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The 10 most useless operations.

 

 

July 28, 2003

The 10 most useless operations.Control tactics

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Modern medicine keeps flaunting their questionable procedures as advanced so

they can suck in more costumers (patients) - in reality they are about as

primitive as it gets as in most cases (the exceptions are mending broken bones

etc.) they are clueless as one can get. See supporting data below.

 

My motto is: Don't do anything that you can't reverse as you stand to become a

full time patient for these leeches (of the first order)!

 

Chris Gupta

 

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Angioplasty

Used to treat atherosclerosis, this treatment involves inserting a balloon in

the arteries, then expanding it to clear the artery of fatty build up Research

consistently shows that stenosis (narrowing of the artery) reoccurs within six

months. More than half of all angioplasties are unnecessary (WDDTY, vol 4 no 2

and vol 8 no 4).

 

Radical Mastectomy

A mutilating operation which involves removing the breast, much of the skin, the

chest wall and the lymph nodes. Numerous studies have shown no benefit in terms

of cancer recurrence over more conserva t i ve breast conserving measures (WDDTY

vol 3 no 11).

 

Hernia & 's

four times more dangerous to have one than to go without especially if you are

over 65. Purp o rted to strengthen ruptured muscles and ligaments, studies show

the procedure actually we a kens them. The recurrence rate is 20 per cent for

first ops, 30 per cent for second ops and 50 per cent for third and subsequent

ops (WDDTY, vo l 5 no 7).

 

Hysterectomy

Common medical thinking says a woman doesn't need her uterus after she has had

children, which ignores the part it continues to play in hormone regulation.

Damning studies have shown that nearly 90 per cent of these operations are

unnecessary and performed for spurious reasons such as fibroids, endometriosis

and heavy peri o d s (WDDTY vol 7 no 1).

 

Gall Bladder

Four out of five operations are unnecessary. Taking out the gall bladder is not

a cure, and if keyhole surgery is used it can actually aggravate the problem by

injuring the bile duct or causing gall stones to leak into surrounding tissues.

Gall bladder problems can be almost entirely s o l ved through dietary changes

(WDDTY, vol 7 no 10).

 

Grommets

Left alone, 75 per cent of cases of glue ear will resolve themselves within a

year. Compare this to those who have grommets inserted. Five years on, more than

60 per cent of children will have had a repeat operation. The op also poses

other risks, such as hardening or perforation of the ear drum and middle ear

cysts (WDDTY, vol 8 no 7).

 

Surgery for back pain

Surgery only completely relieves back pain in around half of cases. Of the

200,000 to 400,000 Americans who have back surgery each year, 30,000 to 80,000

will come out with increased pain. Post-surgical scarring is one major cause of

increased pain (WDDTY, vol 4 no 8).

 

Prostate removal

Removing the prostate is supposed to stop the spread of cancer. Yet the medical

evidence shows that this cancer rarely spreads to other areas, until you cut the

patient open. According to autopsy reports, nearly a third of European men have

prostate cancer, but only 1 per cent die of it (WDDTY, vol 6 no 4).

 

Thyroidectomy

Nearly a third of all cases of overactive thyroid will resolve themselves. With

subtotal thyroidectomy, where only part of the thyroid is removed, only 30 per

cent will have normal thyroid levels after eight years; 41 per cent will have a

permanently underactive thyroid and 19 per cent will still be hyperthyroid

(WDDTY, vol 7 no 7).

 

Blood Transfusion

Few guidelines exist as to the hows and whens of transfusions. Surveys show that

an estimated one-third to three - quarters of those given blood are transfused

inappropriately. Patients run the risk of contracting blood - borne diseases

such as hepatitis C (in 7-10 per cent of cases). Keeping fluid volume up with

fluid replacements can work better than transfusion (WDDTY, vol 3 no 2).

 

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