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Gallbladder removed without external incisions
Jul 28, 2008 |
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In April of last year, surgeons at NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital/Columbia University Medical Center made headlines by removing a women's gallbladder through her uterus using a flexible endoscope, aided by several external ...
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Gallbladder removal through vagina offers minimally invasive alternative
Feb 25, 2009 |
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Physicians at Northwestern Memorial Hospital successfully removed a patient's gallbladder through the vagina, making them the first in the Midwest and the third in the country to perform the innovative procedure. The technique, ...
Taking NOTES: abdominal surgery without general anesthesia
Nov 03, 2009 |
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A recent review in Faculty of 1000 Medicine Reports, a publication in which clinicians highlight advances in medical practice, suggests regional pain relief could be used during abdominal surgery. In this review, Michael ...
New technique for injectable facial fillers improves comfort, recovery
Oct 28, 2009 |
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Less pain during injections for wrinkle-fighting facial fillers. Less swelling afterward. Less time in the office waiting for anesthesia to take effect.
Hopkins transplant surgeons remove healthy kidney through donor's vagina
Feb 02, 2009 |
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In what is believed to be a first-ever procedure, surgeons at Johns Hopkins have successfully removed a healthy donor kidney through a small incision in the back of the donor's vagina.
Disclosure of medication can save a patient's life
Nov 25, 2008 |
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Do you regularly take aspirin or antiplatelet medications? Do you know whether or not these drugs should be stopped before dental procedures or surgeries? According to a study published in the May/June issue of General De ...
Tissue engineered scaffolding allows reproduction of cartilage tissue
May 09, 2007 |
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A new study examines the use of tissue-engineered scaffolding made of cartilage cells, which have a limited ability to heal naturally, to replace defective cartilage tissue. Cartilage cells are extracted and seeded to the ...
UCSD Medical Center reports United States' first oral appendix removal
Mar 17, 2008 |
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On Wednesday, March 12, 2008, surgeons at UC San Diego Medical Center performed what is believed to be the country’s first removal of a diseased appendix through the mouth. This clinical trial procedure received approval ...
Higher carotid arterial stenting rates associated with poorer clinical outcomes
Nov 07, 2009 |
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Among eligible Medicare beneficiaries, increased use of carotid arterial stenting (CAS) procedures to treat carotid stenosis--the narrowing of the carotid artery--is associated with higher rates of mortality and adverse clinical ...
Cellular Source of Most Common Type of Abnormal Heart Beat Found
Nov 02, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- While studying how the heart is formed, scientists at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine serendipitously found a novel cellular source of atrial fibrillation (AF), the most ...
New minimally invasive surgery option for patients with stomach cancer
Apr 15, 2009 |
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A novel, minimally invasive surgical approach to treat stomach cancer has been shown to have advantages that may make it a preferable treatment for some patients.
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