Surgical Removal Articles & Analysis
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A sleep disorder, sleep apnea is characterized by repeated breathing pauses during sleep. The hypopnea and apnea episodes can last from a few seconds to a minute at a time and can occur many times during a night. Obstructive Sleep apnea happens when the throat muscles relax and the tongue falls back into the throat, partially blocking the airway. That in turn leads to improper breathing as the ...
During ACL reconstruction, an orthopedic surgeon removes the torn ACL and replaces it with a graft from another part of the body (called an autograft) or a deceased donor (called an allograft). ...
Lower costs, more security, easier handling and optimal CO 2 balance: With the BlueLavage® rinsing and suction system, UTK Solution GmbH has succeeded in adapting a proven surgical technology to modern clinical processes. The heart of the innovation is the reusable charging and energy unit, which completely avoids electronic waste and whose optimized energy transmission ...
In austere environments, where quick, damage control operations are the rule, the time and resources required to surgically identify, remove, and prepare the saphenous vein may be a limiting factor. The time needed to harvest and prepare the saphenous vein is particularly problematic in multiple casualty situations in which a number of operations need occur in a ...
Patients who have undergone genetic testing to reveal they have these cancer-associated mutations may choose to have a double mastectomy (surgical removal of breast tissue) to avoid the risk of developing cancer. ...
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As a parent, you want and hope the best for your children. When your child is diagnosed with a severe condition such as Short Bowel Syndrome, you can feel as if your world has turned upside down. Managing their disease and helping your child lead a better life becomes your top priority. For any parent, the first step in supporting your child is to better understand their disease and the ...
Occasionally, this is not effective and the area that contains the infected bone needs to be removed. Critical Limb Ischemia: This happens when the blood supply is cut off suddenly, like in cases of blood clot or compartment syndrome. ...
NovoSorb® BTM is a fully synthetic dermal matrix developed for the treatment of full-thickness wounds where the dermal structure has been lost due to trauma or surgical debridement. NovoSorb BTM may be used to physiologically close the wound and aid in generating a vascularized dermal layer (i.e., neodermis) in preparation for definitive wound closure. ...
Created for parents, by parents. No parent expects the news. So when you receive the news of a Short Bowel Syndrome diagnosis, it’s only fair that it’s a little overwhelming. Your picture of what the future of your family looks like begins to shift, and you have to shift with it. Let’s start off by saying, you’re not alone. There are parents, caregivers and family ...
The condition then can lead to intestinal surgery, in which part of the short bowel is removed. SBS is a devastating condition where patients struggle to absorb life-sustaining nutrients from their diet due to the surgical removal of their intestine (or parts thereof). ...
The surgical and radiation oncology team at Providence Mission Hospital (Mission Viejo, Ca) elected to use a novel tumor bed marker called VeraForm for a sarcomatoid carcinoma. Led by James Bredenkamp, M.D. and Quang Luu, M.D., this patient received a VeraForm marker when the lesion was surgically removed, representing a first of its kind for ...
In a group of 101 sufferers who had nasal polyps removed surgically, 96% of them had eosinophils, a type of white blood cell that is activated by the body’s immune system, in their nasal tissues and mucus-indicative of mold/fungi is a contributing agent. ...
Visual data are directly projected to the operator’s retina and overlaid onto the surgical field, thereby removing the requirement to shift attention to a remote display. ...
Summary: In treating brain cancers, neurosurgeons face a critical decision: remove too little tissue and risk fatal recurrences or remove too much and cause profound neurological damage. Presently, they rely on pre-operative surgical navigation technologies, such as MRI, in order to determine the contours of the cancerous tissue to be safely ...
CustomFlex Artificial Iris (HumanOptics) is a flexible silicone device indicated for adults and children with congenital aniridia or iris defects due to albinism, traumatic injury or surgical removal. “Today’s approval of the first artificial iris provides a novel method to treat iris defects that reduces sensitivity to bright light and ...
In a group of 101 sufferers who had nasal polyps removed surgically, 96% of them had eosinophils, a type of white blood cell that is activated by the body’s immune system, in their nasal tissues and mucus. ...
Present-day treatment consists of administering antibiotics and surgical removal of dead, damaged and infected tissue. Amputation is usually necessary to control the spread of the infection, which, once established, generally advances at the rate of six inches per hour. ...