Conditions & Procedures
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Sacroccoygeal teratoma (SCT) is a tumor of neonates that arises from the tailbone or coccyx. It is the most common tumor of newborns, although it is quite rare occurring in approximately 1 in every 40,000 births. This birth defect is more common in females than in male…
Short bowel syndrome is a group of problems related to poor absorption of nutrients that typically occurs in people who have had half or more of their small intestine removed. The small intestine and the large intestine, also called the colon, make up the bowel. The small…
A splenectomy is an operation to remove the spleen. The spleen plays a role in immunity against bacterial infections. The spleen is in the uppermost area of the left side of the abdomen, just under the diaphragm.
Splenectomy is rarely an emergency and can be scheduled…