Carolina Medical Center

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Patients who experienced injuries as a result of accidents are the main candidates for a CT scan. Also, for the patients who are thought to be suffering from cancer, CT can be performed to locate the tumor.

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MRI scanner is beneficial in identifying health problems such as:
• Different types of cancer, for example, lung cancer, stomach cancer, liver cancer, etc. Also, by performing an MRI scan, doctors can identify the type of cancer and its spread.
• Bone problems. 
• Medical conditions related to soft tissue. 
• Prostate diseases. 
• Spinal injuries, including cervical spine MRI and lumbar spine MRI.

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Arthroscopic debridement has been used for many years to knee osteoarthritis. The presence of small pieces, such as cartilage, was thought to cause osteoarthritis or joint inflammation. However, studies over time have shown that knee debridement operation may not always be a good method for the treatment of osteoarthritis.Although it gives good results, the placebo effect can be observed - knee surgery is a belief that patients will feel good. Currently, debridement knee arthroscopy is performed only in selected patients after a detailed examination. Doctors should ensure that arthroscopic knee surgery will have good medical effects on the patient. For these reasons, debridement surgery is applied only to selected patients suffering from osteoarthritis, and arthroscopic debridement of the knee is expected to produce good results.

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When different kinds of cure for bunions are inadequate, union surgery is a necessity. Merely initial phases of foot bunion are treatable via bunion treatment without operation. In later phases, bunion operation is regarded as inevitable. If you experience foot pain and cannot aid by yourself, it is essential to look for assistance from a podiatrist (foot specialist) for your foot wellbeing.

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Patients who suffer from carpal tunnel syndrome can be the candidates.

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Hip replacement surgery is recommended if one or more of the following options are available: 

● Osteoarthritis 
● Rheumatoid arthritis 
● Avascular necrosis 
● Hip fractures  ● Certain bone tumors 
● Traumatic arthritis

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Knee arthroscopy is performed to identify the problem in the knee and if it is possible to deal with knee injuries. If it is not possible for the doctors to identify the problem without the operation for the patients who are suffering from knee pain and abnormal changes in their knees, these patients can be suitable for knee arthroscopy. The following conditions can be identified and dealt with by performing a knee arthroscopy:
• torn meniscus 
• Cysts in one’s knee 
• Fractures appearing in the knee bones 
• Torn cartilage pieces 
And many others.

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Because of the pressure put on the knee ligaments while doing sports, many sports players experience ACL injuries or other types of knee ligament injury. Yet, not only sports players suffer from ACL injuries. In the first examination, doctors analyze the knee and choose to perform the knee arthroscopy operation to understand the damage and suggest an alternative knee injury treatment accordingly.

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Knee replacement surgery is recommended for patients suffering from: ● Rheumatoid arthritis ● Psoriatic arthritis ● Knee structure deformity from trauma or disease ● Ligament tears ● Cartilage tears ● Meniscus tears

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The symptoms of a torn meniscus are a pain, swelling, popping. Additionally, the lack of ability to appropriately move the knee is regarded as a symptom. For specialists searching for a torn meniscus, MRI is the best alternative among diagnostic techniques. 

Candidates for meniscus surgery are generally sportsmen who can’t let themselves a long meniscus tear recovery time without surgery and who would prefer not to endanger that not handled meniscus injury will result in restricting their physical skills. Consequently, they choose for meniscus operation via arthroscopic surgery.

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Majority of the candidates are athletes performing sports, for instance, volleyball, baseball, polo, rugby, and others. This is due to the accentuation put on by utilizing arms, and consequently, make available conditions for shoulder tendonitis along with rotator cuff tear.

In shoulder tendonitis, tendons of shoulder crash into each other and cause microdamage that may give rise to rotator cuff tear with time.

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Candidates of shoulder arthroscopy operation are individuals with shoulder pain of unidentified source or individuals who endured shoulder injuries which are likely to be fixed with arthroscopic surgery.

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Laminectomy surgery is recommended for patients suffering from painful spinal stenosis caused by large bone spurs, which can compress the spinal nerves.

When different kind of treatments did not succeed, Laminectomy is performed so as to ease the symptoms. Muscular weakness, which is one of the symptoms, can cause difficulties walking and difficulties controlling bladder or bowel. Laminectomy is mostly performed when the patient has spinal stenosis, which is affecting 3 or more vertebrae.

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Anyone suffering from herniated disc pain is a candidate for Microdiscectomy. On the other hand, pain in the lumbar spine or neck does not mean you have a herniated disc problem. Patients need to undergo a few tests such as MRI and doctor's examination to diagnose the problem. Then, other spinal diseases can be eliminated, and the patient can undergo Microdiscectomy.