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General Surgery

CholecystectomyYour liver is tucked under your right ribs at the front of your abdomen. It makes a yellow-green liquid called bile. Bile helps digest food. It also gets rid of waste chemicals, such as cholesterol and a breakdown...
GastrectomyThe most likely problem is that there is an ulcer in your stomach. You may have had tiny ulcers in your mouth as a child. A stomach ulcer is much bigger. An ulcer means that the surface cells have been lost; causing a...
MastectomyThe surface of each breast tumour cell has special places, which female sex hormones such as oestrogen stick to. These places are called oestrogen receptors. A special microscope stain on the removed tissue is used to...