Sentences with phrase «as open surgery»

With all of the advantages of laparoscopic surgery for dogs, it is refreshing to learn that in many cases pet insurance treats the procedure the same as open surgery.

They suggest that a laparoscopic approach to bladder cancer, when performed correctly, can be as safe as open surgery with regards to cancer control, though maintaining the benefits of a minimally invasive approach,» said Dr. Albisinni.

«Based on what we've seen so far, it's at least as effective as open surgery, is far superior in terms of risk and adverse effects and is minimally invasive,» Laxton said.

Not exact matches

The company's shares fell as much as 8.1 percent in after - market trading as sales of its premium non-invasive device, used to replace diseased aortic valves without open - heart surgery, is its biggest growth driver.

But surgeons who swear by their robotic arms tend to return to the same words of praise: They tout the «speed of recovery» for patients, who typically don't need to spend days or weeks in a hospital as they might after traditional open surgery.

Think about this, as you are about to heave open heart surgery?

you know I wish I could have been able to bring you my chicken soup — it's full of antioxidants with enough jalapenos to open up those sinus passageways... I know, I have been plagued with bad sinuses as a doctor once told me, had 2 surgeries in my life and only in the last few years have I found how to really take care of»em... ya got ta keep them open... I do it with washes, ya know... — yeah, this is your rambling dude and so sorry you were so bad off, but I know the feeling....

Woods, as you should know by now, is scheduled to tee it up with Patrick Reed and Charley Hoffman Thursday morning at the Farmers Insurance Open in the most recent attempt to revive his career after multiple back surgeries.

Schilling started feuding with Williams, the Phillies» erratic reliever, over Williams's difficulty throwing strikes.Well, Williams was traded to the Houston Astros in the off - season, and Kruk got testicular cancer, and Schilling opened the next season miserably and then had elbow surgery, and Hollins got hurt, and then... and then, as we all know, baseball temporarily ceased to exist.

Indeed, one Woods critic who witnessed McIlroy's wire - to - wire win at the British Open two weeks ago as Woods, recently returned from the DL after back surgery, struggled to finish 69th, was ready to proclaim the dawning of a new day in golf.

Woods is making his second post-back surgery start this week at the British Open and, win or lose at Royal Liverpool, he needs competitive reps as well as strong finishes if he hopes to make the FedExCup playoffs and / or the Ryder Cup.

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Cazorla was widely expected to return to training in the opening of January transfer window, but that expectation was short lived as he was in the news last week that the Spanish player will be needing another surgery making that a setback.

We are told that eventually she would have had the surgery anyways as in the end there is always an infection that results in emergency open - chest surgery.

Well, looking at the 10 steps I failed at: — # 6 nothing other than breast milk (gave hungry baby formula b / c I was too tired and drugged up to nurse more than 5 minutes)-- # 7 rooming in (being tired and drugged up I actually wanted to sleep)-- # 9 no pacifiers (I would rather baby have the SIDS prevention and soothing that comes from sucking)-- # 4 initiate breastfeeding within 30 minutes of birth (that C - section thing where they sliced my guts open interfered with that timing)-- # 10 I was referred to the support group but sure as hell didn't go (because I deemed healing at home from my surgery more important than being browbeaten about how I was feeding my baby).

I always have a hard time reviewing baby bottles, as I never had a need for them other than when my son was in the hospital after open heart surgery.

He specializes in both open and minimally invasive surgeries of the lungs and esophagus, as well as being a pioneer in airway surgery in the region.

Abdulkadir said Asmau requires an open heart surgery to close the holes in her heart so as to live a normal life.

GPs» surgeries should be open from 8 am until 8 pm, seven days a week, David Cameron said as he announced a # 50 million trial to encourage longer opening hours.

GPs» surgeries should be open seven days a week from 8 am until 8 pm, David Cameron said as he announced a # 50 million trial to encourage longer opening hours.

As people age, they become very high - risk for open - heart surgeries,» said Dr. Steven Marso, Medical Director of Interventional Cardiology and Professor of Internal Medicine.

Never again, they vowed, would the planet be forced to sit by, powerless, while oil execs confessed — after the fact — that stopping a leak at such depths is like performing «open - heart surgery at 5,000 feet in the dark,» as BP America's chairman and president, Lamar McKay, told ABC News about the early attempt to plug the well by triggering the failed blowout preventer.

The findings echo past studies, which have shown patients with multiple narrowed arteries have better outcomes with coronary artery bypass grafting, also known as CABG or heart bypass surgery, than with angioplasty, also known as percutaneous coronary intervention or PCI, a less - invasive option in which a stent is inserted to hold the arteries open.

«In the past there weren't any alternatives that we could really offer these types of patients,» said Roger Fan, MD, Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Director of Arrhythmia Consult Service, «The LARIAT is a great alternative to the possibility of a lifetime of blood thinners which can have some serious side effects like GI bleeds, as well as an alternative to invasive open - heart surgery.»

«If these findings are confirmed in larger studies, they hold significant implications for new treatment targets and open the door for more questions such as: should these patients be treated more aggressively with medications, cognitive rehabilitation, or even surgery to open up the artery,» said Lal.

Still, because surgery for spina bifida is straightforward — sealing an opening in the spinal column, which fails to close around the spinal cord as it should — surgeons began offering it prenatally more than 10 years ago.

One possible area is medical implantation, such as stents for holding arteries open after surgery or spinal disc replacements that can last a lifetime.

During the nearly month - long follow - up period, there were no differences between the two groups in the percentages of patients that had a stent placed to open an artery, underwent coronary artery bypass surgery, returned to the emergency room or experienced a major cardiac event, such as heart attack.

The minimally invasive procedure is particularly effective for high - risk patients, such as the elderly, frail, or those with a history of other illness for whom open heart surgery may be too risky.

Using data and follow - up from the first and largest studies of TAVR safety, the research team found that the biologic valves used in a TAVR procedure, as well as those used in open heart surgery, continue to perform well up to five years after implantation.

Replacement valves delivered by a catheter, usually through the groin or chest, have been developed as a less invasive alternative to open - heart surgery.

«This is a clinically relevant issue for people in emergency care, for people undergoing surgery, because we can not as easily open up the alveoli.»

The panelists discussed emerging technologies such as CRISPR, which is opening new possibilities for treating disease by repairing mutations via a «genome surgery» of sorts.

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.

Writing in the Journal Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, one group of researchers argued that ««non-invasive» brain stimulation» may sound benign, but it comes with risks as severe as when a body is opened up in surgery.

«Immune checkpoint therapy has joined the ranks of surgery, radiation, and chemotherapy as a pillar of cancer treatment,» proclaimed Padmanee Sharma, M.D., Ph.D., a former CRI clinical grantee at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, during her opening plenary session talk at AACR18.

More than 500 hospital employees will focus their efforts to help move patients on opening day of the new hospital, which is dedicated to specialty care in areas such as cancer, gastrointestinal disease, neuroscience, advanced surgery and high - tech medical imaging.

Ballas hired Reiki practitioner Raven Keyes to be in the room with her that day, channeling loving energy as the surgery team cut Ballas open and sewed her back up.

(Interestingly, surgeries of all kinds including open heart surgery were often preformed on infants without anesthesia and just drugs to keep them still as recently as a few decades ago.

For people who do not get relief from these treatments, surgeries to open the breathing passages (such as jaw repositioning or removing tonsils and tissues from the back of the mouth) may be an option.

«During that procedure, an open - heart surgery team was prepared, as they frequently are in these circumstances, in case the catheter procedure was unable to be performed.

However, a new study conducted by BMJ, an open - access, peer - reviewed medical journal, states that weight loss surgery is more effective at reducing body weight, as compared to non surgical methods.

How many more people have to die, though, before the CDC encourages people not to wait for open - heart surgery to start eating healthy as well?

He isn't too open to probiotics yet as someone had him take really strong ones after surgery and the result was not good.

I have become very interested in your recipes and using quinoa, as my husband had open heart surgery 2 years ago, so I'm trying to «redo» our recipes and our eating habits.

The game opens with your character awakening in a dimly lit surgery as a wheelchair bound old man raspily informs you that you've just undergone a blood transfusion with lycanthropic blood... A procedure that definitely isn't covered by Medicare.

As it is pretty much like having open heart surgery performed on you with no anesthesia.

The movie begins with Farrell performing open - heart surgery as a blast of Schubert's Stabat Mater fills the soundtrack.

Director and co-writer Marc Forster explores questions of identity in relationship to sensory experiences in this erotic - ish thriller, about a woman whose whole self opens up to the world — for better or for worse — after a cutting - edge eye surgery restores the sight she lost as a child in a tragic accident.

Mahmoud Darwish, who passed away in 2008 after complications from open - heart surgery, is widely regarded as one of the...