Overview. Disability premium is an extra amount automatically added to your Income Support or income-based Jobseekerâs Allowance (JSA) if you qualify for it.
Indiana pouch. An Indiana pouch is a surgically-created urinary diversion used to create a way for the body to store and eliminate urine for patients who have had their urinary bladders removed as a result of bladder cancer, pelvic exenteration, bladder exstrophy or who are not continent due to a congenital, neurogenic bladder. This particular urinary diversion results in a continent reservoir that the patient must catheterize to empty urine. This concept and technique was developed by Drs. Mike Mitchell, Rand
Babies with Gastroschisis often undergo surgery to close the abdominal wall defect the day they are born. In more severe cases of Gastroschisis, a baby will receive what is called a silo. A silo is a special spring-loaded silicone sack that is placed over the exposed intestines. Over the course of a few days the bag is made smaller and smaller, pushing the intestines back into the abdomen.