Sentences with phrase «surgical procedure»

She was immediately taken to a hospital where she will undergo a extensive surgical procedure, since the exploded implants caused serious damage to her rectum, colon and lower intestines.

Large stones may be removed in a surgical procedure that involves making a small cut in your back.

Previous research has shown that a significant number of these cancer «recurrences» are actually persistent tumors that were missed during the first surgical procedure.

Established in 1871, the award was named after surgeon John Collins Warren, a co-founder of MGH who also performed the landmark surgical procedure during which ether anesthesia was first successfully demonstrated.

The Pediatric Colorectal Surgery Program at C.S. Mott Children's Hospital is one of only two programs in the world to offer the surgical treatment of imperforate anus using MRI surgical guidance during the surgical procedure.

CHICAGO, Jan. 21, 2016 — Children who still have moderate to severe post-operative pain one month after a surgical procedure are at risk for deterioration of their health - related quality of life, according to research reported in The Journal of Pain, the peer - review publication of the American Pain Society www.americanpainsociety.org.

A trebeculotomy is a surgical procedure that helps reduce pressure in the eye by opening the eye's drainage system, which allows eye fluid (aqueous humor) to drain out of the eye.

The science allows for the creation of a sophisticated surgical procedure bypassing the common, yet unsuccessful, small molecule approach.

For example, UC San Diego Medical Center is the world's leading center for a complex surgical procedure called pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE), pioneered at UC San Diego, in which life - threatening chronic blood clots are removed in order to restore blood flow to the lungs.

As recommended by the CDC, we are working to alert any adult or pediatric patients who underwent a surgical procedure with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), including cardiac surgery, general thoracic surgery, or vascular surgery from June 2011 to August 2016 about the very small risk of infection with NTM.

These guidances are aimed to clarify FDA's current thinking on regulatory classification of Human Cell Tissue Products (HCT / P) and included definitions of «same surgical procedure ``, «homologous use ``, «minimal manipulation» and «adipose tissue - derived products ``.

The centre has recently been closed down, following the death and injury of children due to a surgical procedure used by the clinic.

Egg donation is not like drawing blood — it is an invasive surgical procedure.

All patients had negative axillary lymph nodes on pathology and documented axillary surgical procedure.

There were no severe adverse events related to the implant or the surgical procedure, indicating that the treatment was well - tolerated.

An oophorectomy is a surgical procedure in which a woman's ovaries are removed, prompting menopause.

The warning graphics used were developed by the FDA and contained disturbing images, such as a man smoking through a hole in his throat, depicting a surgical procedure known as a tracheostomy that is a result of some smoking - related cancers.

They met clinical criteria for the surgical procedure of depth - electrode placement.21, 22 We implanted the electrodes stereotactically, using guidance from magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and digital subtraction angiography.22, 23 The electrodes (Adtech) had platinum contacts for EEG recording and for stimulation.

Most surgical clips are currently made of titanium, and as many as 30 to 40 clips may be used during a single surgical procedure.

After undergoing chemotherapy and the Whipple surgical procedure, Bluemke and her husband are now finding time for fun at their new oceanfront condo in Florida.

The intensive, daylong surgical procedure included every step — from the stem cell harvesting through liposuction to bone implantation.

According to a new study published online as an «article in press» in the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS), children who are sick enough to require mechanical ventilation or dialysis before transplantation achieve the same survival benefit as children who are stable prior to the surgical procedure.

The doctors practiced a simulated, routine surgical procedure in which they sewed up a wound in a model patient's stomach using a needle and thread.

«African American women with breast cancer less likely to have newer, recommended surgical procedure.»

The headline reflected the results of a British study, published online last November in the Lancet, that used what is probably the best methodology for assessing a surgical procedure: sham surgery.

«CFD is another tool to provide surgeons with more quantitative information about the possible outcome during the planning of a surgical procedure.»

Their most powerful tool in this job is the randomized controlled trial, a type of experiment in which researchers separate participants into two or more groups and subject some of them to the intervention to be studied, like a new drug or surgical procedure.

Among study patients who experienced complications within the first month after the surgical procedure, the authors looked for the presence of any of three known preoperative nutritional factors that could affect surgical results.

«Extracting and replacing a broken dental implant is a complex surgical procedure,» she said.

This does not happen in procedures using the CUSA (Cavitron Ultrasonic Surgical Aspirator) ultrasound device, as study leader Shahrokh Shariat, Head of the University Department of Urology at the MedUni Vienna and Vienna General Hospital, explains: «With the CUSA ultrasound device, the kidney continues to be perfused with blood during the surgical procedure.

A cataract is a clouding of the eye's lens, and can be removed through a safe, quick surgical procedure.

In 2009, Fang Xuanchang edited a series of investigative reports questioning the claimed efficacy of Xiao's surgical procedure which has been applied to thousands of Chinese patients with spinal cord injuries or spina bifida.

«It's reasonable to expect that patients would like to know how each surgical procedure could affect others» perceptions of their personality traits.

The technique has the potential to improve a surgical procedure that often fails because of incorrectly sized prosthetic implants, researchers said.

«The NSQIP Surgical Risk Calculator is one way that the ACS is helping surgeons and patients communicate better and is helping patients gain more information about the surgical procedure so their care is individualized, patient - centered, and informed,» Dr. Ko stated.

They reached their conclusions after carrying out a surgical procedure (endoscopic thoracic sympathectomy) on a 28 year old man to curb his excessive facial flushing.

Globally, approximately 30 per cent of men have been circumcised, making it probably the world's most common surgical procedure, says epidemiologist Helen Weiss of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.

First, the surgeon or other user enters, into blank data fields, the planned surgical procedure and 19 patient - specific preoperative risk factors, including age, body mass index obtained from height and weight, smoking status, and health conditions such as high blood pressure and diabetes.

In a study that included readmission information from nearly 350 hospitals, readmissions the first 30 days after surgery were associated with new postdischarge complications related to the surgical procedure and not a worsening of any medical conditions the patient already had while hospitalized for surgery, according to a study in the February 3 issue of JAMA.

Oliver Wendell Holmes coined the term «anesthesia» in 1846 to describe drug - induced insensibility to sensation (particularly pain), shortly after the first publicized demonstration of inhaled ether rendered a patient unresponsive during a surgical procedure.

While traditionally contacts were thought to be safer than a surgical procedure, an analysis by ophthalmologists from the Hamilton Eye Institute at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center indicates otherwise.

Ahern says the study may shed light on why some patients complain of more pain than others who have the same surgical procedure, although the researchers did not identify a particular ingredient in anesthesia that may cause the effect.

«By accurately assessing tumor resection margins intraoperatively with CLI, surgeons may be able to completely clear the cancer with a single operation, thereby reducing the number of breast cancer patients requiring a second, or even third, surgical procedure.

Hysteroscopic myomectomy, an outpatient surgical procedure that allows the woman to return to work within a few days and increases the potential for clinical pregnancy.

«Currently, approximately 1 in 5 women who undergo breast - conserving surgery, also known as lumpectomy, require repeat surgery due to inadequate excision of the tumor during the initial surgical procedure,» explains Arnie D. Purushotham, MD, professor at King's College London, UK.

«Although myomectomy, a surgical procedure to remove uterine fibroids, is the traditional alternative to hysterectomy, there are other options for medical and interventional treatment.

His fifth and final surgical procedure was in September 1957 and this left him disenchanted with finding a surgical solution for his back pain, according to the article.

They looked for persistent opioid use, defined as continued prescription refills 90 to 180 days after the surgical procedure and beyond what is expected after routine surgery.

Listening to music before, during, or after a surgical procedure is beneficial to patients and can significantly reduce pain and anxiety, and decrease the need for pain medication, according to the most comprehensive review of the evidence so far, involving almost 7000 patients, published in The Lancet.

But according to new findings presented at the American College of Surgeons Clinical Congress 2017, a bariatric surgical procedure, and the weight loss that follows it, actually allows the heart to return to its natural shape and function.