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Epilepsy Syndromes

Posted by liz4gillian to Surgery, Dec 30, 2009 11:05am

The latest treatments for epilepsy syndromes such as Dravet's and Lenaux etc. When the extreme such as callosotomy (brain surgery) is the right treatment. My daughter (age 10) suffers with Dravet syndrome (Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy of Infancy). She has almost all types of seizures daily bu...

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Weight loss surgery!

Posted by alishamarie to Surgery, Jan 4, 2010 12:14pm

I just recently just had the Realize band! Im 20 years old. The obesity rates are climbing. The show promotes weight loss but sometimes you need extra help. There are several surgeries that can help the obesity rate. Theres gastric bypass, lap band, realize band, and gastric sleeve. Why not in...

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a-fib

Posted by annlucas to Surgery, Jan 13, 2010 6:43am

more than 80,000 people suffer from a-fibulation. My husband was one. We found a wonderful Dr. (Dr. Chris Liakonis). Oct.26,2009, my husband had a mini-maze surgery. He has been in sinus rythm since. After 5 months he'll be declared cured. He has a new lease on lfe. We would like peopl...

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Recovering from Surgery - Getting life back to normal

Posted by lorimisuraca to Surgery, Jan 15, 2010 2:15pm

I am currently recovering from shoulder surgery. I had planned on 4 weeks of medical leave however there was more damange than anticipated increasing my recovery to 8 weeks.

I would like to see a show that discusses the physical and emotional aspects of the weeks following surgery. ...

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Cataract Surgery

Posted by mikefine to Surgery, Jan 22, 2010 12:03am

Hi, I need to have cataract surgery and am very scared... I can't drive a car anymore because my vision is not good enough to pass the DMV test.
I would love to see someone's surgery experience on TV. If I could see someone go through what I have to do, then it would help me gain the ...

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Total Hip Replacement

Posted by janetlovescats to Surgery, Feb 3, 2010 12:40pm

Could you produce a show re total hip replacements. Would it be possible to show some of the actual surgery? I have had both hips replaced and would like to know more about the actual surgery.