonio Maria Valsalva (1666-1723), it is also known as Valsalva's Test and Valsalva's Method.

-Rectocele is a relatively common condition in older women and is characterized by the displacement of the rectum through posterior vaginal wall defect(s). The condition is typically caused by damage to the rectovaginal septum incurred during vaginal childbirth and is exacerbated by periodic increases in intraabdominal pressure (e.g., when laughing or coughing) and the effects of gravity. Women with symptomatic rectoceles who are poor surgical candidates may be treated with pessaries, which are structures designed to support the vaginal wall. Pessaries should only be used in conjunction with vaginal

This short instructional clip demonstrates collection technique for a Pap test. The narration explains how to rotate the brush against the transformation zone, rinse it at once in the ThinPrep solution to release the cells, and seat the broom device so its bristles sample the canal and ectocervix. It is a practical guide for cervical screening technique.

-A finding of ASC on cytology requires further investigation to exclude precancerous lesions. Recommendations differ for women age 21 -24 and those age ;::25. For women age 21 -24 with ASCUS or low-grade squamous intraepitheliallesion (LSIL), current guidelines recommend repeating Pap smear in one year. In this younger patient population, HPV infection is transient and malignant transformation is rare. Therefore, colposcopy is not performed unless the patient demonstrates ASC-US or LSIL on 3

-Osler-Rendu-Weber syndrome is characterized by multiple telangiectasias and vascular lesions of the CNS.

-Sturge-Weber syndrome manifests as a facial port-wine stain and leptomeningeal angiomatosis.

-Hypopigmented spots, in combination with a family history of bilateral deafness, strongly suggest neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF-2), an autosomal-dominant disorder. The spots described actually represent cafe-au-lait spots that are usually hypopigmented (unlike the hyperpigmented cafe-au-lait spots found in NF-1 ). Deafness is caused by bilateral acoustic neuromas, a characteristic neurologic manifestation of the syndrome.

This patient has infectious mononucleosis (IM), a disease caused by the Epstein-Barr virus. IM is a systemic viral infection that is usually seen in children and adolescents. The common presentation is fever with pharyngitis or tonsillitis, cervical adenopathy, splenomegaly, and mild hepatitis.

This patient's age, speech delay, bilateral lower-extremity weakness, apparent increase in calf diameter, and history of a wheelchair-bound uncle are typical of Duchenne muscular dystrophy (DMD). DMD is the most common muscular dystrophy of childhood that affects boys who have inherited a defective dystrophin gene on X-chromosome p21. Weakness begins in the proximal lower-extremity muscles and manifests as difficulty walking, running, jumping, and climbing stairs. Boys may push their arms on their thighs (Gower sign) to transition from sitting to standing.