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Chest surgery
Chest surgery is a method of treating problems in the chest that generally require something to be cut out (biopsy or removal of tissue) or something to be repaired. Examples include removing tumors, removing sections of damaged lung, repairing birth defects of the trachea or esophagus, coronary artery bypass grafts, repairing traumatic chest wounds, etc...
Dr. Jeff Livingston reviewed this
24 year experience in Obstetrics and Gynecology
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Does chest surgery hurt?
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What is chest surgery like?
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Has any body got male chest surgery?
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Have surgical clips in my chest but have never had chest surgery. Why is that?
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What are the kinds of doctors that perform chest surgery?
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Are there any doctors that perform FTM chest surgery in spokane wa?
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What do you advise if i had a chest surgery what do I tell my teacher?
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What sort of treatment is chest surgery?
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What happens during heart and chest surgery?
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Is there a way to fade a scar after chest surgery?
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Can i wear underwear during chest surgery? Since it is nowhere near down there will they allow it?
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Why does my stomach hurt after chest surgery?
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What is the definition or description of: orthopedic chest surgery?
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A 34-year old female asked:
Open chest surgery wound changed today - wiped with iodine. Now bandage is wet & yellow. Is this ok? Previous dressing was dry.
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Any aches after sunken chest surgery?
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A 61-year old male asked about a 84-year old female:
Why did the chest X-ray tech ask if i had previous chest surgery?
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Help docs! my back aches after sunken chest surgery?
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Can u tell if a patient has had chest surgery in the past just from the chest x-ray?
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What are the risks involved with pectus excavatum (sunken chest) surgery?
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A female asked:
Can my son play football? He had sunken chest surgery 4 years ago. He had the old surgery where the cartiledge was removed.
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How can I raise my sunken-in chest without surgery?
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How to reduce the fat in chest without surgery?
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A member asked:
Hi i was just wondering my best friend has a tumor in the middle if her chest will the surgery have any complications to remove it?
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How can I lose chest fat without surgery or wearing bras?
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Have hietal hernia with somach in chest cavity awaiting surgery, felt like i couln't breath this am and vomitted a lot concerning?
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Why does my doctor want me to have an EKG and chest xray before surgery?
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Am18 yrs i have small gynecomastia . i was 110 kg now 84 kg , they reduce but with same shape , anycure with exercise chest and no surgery?
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A 18-year old female asked:
Where begins and where ends sternotomy scar on chest after heart surgery and what length is this scar? How long takes complete heal of this scar?
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