Sentences with phrase «as ablation»

To date, the amount of black carbon in the region of the GrIS that is losing mass, known as the ablation zone, has not been quantified.

Residual snow accumulation (final late snow balance: Mayo et al., 1972) at the end of the ablation season is determined using probing and crevasse stratigraphy on the same date as ablation measurements are completed.

Also increasingly valuable is a procedure known as ablation, in which small tumors are destroyed with electricity, radio waves, microwaves or by freezing, Fong said.

He hopes to test the device in other surgeries, such as ablation — which involves burning away a small amount of heart muscle to correct an abnormal beat — and is already dreaming of new adventures with other snake - bots.

This will reduce the chances of complications occurring during routine but skilled procedures such as ablation procedures in the heart.

Not exact matches

Irregular / heavy menstrual bleeding can be treated in several ways: 1) Hormonal medication (a low dose birth control pill or cyclic progestin); 2) A hormone - containing intrauterine device (the most common one used is the Mirena IUD, which manages bleeding very effectively and is placed during an office visit and lasts for 5 years); 3) Endometrial ablation is a surgery commonly performed as an outpatient procedure; the entire lining of the uterus is cauterized (many women never get a menstrual period after an ablation); 4) Finally, I reserve hysterectomy as the treatment of last resort — typically only when the above options have not worked for a patient.

An ablation procedure isn't cheap, says Ciuffo, sometimes costing as much as a new car.

As a result, the advantage of ablation over Amiodarone might not be as dramatic outside of top - tier hospitalAs a result, the advantage of ablation over Amiodarone might not be as dramatic outside of top - tier hospitalas dramatic outside of top - tier hospitals.

Using thermal imaging and MRI guidance, the surgeons were able to see the area of laser ablation as treatment proceeded.

«However, we believe our study findings, in combination with the previous literature and our clinical experience, are sufficient to support catheter ablation as first - line treatment for AFL,» Marcus said.

Their trial not only provides new and important information concerning the efficacy of AF ablation but also serves as another reminder of the potential complications of invasive therapies such as AF ablation.»

The authors conclude that recurrence of an atrial tachyarrhythmia was frequent in both groups, and that when offering ablation as a therapeutic option to patients with paroxysmal AF who have not previously received antiarrhythmic drugs, the risks and benefits need to be discussed and treatment strategy individually recommended.

Carlos A. Morillo, M.D., F.R.C.P.C., of McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, and colleagues compared ablation to drug treatment as first - line therapy in patients with paroxysmal AF who had not previously received treatment.

«This could guide physicians and patients to making better joint decisions regarding the benefits of additional postoperative treatment options, such as radioiodine ablation,» Sosa said.

For example, successful ablation improves both the local and global connectivity, and as a result, improves the efficiency and robustness of the communication network.

During catheter ablation, which typically takes four to five hours, cardiologists thread a catheter, or long thin tube, up through a blood vessel from the groin to the heart and use it as a conduit to send radiofrequency energy to cauterize the misfiring cells.

Patients with Wolff - Parkinson - White syndrome who receive catheter ablation to cure their abnormal heart rhythms are just as likely as non-ablated patients to develop atrial fibrillation no matter what age they receive ablation, according to a new study.

She has also pioneered the synthesis of exotic free radical species containing refractory elements such as iron and phosphorus, including a technique coupling a DC discharge with a laser ablation source.

Emory neuropsychologist Dan Drane, who probes the effects of epilepsy surgery on memory and language abilities, had identified Olds as a good example of how the more precise stereotactic laser ablation procedure pioneered by Gross can preserve those cognitive functions, in contrast to an open resection.

By comparison, the present day GrIS has an AAR of ~ 0.9 (Ettema, 2010), which corresponds to an ablation area of 10 % and a melt area for the GrIS of 31 % (as calculated above).

As applied to the Initiative, the enhanced sensitivity of the laser ablation measurement approach will be harnessed for measuring stable isotope content of nanogram amounts of RNA samples.

The paper, «MR Imaging - guided Focal Laser Ablation for Prostate Cancer: Phase I Trial,» appears as an early release in Radiology.

It should be noted, however, that while a study on senescent cell ablation in genetically normal mice would provide at least some evidence on the effect of senescent cells (and their ablation) on promoting cancer, even such a study would likely show less effect than could be anticipated in a large mammal model, since even normally - aging mice rarely suffer metastatic disease to the extent of aging humans, as sheer primary tumor volume is generally sufficient to be fatal to mice.

A heating and freezing process known as dual thermal ablation can kill pancreatic cancer cells, according to new research from Binghamton University, State University at New York.

He also treats liver, kidney, skeletal and lung tumors with ablative techniques, including cryoablation as well as radiofrequency and microwave ablation.

Whole - body Induced Cell Turnover (WICT) consists of the qualitative and quantitative coordination of targeted cell ablation with exogenous cell administration so as to effect the replacement of a patient's entire set of endogenous cells with exogenous cells (of the same quantity and cell type as the ablated endogenous cells they are replacing) derived from human pluripotent stem cells and directionally differentiated in vitro prior to their administration.

Acute ablation of autophagy leads to animal death caused by infection, diabetes, and neurodegeneration, as well as muscle dystrophy and reduced fat storage [18].

a) In the subsection «Cell type - specific NMDA - R pharmacology in cocaine - induced synaptic plasticity» we now more clearly introduce the Zweifel and Engblom studies as well as the differences between them: both of which used genetic ablation of Grin1 over 1 week but showed different results with respect to DA neuron synaptic potentiation, which was due to methodological challenges with AMP - R compensation.

Endometrial ablation is the removal of the lining of your uterus as treatment for heavy menstruation.

We find so many women in particular whose hormone production has been interfered with because of birth control pills, tubal ligation, hysterectomy or uterine ablation as well as the environmental factors that put estrogen into male and female bodies and throw them out of balance.

If patients have completed their child - bearing they can also consider endometrial ablation, or even hysterectomy as a last resort» suggests Minassian.

The ablation casting process allows for the fine - tuning of both the cast part's shape, as well as the material properties of the castings in the energy - absorbing areas of the vehicle, while minimizing weight in the form of a hollow part with optimized wall thickness.

Avalon's LED taillights also implement laser ablation on Limited and Touring's units, as well as Dynamic Auxiliary Turn Signal.

Then you have people like me that are just not good at hitting them out of the way... Add two neck surgeries (acdf & posterior placement of rods), endometrial ablation (& tubal ligation as a necessity for the ablation), a gallbladder removal, worsening spinal stenosis and degenerative disease, many bad situations related to life in general, etc, etc, etc... It has not been a good 10 years, no matter how you slice it.

Michael Nolan, assistant professor of radiation oncology and biology, received $ 23,060 for a study on using enhanced ethanol ablation, or direct ethanol injections to reduce tumors, as a lower - cost treatment for oral cancer.

Michael Nolan, assistant professor of radiation oncology and biology, received $ 23,060 for a study on using enhanced ethanol ablation, or direct ethanol injections to reduce tumors, as a

If cystoscopy and laser ablation are used, however, these patients often do go home the same day as their procedure.

We do everyday procedures (such as spay and neuter) but also other surgeries, such as Skin Mass removals, Cherry Eye repair and other Eyelid surgery, Anal Gland repair / removal, Fracture Repair, Laceration Repair, Ear Resection and Ablation, Abscess repair, Bite Wound repair, ACL Knee Ligament Repair, Knee Cap Luxation repair, Exploratory Abdominal surgery, Foreign Body surgery, Foxtail retrieval and much more.

Located in New York, and as a former patient at the hospital, Cornell's Cardiology Companion Animal services provide, «a number of interventional therapies including, but not limited to, pacemaker implantation, occlusion of patent ductus arteriosus, balloon valvuloplasty for pulmonic and subaortic stenosis, cardioversion of atrial fibrillation and radiofrequency catheter ablation of arrhythmias.»

He performs advanced surgery at Eagle Rock Veterinary Hospita including, but are not limited to, Anterior Cruciate repairs, Patella Luxations, fracture repairs and soft tissue surgeries such as Gastropexies and Total Ear Canal Ablations (TECA).

As a staged procedure, laser ablation surgery is also helpful in the long term treatment of refractory cases of feline chronic gingivostomatitis.

She subsequently joined Cedars - Sinai Medical Center's Heart Institute as a post-doctoral fellow, where she trained in cardiac catheterization and ablation techniques.

Detailed studies of the energy balance and ablation of the Zongo and Chacaltaya glaciers support the importance of air temperature increase, and identify the increase in downward infrared radiation as the main way that the effect of the warmer air is communicated to the glacier surface [Wagnon et al. 1999; Francou et al, 2003].

As the authors point out, even if the whole story comes down to precipitation changes which favor ablation, the persistence of these conditions throughout the 20th century still might be an indirect effect of global warming, via the remote effect of sea surface temperature on atmospheric circulation.

A further point of note is that the calculated sensitivity of ablation to precipitation is as high as it is only because of the occurrence of melting.

The altitude separating the accumulation zone from the ablation zone is known as the equilibrium line altitude.

In the paper the authors argue that there is no evidence for a speed up of the ice marginal zone due to enhanced ablation rates, which by some people was explained as if Greenland was not contributing to sea level change any more.

So long as an ice sheet gains an equal mass through snowfall as it loses through melt, ablation, and calving from glaciers and ice shelves, it is said to be in balance.

The correlation from glacier to glacier for the same time periods is 0.86 - 0.99, indicating that ablation conditions are becoming increasingly consistent on glaciers as the summer melt season develops.

The changes in accumulation and ablation with location and during recent years indicates the importance of monitoring multiple glaciers as they are unique.