Often you can relieve a herniated disk with rest, pain relievers, and physical therapy. But if your symptoms don't get better after a few months, surgery may be an option. It can improve your pain ...

Sometimes a diskectomy is part of a larger surgery that includes laminectomy, foraminotomy, or spinal fusion. Disk replacement. A surgeon removes the damaged spinal disk and inserts an artificial ...

Your surgeon might remove the part of your large bowel (colon) containing the cancer. This is called a colectomy. Your surgeon also removes nearby lymph nodes. Surgery to remove part of the colon is ...

Surgery to remove your stomach is called a gastrectomy. There are different types of gastrectomy. The type you have depends on the stage and position of your cancer. You might have: a subtotal or ...

Yelich expects to be available for the start of the season. His presence in Saturday’s lineup was a step in the right direction.

A look at the injuries for Tiger Woods, who had surgery Tuesday on a ruptured left Achilles tendon . —December 1994: Has ...

A person may require surgery to remove the part of the disk pressing on the nerve, though this is rare. The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons estimates that sciatica goes away without ...

December 1994: Has surgery on left knee to remove two benign tumors and scar tissue ... May 9, 2010: Withdraws from the final round of The Players Championship, citing a bulging disk. He later said it ...