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  1. Corneal Ring Implants for Nearsightedness
  2. Caring for Your Implanted Port Learn what an implanted port is and how to care for it at home.
  3. Birth Control Hormones: The Implant
  4. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI)
  5. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI): Before Your Procedure Learn what transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is, how it is done, and how to prepare.
  6. Your Child's Cochlear Implant: Before Surgery Find out what cochlear implant surgery is and how to prepare for it.
  7. Your Child's Cochlear Implant: Returning Home Find out what you can do at home to care for your child after a cochlear implant.
  8. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI): Returning Home Find out how to care for yourself after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI).
  9. Cochlear Implant: Before Your Surgery Find out what cochlear implant surgery is and how you can prepare for it.
  10. Cochlear Implant: Returning Home Learn how to care for yourself at home after a cochlear implant.
  11. Penile Implants for Erection Problems
  12. Intraocular Lens (IOL) Implants
  13. Breast Implant Surgery for Breast Reconstruction
  14. Cochlear Implants
  15. Dental Implants
  16. Heart Rhythm Problems: Should I Get an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)? Topic guides reader through decision to get an ICD for heart rhythm problems. Provides general overview of what ICDs are and what heart rhythm problems can be helped with ICDs. Lists benefits and possible complications of getting an ICD.
  17. Etonogestrel Drug Implant (ETONOGESTREL - IMPLANT)
  18. Histrelin Acetate Drug Implant 0.00271 mg/hr (HISTRELIN - IMPLANT)
  19. Buprenorphine Drug Implant (BUPRENORPHINE - IMPLANT)
  20. Carmustine Drug Implant (CARMUSTINE/POLIFEPROSAN 20 - IMPLANT)
  21. Histrelin Drug Implant (HISTRELIN - IMPLANT)
  22. Goserelin Drug Implant (GOSERELIN - IMPLANT)
  23. Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)
  24. Heart Failure: Should I Get an Implantable Cardioverter-Defibrillator (ICD)? Guides you through decision to get an implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD). Gives information about ICDs and asks questions to help you learn if an ICD is right for you. Covers benefits and risks. Includes an interactive tool to help you decide.
  25. Testosterone Drug Implant
  26. Hydroxypropylcellulose Drug Implant (HYDROXYPROPYL CELLULOSE INSERT - OPHTHALMIC)
  27. Copper Drug Implant (COPPER-CONTAINING SYSTEM - INTRAUTERINE)
  28. ICD: Living Well With It Discusses how to live with an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), a device that helps control heart rhythm. Gives safety guidelines and tips for travel, exercise, and making an ICD shock plan.
  29. Cardiac Device Monitoring
  30. Tube-Shunt Surgery for Glaucoma Looks at a surgery for glaucoma typically used after a trabeculectomy has failed. Covers how it is done and what to expect after surgery. Also covers risks and how well it works.
  31. Choosing an Insulin Pump
  32. Joint Replacement: Realistic Expectations
  33. Sleep Apnea: Should I Have Surgery? Guides through decision to have surgery for sleep apnea. Discusses problems like depression and high blood pressure associated with lack of treatment. Covers alternatives to surgery. Includes interactive tool to help you make your decision.
  34. Choosing a Prosthesis After Breast Cancer Surgery
  35. Arthroplasty for Rheumatoid Arthritis Discusses arthroplasty, joint replacement surgery for conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis. Covers why it is done. Also covers how well it works and the risks.
  36. Artificial Sphincter for Urinary Incontinence in Men
  37. Diabetes: Living With an Insulin Pump
  38. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Deciding About Total Joint Replacement
  39. Testicular Prosthesis
  40. Biventricular Pacemaker
  41. Arrhythmia: Living With a Pacemaker Learn how to adjust to life with a pacemaker and have an active, healthy life.
  42. Pacemaker: Living Well With It Discusses pacemakers to control heart rhythm. Gives information on safety guidelines and tips for exercise and travel.
  43. Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump
  44. Electrical Nerve Stimulation for Chronic Pain Covers using an electrical current to treat chronic pain. Explains how peripheral nerve and spinal cord stimulation is done, why it is done, and how well it works. Includes possible risks related to the treatment.
  45. Breast Enlargement
  46. Tubal Ligation Surgery
  47. Pacemaker Placement: Returning Home Get tips for taking care of yourself after your procedure.
  48. Pacemaker Placement: Before Your Procedure See what you can expect and how to prepare for getting a pacemaker.
  49. Catheter Ablation for Atrial Fibrillation Discusses nonsurgical procedure, called catheter ablation, for atrial fibrillation if medicine is not effective or not tolerated. Also discusses implanting a pacemaker. Looks at why procedure is done, how well it works, and possible risks.
  50. Pacemaker Discusses pacemakers used to treat bradycardia. Discusses various types of pacemakers. Covers how they work and how well they work, risks, and possible side effects.
  51. Levonorgestrel (LNg) IUD
  52. Turning Off Your ICD
  53. Left Atrial Appendage Closure: Before Your Procedure Learn what a left atrial appendage closure is, how it is done, and how to prepare.
  54. Left Atrial Appendage Closure: Returning Home Find out how to care for yourself after a left atrial appendage closure.
  55. What to Do if Your Cardiac Device Is Recalled Explains what a recall of a medical device is. Mentions that failure or recall of cardiac devices is rare. Covers the FDA classes of recall. Explains what to do if your cardiac device is recalled.
  56. Intrauterine Device (IUD) for Birth Control Discusses intrauterine device (IUD) for long-term birth control for women. Covers types of IUDs. Includes how well IUDs work to prevent pregnancy.
  57. Tissue Flap Surgery for Breast Reconstruction Discusses breast reconstruction surgery done after mastectomy. Covers two ways of doing the surgery: pedicle flap and free flap. Looks at types of flap surgery: TRAM, latissimus dorsi, DIEP, SIEA, TUG, and gluteal free. Covers what to expect after surgery and risks.
  58. Leadless Pacemaker
  59. Nerve Stimulation for Epilepsy
  60. Birth Control Covers birth control methods, including the pill, skin patch, Depo-Provera shot, condoms, cervical cap, and diaphragm. Provides questions to help you decide the right birth control method for you. Covers emergency contraception (the morning-after pill).
  61. Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) Surgery
  62. Arrhythmia: What Is an ICD? Learn how an ICD works and how it can help your heart.
  63. ACL Reconstruction Surgery Learn how ACL surgery is usually done and what to expect after surgery.
  64. Knee Arthritis: What Is Knee Replacement Surgery? Learn how cartilage is replaced by implants in knee replacement surgery.
  65. Hip Fracture Repair (Hip Pinning)
  66. Hip Fracture Surgery Learn about surgery to repair a broken or fractured hip and what to expect.
  67. Placental Abruption
  68. Heart Rhythm Problems and Driving
  69. Hip Repair Surgery: Returning Home Get tips on how to take care of yourself at home after hip repair surgery.
  70. Testosterone
  71. Heart Failure: Should I Get a Pacemaker (Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy)? Guides through decision to get a pacemaker for heart failure. Answers common questions about pacemakers, such as how they work and are placed. Covers benefits and risks. Includes an interactive tool to help you make your decision.
  72. Hearing Loss Includes info on hearing loss. Discusses causes and symptoms like tinnitus, muffled hearing, and vertigo. Covers exams and tests used to diagnose hearing loss. Discusses treatment with medicine, hearing aids, or cochlear implant.
  73. ACL Injury: Should I Have Knee Surgery? Guides through decision to have knee surgery for an ACL injury. Compares surgery to rest, exercise, and rehabilitation as treatment for an ACL injury. Covers benefits and risks. Includes an interactive tool to help you make your decision.
  74. How to Do Stationary Biking for Knee Rehab Riding a stationary bike is great for increasing the strength and mobility of your knees and legs.
  75. Prostate Cancer: Should I Have Radiation or Surgery for Localized Prostate Cancer? Guides you through choosing between radiation therapy and surgery (prostatectomy) to treat prostate cancer. Lists reasons for and against radiation therapy. Also lists reasons for and against surgery. Includes interactive tool to help you make your decision.
  76. Birth Control: Pros and Cons of Hormonal Methods
  77. Breast Reconstruction: How Others Decided Hear what other women thought about as they decided whether to have breast reconstruction.
  78. Deciding About Breast Reconstruction Compare the pros and cons of having breast reconstruction.
  79. Breast Cancer: Should I Have Breast Reconstruction After a Mastectomy? Guides through decision to have breast reconstruction after a mastectomy. Describes what options are available for breast reconstruction and how it is done. Covers benefits and risks. Includes an interactive tool to help you make your decision.
  80. Arrhythmias and Sexual Activity
  81. Birth Control for Teens
  82. Treatment for ACL Injuries in Children and Teens
  83. Heart Rate Problems: Should I Get a Pacemaker? Topic guides reader through decision to get a pacemaker for heart rate problems. Provides general overview of what pacemakers are and what heart problems can be helped with pacemakers. Lists benefits and possible complications of getting a pacemaker.
  84. Diabetes: Should I Get an Insulin Pump? Guides you through decision to get an insulin pump to manage type 1 or type 2 diabetes. Discusses who makes a good candidate for an insulin pump. Covers benefits and risks. Includes an interactive tool to help you make your decision.
  85. Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) for Heart Failure
  86. Intrauterine Device (IUD) Removal Learn how IUD removal is done and what to expect after removal.
  87. Intrauterine Device (IUD) Insertion Learn how IUDs are inserted and what to expect after the procedure.
  88. Breastfeeding After Breast Surgery
  89. Surgery for Glaucoma and a Cataract

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