VIDEO: Breast cancer in men * 2023
VIDEO: Breast cancer in men * 2023
Breast cancer in men

Breast cancer in men

Both men and women have breast tissue In men, most breast tissue is located behind the nipple. Women have a lot more breast tissue than men – and a much higher rate of breast cancer. Cancers can, however, occur in male breast tissue. Breast cancer is uncommon in men. The average age at diagnosis is 71 years old. As our

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Rotationplasty

Rotationplasty or Van Nes rotation

Rotationplasty, commonly known as a Van Nes rotation or Borggreve rotation, is a type of autograft wherein a portion of a limb is removed, while the remaining limb below the involved portion is rotated and reattached.

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Osteosarcoma

Osteosarcoma

According to estimates, more than 76% of people who are diagnosed before the cancer has spread live at least 5 more years. The same is true of 65% of people whose tumors spread to nearby areas, and of more than 26% of those whose cancer has spread farther.

After treatment, you’ll need regular checkups with your doctor to watch for any long-term side effects and make sure the cancer doesn’t come back.

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Mastectomy

Mastectomy

Mastectomy is breast cancer surgery that removes the entire breast. A mastectomy might be done: When a woman cannot be treated with breast-conserving surgery (lumpectomy), which saves most of the breast. If a woman chooses mastectomy over breast-conserving surgery for personal reasons.

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Types bone cancer

Amputation for bone cancer

Bone cancer can be one of several different cancers that develop in the bones. Cancers that begin in the bone are called primary bone cancers. Tumours that begin in organs or other parts of the body can also spread to the bones. Treatments include surgery, radiation therapy and chemotherapy.

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Lung cancer

Lung cancer

Lung cancer with bone metastases refers to secondary or metastatic tumours that are formed from cancer cells that have broken away from a primary lung cancer and spread through the lymphatic system or blood stream to the bones. Lung cancer is the third most common cause of bone metastases.

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Prótesis para pezón y areola perdidos por mastectomía * MG Latam

Prophylactic mastectomy

A prophylactic mastectomy is surgery to remove one or both breasts to reduce the chance of developing breast cancer. Although a prophylactic mastectomy can reduce this risk by 90% or more, the surgery does not guarantee that you will not get breast cancer.

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Amputación de Pirogoff * MG Latam

Pie Humano * Pág.3.6. Amputación de Pirogoff

La amputación de Pirogoff fue descrita originalmente por el cirujano ruso Nicolás Pirogoff en el año 1864 y se refiere a la amputación osteoplástica distal a la articulación del tobillo, la resección del astrágalo y la fusión ósea de la tibia con el calcáneo, sus ventajas son: menor pérdida de la longitud de la extremidad y permitir la carga completa del peso corporal, así como el poder utilizar una prótesis más anatómica.

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Amputación transmetatarsiana en los pies * MG Latam

Pie Humano * Pág.3.2. Amputación transmetatarsiana

La amputación transmetatarsiana (amputación parcial del pie), también llamada ATM, es la cirugía para quitar toda o una parte de su parte delantera del pie. La parte delantera de su pie incluye los huesos metatarsianos, que son cinco huesos largos entre los dedos y el tobillo.

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