hospital operation's

[tmdigitalart.com]

hi

need help with coming up with a list of common operations.i mean like heart transplant,kidney transplant,apendix.
really i just need to come up with a list of all big hospital ops. Maybe you might have been in for a big op or your a doctor etc.

Any help would be great

thanks

[Lois]

I wouldn't really call a heart transplant common.
I suppost it depends what you need it for. There are 1000's of operations performed everyday.

Oh, but my speciality is caesarian section!

>> Edited by Lois on Saturday 12th November 14:28

[Rob_F]

I should imagine the most common is having your tonsils out, and it depends what you consider surgery but i had a pretty rough experience having a tooth taken out the year before last (had to go to hospital for it) where it was burried somewhere it shouldn't be in the palet (sp?).

Cheers,
Rob.

[ulakye]

From memory the most common operations tend to be those that can be done as daycases rather than inpatients :-

cataracts
endoscopy
terminations of pregnancy
laporoscopy
vasectomy
cryosurgery
arthroscopy

You need to be careful when counting operations because hospitals specifically count procedures. This then includes a lot of chemotherapy & radiotherapy treatments which obviously aren't operations.

Speak to the information manager of your local PCT to get a full list.

[medicineman]

Yep or write to the hospital requesting info under the freedom of info act.

[kneedowndeano]

fixing broken bones?
putting a rod in your leg and screwing your shin bone to it?
Putting metal plates in your arm and screwing them to the bone to keep the bones straight?
stapling/stiching up youe skin
some to name a few.