Rare surgical procedures: Spinal Osteomyelitis and surgery

Osteomyelitis is commonly the spinal infection to explain in detail vertebral osteomyelitis refers to an infection of the vertebral body in the spine. It is sometimes a rare reason for the back pain most probably in healthy adults. Generally, the infection is spread through the vascular route.

The symptoms of the vertebral osteomyelitis include,

• Back pain
• Unexplained weight loss
• Excessive sweating
• Fever
• Chills
• Fatigue
• Pain around the area of infection
• Inflammation around the area of infection.
• Torticollis

Tests and diagnosis include, 

•   Blood tests- complete blood count is done to detect the infection
•   Erythrocyte sedimentation 
•  C-reactive protein determination
•   Radioistopic bone scanning

Surgery:

• In the cases were the prosthetic joint get infected surgery shall be performed to remove the infected join and replace it with prosthetics.
• In situation were the large number of bones get infected surgery to be performed to remove the infected bone tissue.

Obesity surgery -Aims and Scope!!!

Due to the change in the lifestyle and changing food habits obesity has become the one of the common problems and the field of surgery related to obesity also gains the great importance.
Some of the common obesity surgeries includes:

• Adjustable gastric banding

• Roux-en-Y gastric bypass

• Biliopancreatic diversion

• Sleeve gastrectomy

• One anastomosis gastric bypass

How much weight will the person lose after the bariatric surgery?

The weight loss will be lost gradually, and it is found to commence after the surgical procedures are completed. The amount weight loss generally depends on the patient, i.e it depends on how the patient follows the healthy eating habits, diet and exercise. The normal range of weight loss would be 0.5-1 .0 Kg/week. Totally the long-term weight loss would be expected about 50-60% of the excess weight.
The continuous follow-up with the bariatric clinic clearly shows the follow-up for the successful weight loss. The patients are strictly instructed to follow the dietary instruction as per the guidelines given by the dietician and the multivitamin supplements are also found to be suggested.

Recent advancement in the field of surgery

As we know medical advancement in the field of robotics and noninvasive surgery have changed the procedures in the operating room. But the fact is that these technologies have not yet reached the success to the full extreme due to their novelty and cost.

1.MINIMALLY INVASIVE SURGERY

Minimally invasive surgery can be considered as the one of the boons to the medical field because the surgery would not be possible without the doctor in the past decades but now the surgical procedures has been modernized the best example is the natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery where the instruments enters through the openings in the body instead of cutting the skin.

2.ROBOTIC SURGERY

The next level improvement in the medical field after the minimally invasive surgery is the robotic surgery. Robots have been introduced into the field of surgery only in the recent years. In these kinds of robotic surgery, the doctors usually control the robots through the computer. This fact proves that the surgery nowadays has been modernized and gained greater development when compared to the past decades.

3.TELESURGERY

More interesting development than the robotic surgery is the telesurgery in which the doctors may not be physically present they may present in the different countries and may assist the surgery through telecommunication. The challenging fact is the time delay in the transmission of data between two locations.

It is obvious that the growth in the field of surgery has improved the standard of living of the patients and made the surgery painless and took the medical field to the next generation.

BROKEN EYE SOCKET: SYMPTOMS AND SURGERY

The broken eye socket generally causes the intense pain, swelling and a black eye which becomes easier to recognize and diagnose.

Generally, the eye socket is the bony structure covering the eye and protecting it during various conditions. Most of the parts of the eyes are hard, thick and difficult to break while the other parts are fragile and more prone to breaking.

What is the broken eye socket?

The eye socket which is generally called the orbit, while it feels like the solid structure it consists of the seven different bones that connect to create the four different areas. During that time the fracture may happen at any of the parts of the eye socket it is generally called as the broken eye syndrome.

Surgery for broken eye socket?

Surgery for treating the broken eye socket is usually risky and is not always the best treatment method opted. In extreme cases where the surgery is mandatory, the surgeons usually start the surgical procedures when the swelling around the eye socket reduces.

Certain symptoms that indicate the surgical procedures are,

An eye that is pushed back into the eye socket after the several weeks of healing.

Lasting facial deformity

Vision changes or double vision problems.

Surgical procedures include:

Freeing the trapped muscles, ligaments or nerves.

Removing the bone fragments.

Repairing the deformities.

ROBOT ASSISTED SURGERY: A MODERN APPROACH TO CONVENTIONAL SURGICAL TECHNIQUE

Robotics or Robot-assisted surgery integrates the use of advanced computer technology with the experience of the skilled surgery professionals. This technology provides the surgeon with a 10x magnification, high definition, 3D- image of the body’s inner anatomy.

The surgeons generally use controls in the console to manipulate the specific surgical instruments that are smaller as well as more flexible and accurate than the human hand. The reason why the robotics-assisted surgery came into the picture is to minimize the limitations of the pre-existing minimally invasive surgery and to enhance the efficiency of the surgeons who perform the conventional open surgery. The three important cardiac surgery performed by means of the robot-assisted techniques is Atrial septal defect repair, Mitral valve repair, and coronary artery bypass. Robot-assisted surgery proves it incredible use in the field of the gynecological surgery. Gynecological procedure taken place with robot-assisted surgery may reduce the hospital stays the best example for the short hospital stays may be proven in case of the hysterectomy. Certain researchers are also carried out for its use in the field of spine surgery procedures. Surgical robotics techniques are also used in the field of pediatrics to perform various types of surgery for example hernia repair surgery and many others.