Essays on Surgery

Bowel diversion is a general term used to describe any surgical procedure during which stool follows an alternate pathway made by a surgeon and is excreted from the body safely in spite of a temporarily or permanently compromised intestine. This procedure is required when the...

While interest in physical appearance is a universal phenomenon with a very long history, there are increasing concerns in the early twenty-first century with respect to the degree of preoccupation and distress experienced as a result of the perceived gap between personal appearance and prevailing...

The concept of beauty has been present in our world for countless generations. Pleasure and satisfaction found in persons, animals, and things existed in the age of the Egyptians, like among the technical writing system of hieroglyphs. Beauty can be seen in the symmetry and...

Plastic surgery is the process of reconstructing or repairing parts of the body by the transfer of tissue, either in the treatment of injury or for cosmetic reasons. There are two forms of reconstructive surgery, Cosmetic surgery and Plastic surgery. Although commonly thought similar, cosmetic...

It is one of the primary tasks of the Surgeon to assess your expectations and make sure these are realistic. A surgeon must explain to you what to expect and what not to expect. In my experience most patients do not expect miracles. But there...

No one would have imagined that the American Civil War would turn into the deadliest war in American history. It was certifiably not a war in which people expected, but it was a war with the Confederate States (South) and the Union (North). The Civil...

Neuroprosthetics is a combination of neuroscience and biomedical engineering. Neural prostheses is used to replace a missing biological functionality by using neural implants. Throughout the years it has been discovered that the technology is becoming way more advanced. This makes it easier for people with...