But a new surgical procedure eliminates the surgeon's big incision and possibly reduces side effects.
Generally the more aggressive the surgical procedure the less chance a bunion will recur, experts say.
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This surgical procedure, also known as keratoplasty, replaces damaged cornea tissue with healthy tissue from a donor.
At that time, he was treated for a lung infection and had a surgical procedure to remove gallstones.
He underwent a six-hour surgical procedure on December 11 that Maduro declared a success in a televised address.
He underwent a six-hour surgical procedure on December 11 that Maduro, in a televised address, declared a success.
Thankfully, Ware underwent a successful two-hour surgical procedure and is being aggressively treated with antibiotics to prevent post-surgical infections.
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This allows Aravind's doctors to focus on diagnosis and the surgical procedure itself.
MacKinnon said this type of infection "is a known complication of the type of surgical procedure" Dole underwent June 27.
Breast augmentation was the most frequent cosmetic surgical procedure in 2012, according to the aesthetic plastic surgery society's new statistics.
It showed a cyst on his navel, which could have potentially led to cancer, so a surgical procedure was necessary.
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More seriously, Dr Fang alleged that Dr Xiao had exaggerated the efficacy of a potentially revolutionary surgical procedure he had invented.
If eyedrops and laser surgery aren't effective in controlling your eye pressure, you may need a surgical procedure called a trabeculectomy (truh-bek-u-LEK-tuh-me).
Cheney had just undergone a surgical procedure to insert a stent, a steel mesh cylinder that expands to pry open a clogged artery.
They dusted off a 1953 medical paper that linked a risky surgical procedure cutting into the abdomen to strip renal nerves to lower blood pressure.
Anyone who has benefited from an MRI exam, a new drug therapy or a high-tech surgical procedure knows the value of biomedical innovation.
The first national study into Caesarean sections in the UK is discovering that the surgical procedure is now used in one in five births.
Although a surgical procedure is successful in many infants, three of every four children who have biliary atresia need a liver transplant before the age of 20.
"With great sadness, we have to announce that Alvin unexpectedly passed away early this morning after unforeseen complications following a routine surgical procedure, " read the message on alvinlee.com.
The most serious bunions are treated with a joint-fusion surgical procedure known as a lapidus bunionectomy, in which the first metatarsal and the next bone back, a cuneiform, are fused together.
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Ironically, given the complaints about the bubble economy, the most common body upgrade is liposuction, a surgical procedure in which fat is suctioned from beneath the skin with a vacuum machine.
These included an "intense" scene involving a surgical procedure in which Wolverine's head and body are drilled with holes and two violent fights between Wolverine and his brother during which stab wounds are shown.
There has been a lot of attention for the idea, promoted by an Italian vascular surgeon name Paulo Zamboni, that multiple sclerosis could be treated by a surgical procedure to open up veins in the neck.
They took the shoes from my hands and fitted them on my wet feet, Herbert, with his mouth open as befit his concentration, tying the laces, and Emily looking on as if it were a surgical procedure.
Cytori Therapeutics has created a family of medical devices and disposable supplies to extract a cocktail of stem and regenerative cells from a patient's fat and re-inject those cells into the patient during the same surgical procedure.
Stones that are resistant to lithotripsy may be treated with a surgical procedure known as a percutaneous nephrolithotomy, in which an instrument is passed through the skin into the kidney to grab and break up or remove the stone.
The procedure - known as peritonectomy and hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy - requires a patient to undergo a complex surgical procedure and involves the removal of the membrane that lines the inner wall of the abdomen and all visible recurrent cancer.
Leading antiabortion groups typically have given lukewarm support to restricting the procedure early in pregnancy, saying they think they have stronger legal grounds for tightening access to abortion through controls on clinics and regulating abortions carried out using a pill rather than a surgical procedure.
Phillip Sommerich had an ileostomy operation 18 months ago - a surgical procedure which links the end of the small intestine to an opening in the abdomen, and began to receive calls from suppliers who asked him whether it was time for him to order more equipment.
Ninewells is one of only three places in the UK to offer the specialised surgical and chemotherapy procedure.
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