Sentences with phrase «irreversible surgery»

He refused, but Toni — who works for an environmental charity — «relentlessly hunted down a doctor who would perform the irreversible surgery.
There are many better ways to treat behavior problems other than radical and irreversible surgery.
With a little effort, patience, and time, one or more of these alternatives will work for any cat; making it unnecessary and inhumane to use a radical, irreversible surgery to solve a behavior problem.
Even then, she recalls, it wasn't easy to convince her doctors and therapists; they wanted to know that the 31 - year - old was absolutely sure of her decision before going through with the irreversible surgery.
«Expensive, lifelong hormone treatments and irreversible surgeries associated with gender dysphoria would negatively affect personal deployability and mission readiness, without resolving underlying psychological problems, including high risks of suicide,» said Donnelly, president of the Center for Military Readiness.

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We can imagine that an individual faced with debilitating, irreversible illness, who would have to endure intractable pain, mutilating surgery, or demeaning treatments — with added concern for the burden being placed on family and friends — might conclude that suicide was a reasonable, even generous, resolution to a process already moving inexorably toward death.
Since this abnormality is irreversible, the diabetes should continue unabated despite bariatric surgery.
When Lili (Eddie Redmayne) hears that sexual reassignment surgery, something that has never been done before at the time, is «irreversible,» some viewers may think, «That's the understatement of all understatements.»
The problem with delaying surgery in these pets is that arthritis, once it occurs, is irreversible.
Because surgery and iodine treatments are irreversible, a few weeks of treatment with methimazole is usually a prerequisite.
Opponents of declawing generally believe that the surgery causes unnecessary pain and irreversible trauma that leads to behavioral issues.
There are several surgical techniques that can be used to relieve this pressure and if the surgery is performed at an early stage, before irreversible damage has occurred, the outlook can be quite good.
This decay can result in irreversible periodontal disease, tooth loss, and possibly expensive oral surgery.
Even with surgery and medications, irreversible blindness may still occur.
The eye is especially fragile after surgery and pets can cause irreversible trauma to the eye if an e-collar is removed prematurely.
While generally quite safe, speutering is an elective surgery resulting in the permanent and irreversible removal of organs and hormones.
If the surgery is performed at an early stage, before irreversible damage has occurred, the outlook can be quite good.
Shoulder Pain Pump Claims: Pain Pumps used to minimize post-operative pain after arthroscopic shoulder surgery can cause painful and irreversible damage.
Settlement for a medical malpractice victim who suffered irreversible brain damage after doctors failed to diagnose her heart condition prior to foot surgery
As this is irreversible (compared to medical management) and extreme (compared to conservative surgery), it's generally only recommended for people who don't wish to preserve future fertility and who have already tried other methods.
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