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Coronary artery bypass grafting, known as CABG, is an open heart operation that treats severe coronary artery disease by routing b...

Appendectomy is the surgical removal of the appendix, most often performed as an emergency treatment for acute appendicitis, one o...

Cholecystectomy is the surgical removal of the gallbladder and is one of the most common abdominal operations. It is most often pe...

Hernia repair is one of the most frequently performed operations in general surgery. A hernia is a protrusion of tissue, often fat...

Total hip arthroplasty replaces a damaged hip joint with an artificial femoral stem and head and an acetabular cup. It is one of t...

Total knee arthroplasty resurfaces the damaged ends of the femur and tibia, and often the undersurface of the patella, with metal ...

Cesarean section is the surgical delivery of a baby through incisions in the abdominal wall and the uterus. It is one of the most ...

Mastectomy is the surgical removal of breast tissue, performed to treat breast cancer or to reduce risk in people at very high inh...

Colon resection, or colectomy, removes a diseased segment of the large intestine. It is performed for colorectal cancer, complicat...

Thyroidectomy removes part of the thyroid gland, a hemithyroidectomy or lobectomy, or all of it, a total thyroidectomy. Indication...

Hysterectomy is the surgical removal of the uterus and is one of the most common major gynecologic operations. Common indications ...

Spinal fusion permanently joins two or more vertebrae so that they heal into a single solid bone, eliminating painful or unstable ...

Gastrectomy is the surgical removal of all or part of the stomach. Its main indication is gastric cancer, which is among the most ...

Liver resection, or hepatectomy, removes part of the liver. It is performed mainly for colorectal cancer that has spread to the li...

Pancreaticoduodenectomy, known as the Whipple procedure, is one of the most complex operations in abdominal surgery. It is perform...

Heart transplantation replaces a failing heart with a healthy donor heart and is the established treatment for selected patients w...

Kidney transplantation is the preferred treatment for many people with end stage kidney disease, generally offering longer surviva...

Liver transplantation replaces a diseased liver with a whole or partial liver from a donor. It is performed for end stage liver di...

Lung resection is the surgical removal of part or all of a lung, performed mainly for lung cancer, the leading cause of cancer dea...

Radical prostatectomy removes the entire prostate gland and the seminal vesicles, usually together with nearby lymph nodes, as a t...

Roux en Y gastric bypass is one of the most established bariatric operations and has long been regarded as a reference standard in...

Sleeve gastrectomy removes most of the stomach along its greater curvature, leaving a narrow tube shaped stomach. It has become th...

Hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, often still called bone marrow transplantation, replaces diseased or damaged blood formin...

Craniotomy is the surgical removal of a section of the skull, called a bone flap, to gain access to the brain, with the bone usual...

Abdominal aortic aneurysm repair is performed to prevent rupture of an abnormally widened section of the abdominal aorta, a catast...

Hemicolectomy removes approximately one half of the colon. A right hemicolectomy removes the cecum, ascending colon and part of th...

Parathyroidectomy removes one or more overactive parathyroid glands, small glands behind the thyroid that regulate calcium in the ...

Femoral popliteal bypass is an operation that reroutes blood around a blocked or severely narrowed superficial femoral artery in t...

Fundoplication is an anti reflux operation in which the upper part of the stomach, the fundus, is wrapped around the lower esophag...

Rotator cuff repair reattaches torn tendons of the rotator cuff, the group of four muscles and tendons that stabilizes and moves t...

Anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction replaces a torn ACL, a key stabilizing ligament inside the knee that prevents the shin b...

Shoulder replacement, or shoulder arthroplasty, replaces the damaged surfaces of the glenohumeral joint. Anatomic total shoulder a...

Ulnar nerve transposition is an operation for cubital tunnel syndrome, compression of the ulnar nerve at the elbow, which is the s...

Laminectomy removes the lamina posterior bony arch of the vertebra to decompress the spinal canal, treating spinal stenosis most c...

Artificial disc replacement, also called total disc arthroplasty, replaces a damaged intervertebral disc with a mechanical device ...

Tracheostomy is a surgical opening made through the front of the neck into the trachea, into which a tube is placed to provide an ...

Mastoidectomy removes diseased mastoid air cells behind the ear, treating chronic otitis media with cholesteatoma, mastoiditis, an...

Rhinoplasty reshapes the nose for functional and aesthetic reasons, being one of the most commonly performed cosmetic operations. ...

Burn debridement is the removal of dead and damaged tissue from deep burns, an essential step in preventing infection, promoting h...

Cesarean hysterectomy is the removal of the uterus at the time of cesarean delivery, either immediately after the birth of the bab...

Oophorectomy is the surgical removal of one ovary, a unilateral oophorectomy, or both ovaries, a bilateral oophorectomy. It is oft...

Splenectomy is the surgical removal of the spleen, an organ in the upper left abdomen that filters the blood, removes old red bloo...

Adrenalectomy is the surgical removal of one or both adrenal glands, small endocrine glands that sit above the kidneys and produce...

A facelift, or rhytidectomy, is a cosmetic operation that repositions sagging tissues of the lower face and neck to reduce visible...

Breast reconstruction recreates the shape of the breast after mastectomy or, less often, after lumpectomy with significant deformi...

Cleft lip and palate repair corrects one of the most common birth differences affecting the face, occurring in roughly 1 in 700 bi...

Surgical aortic valve replacement removes a diseased aortic valve and replaces it with a prosthetic valve. The most common indicat...

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement, known as TAVR or TAVI, implants a new aortic valve through a catheter without opening the ...

Mitral valve repair restores the function of the valve between the left atrium and left ventricle while preserving the native valv...

Carotid endarterectomy removes atherosclerotic plaque from the inner lining of the carotid artery in the neck, the main blood supp...

Lower limb amputation is the surgical removal of part or all of a leg or foot. The most common reasons in developed countries are ...

Esophagectomy is the removal of part or most of the esophagus, the muscular tube that carries food from the throat to the stomach....

Distal pancreatectomy removes the body and tail of the pancreas, the portion lying to the left of the major blood vessels. It is p...

Nephrectomy is the surgical removal of a kidney. A radical nephrectomy removes the entire kidney, often with surrounding fat and s...

Radical cystectomy is the removal of the entire urinary bladder, most often for muscle invasive bladder cancer or high risk non mu...

Percutaneous nephrolithotomy, often called PCNL, removes kidney stones through a small tract made directly through the skin of the...

Cochlear implant surgery places an electronic device that provides a sense of sound to people with severe to profound sensorineura...

Thymectomy is the surgical removal of the thymus, a gland in the front of the chest behind the breastbone that plays a role in dev...

Ankle fracture surgery, usually performed as open reduction and internal fixation or ORIF, repairs breaks of the bones around the ...

Hip fracture surgery repairs a break in the upper part of the femur, the thigh bone, near the hip joint. Hip fractures are very co...

Achilles tendon repair is surgery to reconnect the ends of a ruptured Achilles tendon, the strong tendon that joins the calf muscl...

Deep brain stimulation, or DBS, is a neurosurgical procedure in which thin electrodes are implanted in specific deep brain structu...

Abdominoplasty, commonly called a tummy tuck, removes excess skin and fat from the lower abdomen and usually tightens the underlyi...

Myomectomy is the surgical removal of uterine fibroids, also called leiomyomas, while leaving the uterus in place. Fibroids are ve...

Exploratory laparotomy is an operation in which the abdomen is opened through a large incision, usually down the midline, so the s...

Ostomy creation is an operation in which a portion of the intestine is brought through the abdominal wall to form an opening calle...

The pull through procedure is the main operation for Hirschsprung disease, a congenital condition in which nerve cells called gang...