These are called the retroperitoneal lymph nodes. This operation is called a retroperitoneal lymph node dissection. This is a large operation. You might be in hospital for around 5 days depending on ...

A lawsuit filed against Northwestern Medicine McHenry Hospital alleges a surgical sponge was negligently left inside a ...

A surgeon performing a second procedure found and removed a surgical sponge from the initial surgery, according to the court ...

For those who live with chronic neck pain, finding a supportive pillow is essential: The right one alleviates muscle tension and promotes proper alignment, leading to more comfortable nights (and ...

Metastases to lymph nodes were found in 15 out of ... was delivered en bloc under the mandible into the neck wound, and the radical block dissection was completed with the liberation of smaller ...

Medically reviewed by Amy Kwan, PT Your latissimus dorsi (your "lats") is a broad, flat, triangle-shaped muscle that spans ...

Dayton Hastings came up with the idea for a basketball five-on-five fundraising tournament to support his teacher, who’s also his best friend’s dad. The Family FunPlex will host the ...

Arterial dissections, which involve an abrupt tear in the wall of a major artery resulting in the intramural accumulation of blood, are a family of catastrophic disorders causing major, potentially ...

recently successfully underwent a surgery for the removal of a tumour from the right side of its neck. An official release said the procedure was performed under gas anaesthesia, with the tumour ...

“I had another biopsy in February 2016 – I wasn’t expecting to hear the word ‘cancer’." In March 2016, Karen had the right side of her tongue removed and neck dissection in the right side of her neck.