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Takotsubo cardiomyopathy is a type of heart condition. Blood flow to part of the heart is briefly blocked. Although the symptoms of TCM may feel like a heart attack, the two conditions are different.

Pulmonary hypertension is high pressure in the blood vessels that carry blood into the lungs. This strains the lungs and heart and can lead to serious problems.

Open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) is a type of treatment to fix a broken bone. It puts the pieces of a broken bone back together so they can heal. Open reduction means the bones are put back in place during surgery. Internal fixation means that special hardware is used to hold the bone pieces together.

Lateral ankle ligament reconstruction is a surgery to tighten and firm up 1 or more ligaments on the outside of the ankle. Learn more about this surgery.

A Lisfranc joint injury is a kind of injury to the bones or ligaments in the arch of your foot. The injury gets its name from a French surgeon.

Meniscal transplant surgery is a surgery to replace a small piece of missing or damaged cartilage in the knee. The meniscus is replaced with one from a cadaver donor.

Polycythemia vera is a rare blood disorder in which there is an increase in all blood cells, particularly red blood cells. The increase in blood cells makes your blood thicker. This can lead to strokes or tissue and organ damage.

Complementary medicine is used along with other therapies. It often serves to relieve symptoms and improve quality of life. Alternative medicine is used alone, without standard treatment.

Whenever the normal drainage pattern in the lymph nodes is disturbed or damaged - often during surgery to remove the lymph nodes - the arm may swell. This swelling, caused by too much fluid, is called lymphedema.