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Folliculitis is a skin condition that affects the hair follicles. It's often found on the neck, face, and scalp. Learn about causes, symptoms, and treatment.

Your Achilles tendon is a large band of tissue in the back of your ankle. It connects your calf muscles to your heel bone. You use it almost every time you move your leg. But repeated stress can make the tendon more prone to injury. A complete tear through the tendon is known as an Achilles tendon rupture.

Your child has been diagnosed with vesicoureteral reflux (VUR). This condition affects the urinary tract. VUR isn't painful. And it can be treated or managed. In some cases, children even outgrow the condition. Your child's health care provider will tell you more about choices for your child.

An esophageal dilation is a procedure used to widen a narrowed section of your esophagus. This is the tube that leads from your throat to your stomach.

Continuous epidural infusion is a way to give pain medicine. The medicine is sent to the spinal cord and nerves. This is done through a soft tube (catheter). The catheter is put in the spine into the epidural space, which surrounds the spinal cord.

Pituitary gland surgery is done to remove a tumor in the pituitary gland. In most cases, these tumors are not cancer (benign). Here's what you can expect before, during, and after the surgery.

Ureteroplasty is surgery to remove a narrowing (stricture) in the ureter. Learn what to expect with this procedure.

Cancer has been found in the lower (distal) part of one of your ureters. To treat the cancer, distal ureterectomy is done. This surgery removes the lower part of the ureter and part of the bladder. Read on to learn more about this procedure and what to expect.

Pressure from a mass of tissue or scar tissue is blocking one or both of your ureters. This causes urine to back up into the kidneys instead of flowing out of the body. Ureterolysis can help treat this problem. With this surgery, the ureter is freed from the tissue that is pressing on it. The ureter is then moved to a new position away from the blockage. Read on to learn about this procedure.