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Cervicitis is an inflammation of the cervix, the lower, narrow end of the uterus that opens into the vagina. Possible symptoms of cervicitis include bleeding between menstrual periods, pain with intercourse or during a cervical exam, and abnormal vaginal discharge. However, it's also possible to have cervicitis and not experience any signs or symptoms. Often, cervicitis results from a sexually transmitted infection, such as chlamydia or gonorrhea. Cervicitis can develop from noninfectious causes, too. Successful treatment of cervicitis involves treating the underlying cause of the inflammation.
Otitis media with effusion is inflammation and fluid buildup (effusion) in the middle ear without bacterial or viral infection. This may occur because the fluid buildup persists after an ear infection has resolved. It may also occur because of some dysfunction or noninfectious blockage of the eustachian tubes
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Serious injuries, by and large, cause a lot of swelling in the knee. Especially in younger patients. Now, someone could be arthritic and they overdo it going for a big long hike and they get some swelling the next day. But rapid onset of swelling, it's like hard to make out where your kneecap is, is a pretty big cardinal sign that there's something serious that's happened to your knee. Rapid onset swelling is usually due to blood in the joint. "A meniscus that really tears and flips in the front. You tear your quad or your patellar tendon, your kneecap dislocates, you tear a little blood vessel, your ACL tears, a piece of cartilage in bone gets knocked off and causes bleeding. So a lot of the really significant injuries, people get rapid onset swelling within three to four hours and they should seek attention There's always exceptions to rules, but if your knee looks like a grapefruit, you should go get it checked.
Orthopedic surgeon Donald Polakoff, MD describes recovery time from knee replacement surgery.
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Mohs surgery is a procedure used to remove skin cancers (most commonly basal and squamous cell carcinoma and melanoma) in a way that preserves a maximum amount of healthy tissue. It is useful for skin cancers when:
(1) the location of the cancer is near sensitive areas, like the fingers or face;
(2) earlier treatments have not worked;
(3) a skin cancer is large; and
(4) regular surgery is less likely to remove the cancer.
This procedure video illustrates the procedure on 2 patients with basal cell carcinoma. Click https://ja.ma/3b4scuY to learn more.
0:00 Disclaimer
0:07 Introduction
0:28 What this video will cover
0:43 Mohs "stage" steps
1:09 Marking surgical sites
1:27 Stage 1: skin layer resection (patient 1)
1:59 Maintaining skin layer orientation
2:55 Stage 1: processing layer onto slides (patient 1)
3:53 Stage 1: histology review for cancer (patient 1)
4:31 Discussion on wound closure
5:10 Wound closure (patient 1)
5:47 Stage 1: histology review for cancer (patient 2)
6:24 Stage 2: skin layer resection (patient 2)
6:38 Stage 2: histology review for cancer (patient 2)
6:56 Stage 3: skin layer resection (patient 2)
7:07 Stage 3: histology review for cancer (patient 2)
7:20 Wound closure (patient 2)
7:57 1-week follow-up before-and-after wound healing
Mr Brian MacCormack talking about Paediatric Surgery Emergencies. This talk is part of the Paediatric Emergencies 2022 event. To get your CME certificate for watching the video please visit https://www.paediatricemergenc....ies.com/conference/p
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he appendix is a long narrow tube (a few inches in length) that attaches to the first part of the colon. It is usually located in the lower right quadrant of the abdominal cavity. The appendix produces a bacteria destroying protein called immunoglobulins, which help fight infection in the body. Its function, however, is not essential. People who have had appendectomies do not have an increased risk toward infection. Other organs in the body take over this function once the appendix has been removed.