Conditions & Diseases

Learn more about min­i­mal­ly-inva­sive treat­ment and surgery options for kid­ney can­cer (partial/​full nephrec­to­my) through the use of the da Vin­ci Sur­gi­cal System.

Can­cer, in gen­er­al, is a scary term. Edu­cat­ing your­self about can­cer and know­ing about the spe­cif­ic type of can­cer you are fac­ing can help you make deci­sions in your treat­ment plan. Let’s take a clos­er look at pan­cre­at­ic cancer.

Have you ever devel­oped a small cyst in the crease of your but­tocks or tail­bone? It may have been a small dim­ple, or could have start­ed that way and devel­oped into a large and painful mass. This con­di­tion is caused by pilonidal dis­ease and there are more than 70,000 cas­es diag­nosed in the US each year.

Tin­ni­tus is a symp­tom asso­ci­at­ed with many forms of hear­ing loss. It can also be a symp­tom of oth­er health prob­lems. Rough­ly 25 mil­lion Amer­i­cans have expe­ri­enced tin­ni­tus. Some cas­es are so severe that it inter­feres with a per­son­’s dai­ly activ­i­ties. Peo­ple with severe cas­es of tin­ni­tus may find it dif­fi­cult to hear, work, or even sleep.

Esophageal Can­cer is a dis­ease that results from can­cer cells form­ing in the esoph­a­gus – the mus­cu­lar tube that car­ries food from the mouth to the stomach.

Scar for­ma­tion is a nat­ur­al occur­rence after surgery as scars help to strength­en the tis­sues that are heal­ing. How­ev­er, too much of a good thing may not actu­al­ly be ben­e­fi­cial. Scars can become both­er­some and lim­it movement.

Most plan­tar warts aren’t a seri­ous health con­cern, but they may be both­er­some or painful, and they can be resis­tant to treat­ment. You may need to see your Podi­a­trist to treat and remove plan­tar warts.

One of the most com­mon preg­nan­cy-relat­ed skin dis­eases is a con­di­tion called Pru­rit­ic Urticar­i­al Papules and Plaques of Preg­nan­cy (PUPPP). This dis­ease most often affects women who are preg­nant for the first time, and recur­rences with sub­se­quent preg­nan­cies are uncommon.