- 21. Carotid angioplasty and stenting
- (Carotid angioplasty and stenting)
- ... artery are taken. Your groin is shaved and prepared with antiseptic solution, and a sterile drape is placed over your body. A local anesthetic is injected into your groin to numb the area. Small ...
- 22. Castleman disease
- (Castleman disease)
- ... disease can occur in a localized or a more widespread form. Treatment and outlook depend on which type of Castleman disease you have. There are two basic types of Castleman disease: Unicentric ...
- 23. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
- (Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis)
- ... of muscle is removed while you're under local anesthesia and is sent to a lab for analysis. Because there's no reversing the course of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, treatments mainly involve efforts ...
- 24. Nasopharyngeal carcinoma
- (Nasopharyngeal carcinoma )
- ... The camera may be inserted through your nose or through the opening in the back of your throat that leads up into your nasopharynx. Nasal endoscopy may require local anesthesia. Test to remove a sample ...
- 25. Actinic keratosis
- (Actinic keratosis)
- ... skin biopsy. During a skin biopsy, your doctor takes a small sample of your skin (biopsy) for analysis in a lab. A biopsy can usually be done in a doctor's office using a local anesthetic. It's impossible ...
- 26. Bartholin's cyst
- (Bartholin's cyst)
- ... Surgical drainage. You may need surgery to drain a cyst that's infected or very large. Drainage of a cyst can be done using local anesthesia or sedation. For the procedure, your doctor makes a small ...
