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Tricuspid valve repair and tricuspid valve replacement
These heart surgeries treat tricuspid valve regurgitation and stenosis and Ebstein anomaly, a type of congenital heart defect. Learn how they're done.
Prostatectomy
Learn about surgical options and advances in prostatectomy, including robotic surgery, as well as the risks involved with each approach.
Epilepsy surgery
Surgery may provide relief from epileptic seizures when medications aren't working.
Lumbar puncture (spinal tap)
Learn about lumbar puncture, which removes a sample of cerebrospinal fluid to find infections, bleeding and other conditions. It also is called a spinal tap.
CT scan
This imaging test helps detect internal injuries and disease by providing cross-sectional images of bones, blood vessels and soft tissues inside the body.
Jaw surgery
Jaw surgery corrects irregularities of the jaw bones and realigns the jaws and teeth to improve the way they work and it often improves appearance.
Vasectomy
Find out more about this procedure that provides nearly 100 percent effective male birth control by cutting the supply of sperm to semen.
Bone marrow transplant
Learn about this procedure that replaces unhealthy bone marrow with stem cells. Your own cells, donor cells or cells from umbilical cord blood may be used.
Active surveillance for prostate cancer
Learn about why doctors may recommend active surveillance for prostate cancer and what to expect.
Tonsillectomy
Learn how to prepare for a tonsillectomy and what to expect from the surgery.
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