Treatment Collection (#97)

Patient in post-op intensive care
Surgery. A patient being settled into an intensive therapy unit (ITU) following surgery. Photographed at the Skilfosovksy Emergency Care Research Institute in Moscow, Russia

Hyperbaric oxygenation cchamber, Russia
Oxygen therapy. A patient about to be loaded into a small chamber used in hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). In this kind of hard chamber the pressure may be raised to up to 6 bar (600 kilopascal)

Rectal polyp removal, artwork
Rectal polyp removal. Artwork showing the use of a colonoscope to remove a polyp or cyst from the inside of the rectum. The rectum (down left) is the final part of the digestive system

Penicillium colony C014 / 4861
Penicillium colony. Colony of Penicillium chrysogenum fungus growing on agar in a petri dish. This fungus produces the antibiotic penicillin G, seen as small droplets on the surface

Brain operation in progress
Brain surgery. View of an operating theatre during a neurosurgery procedure. The surgeons are at top left, along the left is the patients body under sheets

Surgery in hyperbaric chamber, Russia
Surgery in a hyoperbaric chamber. View of a chamber used in hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). The lights above an operating table inside the chamber may be seen through the window at left

Implanting a nuclear pacemaker
Pacemaker. Surgeons implanting a cardiac pacemaker powered by a nuclear battery. The battery contains promethium which decays by releasing beta-particles (electrons)

Patient going into oxygen chamber
Oxygen therapy. A patient about to be loaded into a small chamber used in hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). Here a flexible chamber is being used in the treatment of a pateint with a heart condition

Hyperbaric oxygenation chamber, Russia
Oxygen therapy. Room containing three chambers used in hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT). In this kind of hard chamber the pressure may be raised to up to 6 bar (600 kilopascal)

Breast implants. Silicone implants are used in several types of cosmetic surgery, most commonly for surgery to enlarge a breast or to restore breast shape after breast tissue removal for cancer

CPR first aid technique, artwork
CPR first aid technique. Artwork showing the 2nd of 6 steps used in the first aid technique of cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR)

Penicillium colony C014 / 4857
Penicillium colony. Colony of Penicillium chrysogenum fungus growing on agar in a petri dish. This fungus produces the antibiotic penicillin G, seen as small droplets on the surface

Pinned foot bones after surgery, X-ray
Pinned foot bones after surgery. Lateral (side view) X-ray showing pins (white) inserted into the bones of a patients foot

Spraying against ash dieback disease
MODEL RELEASED. Spraying against ash dieback disease. Researcher using a hot fogger to spray a fine mist of fungicide over an ash tree during a field trial

Ear candle therapy. Ear candles are used in alternative medicine to treat various complaints such as ear irritations, compacted ear wax, tinnitus, headache, migraine, sinusitis and rhinitis

Induced stem cells, light micrograph
Induced stem cells. Light micrograph of a cultured colony of induced human pluripotent stem (IPS) cells. Oct-4 (octamer-binding transcription factor 4) is cyan

PLGA microspheres, SEM
PLGA microspheres, coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM). PLGA, or poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid), is a copolymer used in a variety of biomedical devices such as grafts, sutures (stitches)

Induced nerve stem cells, micrograph
Induced nerve stem cells. Fluorescence light micrograph of neural (nerve) stem cells that have been created (induced) from human adult skin fibroblast cells by gene manipulation

Stem cell-derived nerve cells. Fluorescence light micrograph of neural (nerve) stem cells that have been derived from human embryonic stem cells (HESC)

Arm fracture surgery
MODEL RELEASED. Arm fracture surgery. Close-up of a surgeon cutting wires during surgery to internally fix a fracture of the radial head (elbow)

Radiotherapy, conceptual image C013 / 5587
Radiotherapy, conceptual image. Computer artwork representing the use of ionising radiation to kill cancerous cells (centre)

Flu vaccination C017 / 9420
Flu vaccination. Nurse preparing a flu (influenza) vaccine at a childrens outpatient department. Photographed in Kaliningrad, Russia

Flu vaccination C017 / 9421
Flu vaccination. Nurse preparing a flu (influenza) vaccine at a childrens outpatient department. Photographed in Kaliningrad, Russia

Health insurance, conceptual image

Cardiac patient in an ambulance C016 / 7455
Cardiac patient in an ambulance. Paramedics loading a 50-year-old cardiac patient on a stretcher into an ambulance

Cardiac patient in an ambulance C016 / 7456
Cardiac patient in an ambulance. Paramedics loading a 50-year-old cardiac patient on a stretcher into an ambulance

Cardiac patient in an ambulance C016 / 7459
Cardiac patient in an ambulance. Paramedics loading a 50-year-old cardiac patient on a stretcher into an ambulance

Cardiac patient in an ambulance C016 / 7458
Cardiac patient in an ambulance. Paramedics loading a 50-year-old cardiac patient on a stretcher into an ambulance

Cardiac patient in an ambulance C016 / 7454
Cardiac patient in an ambulance. Paramedic preparing an intravenous (IV) drip for a 50-year-old cardiac patient inside an ambulance

Ankle injury
MODEL RELEASED. Ankle injury. Elderly woman holding her injured ankle which has had an elasticated bandage applied

Wrist injury
MODEL RELEASED. Wrist injury. Elderly woman holding her injured wrist which has had an elasticated bandage applied

Cardiac patient in an ambulance C016 / 7444
Cardiac patient in an ambulance. Paramedic administering an injection to a 50-year-old cardiac patient inside an ambulance

Brain pacemaker, artwork
Brain pacemaker. Computer artwork showing a deep brain stimulation (DBS) electrode (right and inset) implanted in a persons brain, with a control box located on the persons chest (lower left)

Dried hibiscus petals C015 / 7100
Dried hibiscus (Hibiscus sp.) petals. These petals are believed to have medicinal properties. They are also used in latin countries to make flor de Jamaica, a sweetened cold infusion

Light therapy for neonatal jaundice C015 / 6816
Bili therapy. Newborn baby undergoing bili therapy, a blue light phototherapy used to combat neonatal jaundice (hyperbilirubinemia)

Drug store cash register, Puerto Rico. Pharmacist Alfonso G. Zerbi and others in a drug store in San Juan, the capital of Puerto Rico

Flu virus surface protein and drug. Molecular model of the neuraminidase glycoprotein enzyme found on the surface of the influenza (flu) virus, in complex with the drug oseltamivir

Artificial urinary sphincter, X-ray C016 / 6609
Artificial urinary sphincter. Coloured X-ray of the pelvis of a 55 year old female patient showing a prosthetic urinary sphincter (AUS, beige at centre)

Artificial urinary sphincter, X-ray C016 / 6610
Artificial urinary sphincter. Coloured X-ray of the pelvis of a 55 year old female patient showing a prosthetic urinary sphincter (AUS, beige at centre)

Artificial urinary sphincter, X-ray C016 / 6608
Artificial urinary sphincter. Coloured X-ray of the pelvis of a 55 year old female patient showing a prosthetic urinary sphincter (AUS, beige at centre)

Balloon angioplasty, X-rays C016 / 6589
Balloon angioplasty. Coloured angiograms (X-rays) of the leg of a 69 year old patient with stenosis (narrowing) of the popliteal artery

Balloon angioplasty, X-ray C016 / 6591
Balloon angioplasty. Coloured angiogram (X-ray) of the leg of a 69 year old patient undergoing a balloon angioplasty to treat stenosis (narrowing) of the popliteal artery

Balloon angioplasty, X-ray C016 / 6590
Balloon angioplasty. Angiogram (X-ray) of the leg of a 69 year old patient undergoing a balloon angioplasty to treat stenosis (narrowing) of the popliteal artery

Balloon angioplasty, X-rays C016 / 6587
Balloon angioplasty. Coloured angiograms (X-rays) of the leg of a 69 year old patient with stenosis (narrowing, indicated by arrow at left) of the popliteal artery

Woman and child in mud pool
Mud pool. A woman smearing mineral-rich mud on the skin of her child in a salt lake. Mud baths have traditionally been used for general health

Knee replacement surgery C017 / 8545
Knee replacement surgery. Blood and other body fluids collected during a total knee replacement operation. During the operation prostheses will be implanted into the thigh bone (femur)

Monoclonal antibody fragment C015 / 6556
Monoclonal antibody fragment. Molecular model of the antigen-binding fragment (Fab) of the monoclonal antibody cetuximab. Cetuximab is a chemotherapy drug, used to treat metastatic colon cancer

Monoclonal antibody fragment C015 / 6555
Monoclonal antibody fragment. Molecular model of the antigen-binding fragment (Fab) of the monoclonal antibody cetuximab. Cetuximab is a chemotherapy drug, used to treat metastatic colon cancer

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