Paediatric Laparoscopic Surgery / Key Hole Surgery

Pediatric laparoscopic or keyhole surgery applies modern laparoscopic techniques – in which major operations are performed through a tiny ‘key hole’ (about 1cm) opening in the body, minimizing injury to the body and speeding recovery – to children. Many operations on the abdomen, like surgery on the pancreas, liver, or bile duct, can be performed through laparoscopy.

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Paediatric Plastic Surgery

Pediatric plastic surgery helps children with physical deformities caused by birth defects or injuries. Common pediatric plastic surgeries include the correction of cleft palates, abnormally formed ears and limbs, webbed fingers, birthmarks, scars, and burns.

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Pagets And Jaw Bone Diseases

Jaw bone diseases like Pagets relate to deformity in the jaws. Its proper diagnosis as an independent condition happened only recently, as routine radiographic examinations detected the condition in a number of individuals who were otherwise healthy

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Pagets disease of the breast

Paget’s disease of the breast is a condition in which the nipples become inflamed, encrusted and bleed, because of underlying breast cancer. It affects about 2% of women with breast cancer, and it is sometimes confused with skin diseases like psoriasis and eczema.

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Palpitations And Arrhythmias

Heartbeats that can be felt are called palpitations, and most palpitations are caused by an arrhythmia - an interruption in the rhythm of the heart. Palpitations or arrhythmias are usually experienced as the heart skipping a beat followed by an extra-strong heartbeat, or fast and irregular heartbeats.

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Pancreatic Cancer

Cancer of pancreas (or pancreatic cancer) is an abnormal growth of cells, or a tumor, in the pancreas.

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Pancreatitis

Pancreatitis is inflammation of the pancreas, the gland behind the stomach which produces the acids used to digest food. Alcohol abuse, enzyme disorders, viral infections, and some medicines can lead to pancreatitis. The main symptoms are severe abdominal pain with diarrhea and vomiting.

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Parasomnias - Part II / Sleep Walking / Sleep Disorders

Parasomnias are disorders that disturb sleep. They may occur during specific phases of sleep or during the sleep-wake transition when a person seems to be awake and asleep at the same time. They include nightmares, sleepwalking, and confusional arousals.

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Parkinson's Disease

Parkinson’s disease is a disease that affects the dopamine-producing cells of the brain and causes progressive difficulties in motor skills and speech. Usually, the disease strikes those above 65. The main symptoms are rigidity, slowness, balance problems, and tremors.

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Pasteurization of milk

It’s common knowledge that Louis Pasteur is the Father if the Pasteurization process. He famously pasteurized milk to kill all germs and microbes that the product may contain. These days, pasteurization is done for two main purposes – for maintaining high standards of quality and keeping it safe for public consumption.

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