Chronic heartburn symptoms from acid reflux disease (also called gastroesophageal reflux disease or GERD) are hard on your body. When medications and lifestyle changes aren’t enough to manage the condition, surgery may help. We offer surgical options to effectively treat this condition.
A computed tomography scan, or CT scan, is a type of X-ray that uses a computer to make cross-sectional images of your body. The dye injected to perform CT angiography is called a contrast material because it "lights up" blood vessels and tissues that are being studied.
Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) specializes in treating a variety of general orthopedic conditions. We help people of all ages overcome orthopedic issues and get moving again.
Lehigh Valley Health Network (LVHN) helps people living with conditions affecting physical, developmental or cognitive abilities learn to care for themselves at the highest level possible. Our occupational therapists focus on daily life skills, like cooking, eating, bathing and dressing. Additionally, our specialty-educated certified hand therapists will address orthopedic conditions and provide custom splinting.
Lehigh Valley Orthopedic Institute surgeons excel at treating many orthopedic conditions. We help you reduce pain and achieve greater mobility with total joint replacements, hand and upper extremity surgeries, spinal surgeries, and foot and ankle surgeries.
X-rays are a type of radiation called electromagnetic waves. X-ray imaging creates pictures of the inside of your body. Common uses for X-ray imaging include detection of broken bones, dental X-rays, breast tumors (benign and cancerous), pneumonia in lungs and more.
