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On the cutting edge: Zigzag incision technique improves outcome of laser-assisted corneal transplantation

Medicine & Health / Research

created Nov 10, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- For most of the 40,000 Americans who undergo corneal transplants each year, recovery is uncomfortable and slow, sometimes taking as long as six months. Even then, clear vision may not be fully ...


Mayo Clinic tests non-incision, endoscopic ulcer repair

Medicine & Health / Other

created Oct 14, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Mayo Clinic surgical researchers are reporting a 93 percent success rate in recent animal tests of endoscopic repair of perforated ulcers. The goal is to advance the use of an endoscope -- which allows access to organs through ...


Less invasive procedure for repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm may reduce short-term risk of death

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created Oct 13, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Patients who received the less-invasive endovascular repair of an abdominal aortic aneurysm had a lower risk of death in the first 30 days after the procedure compared to patients who an open repair, but both procedures had ...


Surgeons remove gall bladder through belly button to prevent scars

Medicine & Health / Other

created Sep 15, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

(PhysOrg.com) -- Surgeons at The Methodist Hospital in Houston are removing gall bladders through a single incision in the belly button to prevent scarring for patients with gall stones. The procedure also has the potential ...


The decision about the incision: Is midline or transverse better for abdominal surgery?

The decision about the incision: Is midline or transverse better for abdominal surgery?

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

An unusual study at the Department of Surgery at Heidelberg University Hospital examined for the first time whether the incision technique used in major abdominal surgery had an effect on the results. Neither ...


Oh, my aching back: Give me a shot of ozone

Medicine & Health / Diseases

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 1

A minimally invasive interventional radiology treatment—that safely and effectively uses oxygen/ozone to relieve the pain of herniated disks—will become standard in the United States in the next few years, predict researchers ...


Freezing kidney cancer: Hot treatment should be new gold standard for destroying small tumors

Medicine & Health / Cancer

created Mar 09, 2009 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Freezing kidney tumors—using a safe minimally invasive interventional radiology treatment that kills the cancer 100 percent effectively without surgery—should be the gold standard or first treatment option for all individuals ...