Pelvic organ prolapse occurs when a woman has weak vaginal walls that allow adjoining organs, the uterus, the bladder, and/or the rectum, to drop into the vaginal canal. Stress urinary incontinence is the involuntary leakage of urine with physical activity. If noninvasive treatments are not effective, there are various surgical options for pelvic organ prolapse or stress urinary incontinence. Click title to continue reading...
A 33-year-old woman became a patient at an obstetrics-gynecology practice when the woman was six weeks pregnant. The woman had two prior miscarriages and had previously undergone a loop electrosurgical excision procedure (LEEP) to remove abnormal tissue from the cervix. Undergoing a LEEP procedure can place a woman at risk for a medical condition known as an incompetent or insufficient cervix in which the cervix is too weak, without medical intervention, to support a pregnancy to term. Click title to continue reading...
While working at a home improvement store, a man lost his footing, spraining the left ankle and fracturing the large toe on the left foot. A doctor directed the man to wear a controlled ankle movement (CAM) walking boot to immobilize the foot and ankle and to elevate the injury. Eight days later, the man was examined by a physician who concluded that the man’s varicose veins in the left leg put the man at elevated risk of deep vein thrombosis (DVT). Click title to continue reading...
