surgery
A rotator cuff injury is inflammation of, or damage to, the muscles and tendons in the shoulder.
Open surgery is the standard type of surgery carried out to repair an aneurysm in the aorta (the largest blood vessel in your body) to stop it from bursting. An aneurysm is a widening or bulging...
Abdominal aortic aneurysm is a widening or bulging of the aorta (the largest blood vessel) in the abdomen. Abdominal aortic aneurysm usually occurs at a weak spot in the aortic wall. It often...
[Published by Bupa's health information team, April 2010.]
This factsheet is for people who are planning to have heart valve surgery, or who would like information about it.
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This factsheet is for people who are having a coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), or who would like information about it.
CABG is surgery to treat coronary heart disease. A blood vessel is...
[Published by Bupa’s health information team, July 2010.]
This factsheet is for people who have a thoracic aortic aneurysm, or who would like information about it.
A thoracic...
This factsheet is for people who have heart valve disease, or who would like information about it.
Heart valve disease (also known as valve disease or valvular heart disease) means one or...
This factsheet is for people who are planning to have a hip replacement operation or hip revision surgery, or who would like information about it.
Hip replacement operation...