Laparoscopic Sleeve Gastrectomy Overview

This surgery takes out the part of your stomach that curves outward, called the fundus. After the fundus is taken out, your surgeon will close the rest of your stomach into a tube shape that looks like a banana.

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy, or HBOT, is a type of treatment used to speed up healing of carbon monoxide poisoning, gangrene, stubborn wounds, and infections in which tissues are starved for oxygen.

Surgical Site Infections

Your skin is a natural barrier against infection, so any surgery that causes a break in the skin can lead to an infection. Doctors call these infections surgical site infections because they occur on the part of the body where the surgery took place.

How Wounds Heal

Wound healing sounds simple, but it's actually quite complicated and involves a long series of chemical signals. Certain factors can slow or prevent healing entirely.

Venous Ulcers

Ulcers are open skin sores. Venous ulcers are leg ulcers caused by problems with blood flow in your leg veins.

Spinal Cord Compression

Spinal cord compression can occur anywhere along your spine. Symptoms include numbness, pain, and weakness.