No (Chhabra, et. al. page 217). Depending on the degree of injury, the structure injured, and the patients probable future activity level surgery may or may not be beneficial. For instance there are many people, even competitive athletes, that return to their normal pre-injury activity level with a complete ACL tear and no reconstructive surgery.

No. There are several variables, which affect a person's ability to completely pass a kidney stone. Some stones can pass spontaneously without medical or surgical intervention. The size and the location of the stone are factors that may effect whether a stone will pass spontaneously. Stones that are smaller than 4 mm have a 40-fold greater chance of passing spontaneously than for stones larger than 6 mm, regardless of the location of the stone.

No. Many degenerative or attritional tears can be managed non-operatively and allow you to return to your "normal" lifestyle.

No. Many ACL tears can be treated non-operatively. Many factors go into the decision making process. Some patients have ACL tears and no instability symptoms. Others are profoundly symptomatic, even with simple stair climbing, turning and twisting. We do not know why some people are more symptomatic than others, which is why surgery is not the right answer for everybody.

If prostatectomy was for prostate cancer and all the cancer cells were located within the prostate gland, then your cancer is cured. However, because it sometimes is difficult to tell if cancer has spread, some men may need treatment for a recurrence of cancer. If prostatectomy was a treatment for prostate enlargement (benign prostatic hyperplasia), about 10 percent of men will require additional surgery because of complications arising from the prostatectomy.

No. The majority of hand problems are treated with non-operative means, although complex difficulties actually necessitate surgical intervention.

In PRK, because the laser removes tissue from the surface of the eye, the body will attempt to fill in the defect much like if you had a cut on your hand. Since corneal tissue has different healing properties, the process can normally be regulated with the use of topical steroid drops which patients may be required to use over a one-month period. In LASIK, these drops are only used for a week. These drops will rarely cause any problems.

Unfortunately, they do occur, although typically they involve bruises from wayward balls, twisted ankles or knees, or perhaps a bit of blood from a ball that eludes a glove. Captains should think about arranging for a simple first-aid kit with an ice pack and some gauze or an ace wrap, and there is a phone at the fields that connects directly to campus security in case a more serious injury occurs.

Yes, patients undergoing Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass surgery will need to start taking vitamins immediately after surgery and continue thereafter, throughout their lifetime.

Arterial blood gases are not routinely - in fact are seldom - performed before weight loss surgery. In patients in whom very poor respiratory function might compromise the safety of the operation, preoperative blood gases might be considered.

If you have no medical problems and the amount of fat is not excessive, you will probably be able to go home the same day as your surgery. However, after liposuction surgery it is prudent to wait a few weeks before resuming strenuous activity, but quiet activity can usually be resumed within a few days. If your work is sedentary, a few days off should suffice, and in smaller cases, you can return to work the next day.

New York Bariatrics does not use a nasogastric tube on any weight loss surgery patients during or immediately after the surgery. Every patient is individualized, of course, but in general, invasive monitoring techniques are not used during surgery. Arterial blood gases are monitored by an external device, which fits over the finger, blood pressures are measured by a blood pressure cuff, and intravenous access is maintained by a peripheral IV.

No, only about 20% of discs produce significant enough spinal cord or nerve root compression to warrant surgery.

In PRK, because the laser removes tissue from the surface of the eye, the body will attempt to fill in the defect much like if you had a cut on your hand. Since corneal tissue has different healing properties, the process can normally be regulated with the use of topical steroid drops which patients may be required to use over a one-month period. In LASIK, these drops are only used for a week. These drops will rarely cause any problems.

No, in the modern context almost no case of Varicose veins require hospitalization and surgery - A majority of minor varicosities can be treated with micro injection Selerosant solution or by laser therapy. However these may be a few cases which came at a very late stage and may require the conventional surgery of removal of the diseased veins.

After surgery there is sometimes mild discomfort which can be relieved by Tylenol. You will be asked to use ice cold compresses on the eyelids for the day of surgery and the day after.