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Bypass Heart Surgery Performed Without General Anesthesia

A minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) procedure was performed at Pittsburgh while the patient was awake. The operation was done under thoracic epidural anesthesia. This approach may help in discharging the patient early from the hospital. D...

Pancreatitis: Minimially Invasive Procedure Offers Long-Term Pain Relief

...nts with chronic pancreatitis can safely turn to a minimally invasive operation for long-term pain relief, according to a new study by Johns Hopkins University physicians. Endoscopic therapy is an effective alternative to more invasive surgery or drugs, says Anthony N. Kalloo, MD, director of GI endoscopy at...

Arthroscopy for Ankles

...valuable method for treating ankles.// As it is a minimally invasive surgical technique it is being applied in new ways by orthopedic surgeons to relieve different ankle problems, including ligament damage, bone chips and recurrent pain from end-stage arthritis. An arthroscope is a tubular instrument with a ...

Robots craft medical history

...or what it calls the new world of possibilities in minimally invasive surgery (MIS).According to Computer Motion, Zeus will help decrease patient pain and trauma, and shorten convalescent periods. The company says using the Zeus system, surgeons have greater dexterity and precision. The system includes two ho...

Breakthrough in eye treatment

... //Conductive Kerato-plasty, or “CK”, is the first minimally invasive procedure for far-sightedness. And unlike laser treatments, there’s no need to cut into the eye. Instead, CK uses radio frequency energy. A probe, thinner than a strand of hair, applies radio waves at points around the cornea. The radio ene...

Hair loss - What happens behind ?

... place. This happens to all women, but some are so minimally affected that it's not noticeable. Women's hair loss, unlike the male pattern of hair loss, is a general thinning of hair throughout the scalp, not just at the sides and on the crown. Hair loss can be prevented by not having ones hair colored too oft...

A Reason To Smile

...ients' faces.// Laser procedures in dentistry are minimally invasive, result in less tissue removal, less bleeding and less discomfort for patients. There are a variety of dental uses for lasers. Some diagnose cavities, while others remove gum and tooth structure to treat disease. Some are even used to whiten...

The Best Way To Relieve Chest Pain

...re effective for relieving chest pain // than even minimally invasive procedures used to open blocked vessels. ...e program or intervention with a stent, which is a minimally invasive angioplasty procedure where a tiny, flexible tube (stent) is used to prop open blocked arte...

Laproscopic Surgery As Effective As Open Surgery

Doctors say minimally invasive surgery for colon cancer is as effective as open surgery. Since 1990, minimally invasive surgery, also called // laparoscopically assisted surgery, has been an option. With minima...

A Benefit In Disguise

...ms and legs. Doctors treat PAD with angioplasty, a minimally invasive procedure where a balloon is threaded to the site and inflated. However, 60 percent of treated patients’ arteries re-narrow within a year. For the study, researchers looked at 650 patients with PAD who underwent angioplasty. The patients we...

Shrinking Birthmark’s

...marks by using magnetic resonance imaging during a minimally // invasive surgical procedure, where literally lighting up the problem can ensure a more complete correction. Birthmarks basically consist of enlarged veins. Most people with the birthmarks do not experience problems, but in some cases, the birthm...

Colonoscopy Could Also Identify Heart Attack Risk

...ck risk in patients.// A virtual colonoscopy is a minimally invasive procedure that tests for colon cancer using 2-D and 3-D imaging without the sedation and higher cost of regular colonoscopies. In a recent study researchers examined the records of 480 patients who received virtual colonoscopy exams between...

Innovative footwear may prevent fall in elderly

...Walker. They control group also had more number of minimally injured fall, 10, as compared to 1 of the group who wore the device. Researchers of the study hope that the use of the devise will help the elderly maintain their balance and hence have fewer falls. Falling down can cause grievous injuries to the el...

Plant sterols found to be effective in Type 2 diabetic patients

..., lower blood cholesterol beyond diet and they are minimally absorbed by the intestines. The study had 29 participants, all the cases had high cholesterol, and 14 also had type 2 diabetes and were slightly overweight. Participants were 40-80 years old, averaging in their mid-50s. None exercised. At the stud...

Toxin Identified For Alzheimer’s Diseas

...rs across the globe and treatment for them is only minimally effective. The new research findings will be able to bring treatment that will be successful in keeping the progress of the disease in hold, and in turn will be able to help the numerous people in improving their quality of life. Source: EurekAlert ...

Making operation and recovery time shorter

...J Stuart Wolf, director of the Michigan Center for minimally Invasive Urology and Caleb Nelson, M.D., U-M Urology resident, co-authored the study of 38 patients who had a kidney removed at the U-M because of suspeted renal cell carcinoma. Compared with conventional open surgery, the procedures greatly: * redu...

Lessening operation and recovery time

...J Stuart Wolf, director of the Michigan Center for minimally Invasive Urology and Caleb Nelson, M.D., U-M Urology resident, co-authored the study of 38 patients who had a kidney removed at the U-M because of suspeted renal cell carcinoma. Compared with conventional open surgery, the procedures greatly: * redu...

Making MRIs Safe for Patients With Implantable Heart Devices

...t from early cancer and other disease detection or minimally invasive surgery with MRIs. The researchers tested nine pacemakers, 18 defibrillators, and 40 lead systems, which are the electrical components that connect the device to the heart muscle. Each of these was tested under various electro-magnetic fiel...

Surgeons Perform Robotic Gastric Bypass Surgery

...rocedure) is often considered the most challenging minimally invasive procedure in general surgery. Although robotic surgical techniques have been developed to assist laproscopic gastric bypass surgery, the complex geometry of the surgery has required repositioning of the robot, complicating its use. Researc...

Patients Fare Better With Doctors Who Do More Angioplasty Procedures

...ctice makes perfect” isn’t the whole story for the minimally invasive procedures known as percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI). The researchers say their data, from 18,504 artery-opening procedures done in 14 Michigan hospitals by 165 physicians during 2002, reflects current angioplasty care, including a...

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