Sentences with phrase «remove abnormal tissue»

In the treatment of Barrett's esophagus, physicians use pCLE to detect and remove abnormal tissue cells in a single procedure.

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They do more than watch the camera, they are able to remove polyps — abnormal growths — both to prevent precancerous polyps from becoming malignant and to examine the tissue for signs of cancer.

The test requires removing cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) from patients by means of a spinal tap, putting samples into a bath of normally shaped prion proteins, and agitating the solution to encourage any abnormal prion «seeds» in the tissue to latch onto the regular proteins.

After removing tissue for a biopsy, they found cervical dysplasia, or abnormal cells on the surface of the cervix.

Though rare, SAS also occurs in human children, and one treatment option is surgery to remove the ridge or ring of abnormal tissue below the aortic valve.

When a focal cancerous mass is removed, the surgeon tries to also remove a small amount of normal tissue around the entire mass of abnormal tissue, in order to achieve what are called «clean surgical margins.»

In either case, a TECA - BO allows the infected, abnormal ear tissue to be removed, reducing chronic pain and inflammation and giving the pet an improved quality of life.

This technique involves removing the femoral portion of the hip joint (i.e., the ball) to reduce the pain produced by abnormal hip joint contact that wears away the joint cartilage, and the stretching of the soft tissues around the joint due to laxity (Figure 5).

Essential oils can and do still benefit these issues - as they can help the body to remove inflammation, support the body systems in repair, improve immune system function, relieve stress and discomfort, support the surrounding muscle and tissue structures, promote death of abnormal cells (apoptosis of tumor cells), provide antibacterial and antiviral actions, and more.