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Your cardiovascular system is responsible for moving blood around your body, feeding all your cells with oxygen and other nutrients. Your heart is the center of this system, moving blood out through the arteries, and bringing it back for re-oxygenation through the veins. Problems with your cardiovascular system have a huge impact on your overall…

You have two main carotid arteries, one on either side of your neck. They’re large arteries because they’re responsible for delivering oxygen-rich blood to your brain and head. As the carotid arteries travel from your neck into your head, they branch off into internal and external carotid arteries. The internal carotid arteries carry blood to…

Introduced at the beginning of the 20th century by surgeons Georg Kelling, Dimitri Ott, and Hans Christian Jacobeus, laparoscopic surgery for the abdomen and other areas has grown in popularity over the last 10 years. At Tinsley Surgical in Wilmington, North Carolina, surgeon Ellis A. Tinsley, MD, FACS, FSVS, continues to utilize minimally invasive techniques,…

The bad news: By the time you turn age 60, you have a 50% chance of having a mass or nodule in your thyroid gland in the neck. The good news: Only 5% of these masses are cancerous. The problem: How do you and your doctor determine which nodules are cancerous without unnecessary surgery? Most…

The veins in your body play an important role in circulation, carrying blood from your various parts of your body back to your heart. Yet, as people age, problems can develop in the veins and cause a variety of complications. In fact, one in three Americans over the age of 45 has some kind of…

You have many organs in your body, but your heart performs the important job of supporting all of your other organs. Your heart pumps blood to all the organs and tissues in your body, bringing needed oxygen and nutrients to feed your cells. Heart problems are very serious, and detecting them early prevents them from…

Most people have heard the word “hernia,” but many don’t know what it means, what causes one, or how to recognize the signs and symptoms. It’s important to seek treatment for hernias because they don’t go away by themselves, and, if not treated, can cause dangerous complications. At Tinsley Surgical, we know that you need…

Dr. Tinsley has been a Fellow in the American College of Surgeons (FACS), 1993 to present. He is also a Past President of the North Carolina Chapter of the American College of Surgeons. The American College of Surgeons puts high standards of care in place to produce better outcomes, which is hugely important for Dr.…

A stroke is often a devastating event. Strokes leave two-thirds of sufferers with functional impairment a year later. It’s also the third leading cause of death in the United States, and it’s the second most common cause of dementia. As many as 20% of strokes trace back to carotid artery disease, a condition in which…

Unless you’ve been diagnosed with an abdominal aortic aneurysm, you’ve probably never heard of this life-threatening condition. As cardiovascular conditions go, it’s a little on the low side when it comes to overall diagnoses, clocking in at 200,000 a year. When you compare that figure with the 28.2 million diagnosed with heart disease and 350,000…