Sentences with phrase «surgery for»

«Thirty years into the intersex rights movement, we have yet to hear from anyone who has come out to say, «I'm glad my parents chose surgery for me.»

When I was 27 years old, he underwent surgery for blocked carotid arteries in his neck.

Doctors and parents often choose gender assignment surgery for intersex children, and it's a contentious issue.

Next Page: Emergency surgery [pagebreak] Emergency surgery Kevin Gulley, 39, from Newton, Mass., wanted to do everything he could to avoid surgery for his repetitive low back pain.

Why does the yoga star (who is also mom to Carmen, almost 2) feel the need to distance herself from C - sections, a lifesaving surgery for many?

Crohn's is a chronic inflammatory bowel disorder that often leads to surgery for most with the disease.

Despite this and other medical evidence, most guidelines still recommend keyhole surgery for people with meniscus tears, sudden onset of symptoms like pain or swelling, or mild to moderate difficulties with knee movement.

The minute I got the green light, I scheduled my surgery for January.

Dr. Michael Salzhauer, a plastic surgeon, heard about her incredible determination and amazing transformation, so he decided to do the surgery for free.

So this guy did surgery for six hours, under a microscope,» Fallon explained.

The study results were published online May 15 in the journal Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases.

Here's an injury you didn't even want to know was possible: Jimmy Fallon returned to the Tonight Show last night after getting hand surgery for a ring avulsion (don't Google it — seriously) that bent his finger «sideways.»

Results Show Survival Benefit of Surgery for Patients Regardless of Age or Advanced Disease, and Point to Barriers to Cancer Care Delivery

Dr. Folkman began his career as Instructor in Surgery for Harvard's Surgical Service at Boston City Hospital, was promoted to Professor of Surgery at Harvard Medical School and became the Julia Dyckman Andrus Professor of Pediatric Surgery in 1968.

This technology delivers a consistent stream of electrical stimulation to an implantation site located deep in the brain; however, because stimulation is always on, the DBS's battery may deplete quickly, which necessitates invasive surgery for replacement.

Our neurosurgeons were the first in Michigan to offer fetal surgery for unborn infants with spina bifida, as part of the renowned U-M Fetal Diagnosis and Treatment Center.

Prior to becoming a pathologist I practiced small animal medicine and surgery for 10 years with a focus in emergency gastroenteric surgery.

All the patients — around 900 in each trial — had received surgery for their disease which had spread locally to the area around the tumour.

Each year, thousands of children undergo surgery for congenital heart defects.

The work that garnered the honor, «An analysis of the risk and benefit of neoadjuvant chemotherapy among patients undergoing surgery for non-small cell lung cancer,» examined data from more than 134,000 patients in the National Cancer Database to assess the impact of neoadjuvant therapy on perioperative outcomes, as well as long - term survival.

Systemic therapies are often given after surgery for those with a greater risk for cancer recurrence.

«This study shows that New York's Medicaid expansion, one of the largest in U.S. history before the Affordable Care Act, improved access to cancer surgery for the previously uninsured.

As more Americans turn to bariatric surgery for weight loss, a new study in 27,000 Michigan patients suggests they may not want to wait until their BMI is well past 40 to reap the biggest health benefits.

An authority on surgery for movement disorders, he was funded by the National Institutes of Health to study deep brain stimulation and pallidotomy.

5/20/2008 UC San Diego Medical Center Performs New Incision - free Procedure to Treat Weight Regain After Gastric Bypass Every year more than 100,000 U.S. patients undergo gastric bypass surgery for the treatment of obesity.

Population - Based Assessment of Complications Following Surgery for Thyroid Cancer JCEM April 28, 2017 Maria Papaleontiou, David T. Hughes, Cui Guo, Mousumi Banerjee, Megan R. Haymart As thyroid cancer incidence rises, more patients undergo thyroid surgery.

I have particular experience and expertise in surgery for esophageal cancer (we often use a less invasive transhiatal approach), Whipple procedures and other surgeries for pancreas cancer, and rectal cancer.

Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center has been performing heart surgery for nearly 50 years.

When it comes to surgery for stomach cancer, it's important to choose a surgeon who is very experienced at performing these types of procedures.

Surgery for carcinoid tumor of the lung hasn't prevented John Williams from taking 15 - mile bike rides «without a problem.»

Although Greg Klawitter underwent surgery for lung cancer at the University of Chicago Medicine thirteen years ago, the retired Chicago police officer hasn't forgotten the thoracic surgeon who saved his life.

Our surgeons have long been leaders in minimally invasive surgery for thoracic conditions.

Dr. Gottlieb performed a series of procedures to reconstruct Gary Hoffman's jaw and lower face after a previous surgery for oral cancer done at another hospital failed.»

The Center for Bariatric Surgery met the highest standards for patient safety and quality of care and was reaccreditated by the national board that evaluates medical centers specializing in surgery for severe obesity.

Dr. De La Cruz specializes exclusively in surgery for benign and malignant disorders of the breast.

Traditional surgery for sleep apnea removes the tonsils, uvula and part of the soft palate, but can't reach deep areas at the base of the tongue, that in some people, causes the blockage while they sleep.

He was led to hospital records at the New York Hospital where he pored through past case histories until he found something interesting: the case of a patient named Stein, a German immigrant who had been treated with surgery for a cancer very similar to Bessie's.

Working with Seattle, Washington — area neurosurgeons, the Allen Institute acquired healthy cells from the cortex — the outermost layer of the brain that coordinates perception, memory, thoughts, and consciousness — from patients undergoing surgery for epilepsy or brain tumors.

Graduate Winner: Debbie Lin Teodorescu, Harvard Medical School / MIT D - Lab - Harnessing Engineering Innovation to Make Safe Surgery for All a Reality

In this study, to our knowledge the largest randomized clinical trial of robotic - assisted laparoscopic surgery for patients with rectal adenocarcinoma suitable for curative resection, there were no statistically significant differences in the rates of conversion to open laparotomy for robotic - assisted laparoscopic surgery compared with conventional laparoscopic surgery (8.1 % vs 12.2 %, respectively), and there were no statistically significant differences in CRM +, complication rates, or quality of life at 6 months.

With life - changing laser surgery for epilepsy patients, advanced surgical treatments for obesity, and new ways to mobilize the immune system for wellness, we're bringing research to reality and making the extraordinary possible.

The elimination strategy is encapsulated by the acronym «SAFE»: Surgery for advanced disease, Antibiotics to clear infections, Facial cleanliness and Environmental improvement.

Patients undergoing surgery for lung cancer may wait too long to receive treatment, and too many patients skip vital diagnostic steps that are needed to help determine the best possible treatment, according to an article in the August 2015 issue of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.

Although laparoscopy — the technical term for minimally invasive surgery — has been around for more than a century, its use has grown substantially in the last 20 years since medical researchers have demonstrated that it is not only safer but also less expensive than open surgery for a number of different types of operations.

Using only patients who had surgery for suspected lung cancer, the researchers examined how long it took to begin care and what steps were taken to determine appropriate treatment.

He is working closely with a team of physicians at the UNM Cancer Center to conduct these trials: M. Omar Chohan, MD, a neurosurgeon who specializes in surgery for tumors of the brain and spinal cord; Gregory Gan, MD, PhD, a radiation oncologist who is an expert in the radiation therapy of brain tumors; and Yanis Boumber, MD, PhD, a newly recruited medical oncologist to the UNM Cancer Center who is an expert in cancers of the lung, brain and spinal cord, and early phase clinical trials.

About 1 in 1,111 patients who undergo urologic surgery for conditions such as prostate cancer and kidney stones experience opioid dependence or overdose (ODO), a Loyola Medicine study has found.

Their results could pave the way for urgently needed alternatives to bariatric surgery for treating obesity in humans — the rates of which have nearly tripled worldwide since 1975.

Nicolas Faris, MDiv and Raymond Osarogiagbon, MBBS led a group of researchers from Baptist Cancer Center and the University of Memphis in Tennessee, who reviewed hospital records for all patients who underwent surgery for suspected lung cancer at Baptist Memorial Hospital between January 2009 and June 2013.

They were able to conduct their search in an obsessive - compulsive disorder patient who was unresponsive to other treatments and had opted to undergo surgery for DBS.