Question 1

my wife just had liproscopy surgery yesterday morning and she's been going pee about every 1/2 hr to hr. she's been sipping often.is this normal?

Accepted Answer

Need more info: Need some additional information to answer this question. What type of laparoscopic surgery did she have and for what problem? Did she have a catheter in her bladder at the time? How long was the procedure, roughly?

Question 2

i have a 10mm kidney stone. will shockwave lithoscopy work? will it break it up enough to pass w/o pain? what is smallest stone to pass w/o pain?

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Yes: Lithotripsy will usually break it. Sometimes the urologist may elect to put a stent up the ureter until all the fragments are passed. Good luck.

Question 3

what is pcnl?

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Stone treatment.: Pcnl stands for percutaneous nephrolithotomy. It is a procedure used in the treatment of large kidney stones, which are too large or too dense to approach by ureteroscopy or shock-wave lithotripsy. First, a tube is placed into the kidney through a small incision in the flank. This incision is later widened to accommodate a nephroscope, which is used to visualize, disrupt, and remove the stone.

Question 4

what is laparoscopy?

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"Keyhole" surgery: It is surgery done via small incisions and a camera scope.  Temporary ports are placed to access the abdominal cavity.  Carbon dioxide gas is used to inflate the abdomen to create space.  The procedure is performed using long thin instruments inserted through the ports.  Sometimes a "hand port" is placed to allow hand access.  This maneuver keeps the procedure minimally-invasive.

Question 5

what exactly is arthroscopic knee surgery? when is it done? what is the recovery time? is it dangerous?

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Incision, scope, cut: Anesthetize area, insert scope thru small incision, establish problem after washing out cloudy fluid with sterile clear sol'n, insert thin surgical tool (like scissor), correct prob. Done for torn meniscal cartilage, ant cruciate ligament, remove loose fragments or inflamed tissue. Recovery time depends on proc and ortho: 1-8 wks. Anesthesia reax, infection, clots, fluid reaccum: generally safe.

Question 6

what exactly is a laparoscopy?

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Surgery: Surgical procedure that uses small incisions to insert a lighted camera and small surgical instruments to perform surgical procedures in the abdominal or pelvic region.

Question 7

what is fiberoptic intubation and how is it done?

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Carefully!: Intubation is the insertion of a breathing tube into the windpipe (trachea). Usually it is done through the mouth with an instrument called a laryngoscope. Sometimes it is necessary to use a fiberoptic bronchoscope, either through the nose or the mouth. The area will be numbed. The fiberoptic scope is used to get a good view of the vocal cords, then the breathing tube is advanced into the airway.

Question 8

what is chromopertubation?

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Fallopian tube check: This is a test to make sure your fallopian tubes are open and will allow an egg to travel downstream into the uterus.  The test injects a colored dye into the uterus. This dye should travel up through the fallopian tube and exit the fallopian tube at the far end.  If no dye is seen, the tube is blocked.

Question 9

what is a cholecystectomy?

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Remove gallbladder: Medical terminology describing a surgery to remove the gallbladder.

Question 10

what is vitrectomy surgery and how is it done?

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Umm....: Vitreous is the gel the fills the eye. It is removed with a high speed cutting/sucking instrument inserted about 3.5 mm back from the cornea, along with a irrigator and a light source--3 ports in all.

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My wife just had liproscopy surgery yesterday morning and she's been going pee about every 1/2 hr to hr. she's been sipping often.is this normal?

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