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The ingrown nail or toenail (onychocryptosis) is the condition that occurs when the side margins of the nail penetrate the skin. It is a very commo...
Thyroid eye disease is the most frequent inflammation of the orbit of the eyes. It is also the most common manifestation in patients with Graves' d...
Optic neuritis is inflammation of the eye’s optic nerve. The optic nerve is formed by a bundle of nerve fibres that carries light signals from the...
Arthroscopy is a minimally invasive surgical procedure that is used to diagnose and treat joint problems. It involves making small incisions, appr...
Fatty liver disease with a metabolic cause, formerly known as "non-alcoholic fatty liver disease" is the accumulation of fat in hepatocytes, the m...
A fusion prostate biopsy is an outpatient procedure to take a sample which is then used to diagnose or rule out prostate cancer. A fusion prostate...
Fertility preservation is a series of medical procedures aimed at helping to achieve a pregnancy in the future. These techniques are performed i...
Liver cirrhosis is the formation and accumulation of scars on the liver as a consequence of chronic damage. These scars are also called fibrous tis...
Tuberculosis is an infectious disease caused by a bacterium called Mycobacterium tuberculosis, also known as Koch's bacillus. The infection is tra...
A pacemaker is a stimulation system that generates electrical pulses delivered by electrodes; it is implanted in the heart and connected to a batte...
A pancreas transplant is an alternative treatment for patients with insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus. A pancreas transplant is a complex surgica...
Scintigraphy is a diagnostic test in Nuclear Medicine that creates images of the body’s internal organs and tissues using gamma rays emitted by rad...
A carotid endarterectomy is a surgical procedure to treat occlusion of the carotid arteries in the neck. The operation is to remove atherosclerotic...
Coronary angioplasty with stenting is one of the interventional coronary procedures used to widen heart arteries obstructed by the accumulation of...
Immunotherapy is a set of treatments that stimulate the body's natural defences to fight a disease; in this case, to fight certain types of cancer....
An electromyogram (EMG) is a diagnostic test that studies nerve function. It measures the speed and effectiveness of the electrical signals the ner...
Gastro-oesophageal reflux disease (GORD) is a benign disease that occurs when stomach acid rises into the oesophagus (the tube connecting the stoma...
Faecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) is a procedure to transfer faecal microbiota from a healthy person’s processed stool sample into the intest...
Achalasia is a disorder of the oesophagus that makes it difficult for food and liquid to move from the oesophagus to the stomach. This is because t...
Computed Tomography combined with Positron Emission Tomography or PET-CT is a nuclear medicine diagnostic test that combines two different techniqu...