Sentences with phrase «tracheal tissue»

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Mr. Goldstein, a PhD candidate at the Hofstra North Shore - LIJ School of Medicine, has been working with a team of surgeons at the North Shore - LIJ Health System for the past year on determining if 3D printing and tissue engineering could be used for tracheal repair and replacement.

In a short period of time, 3D bioprinting has been applied in studies using bones, blood vessels, composite tissues, vascular grafts, tracheal splints, cartilaginous structures, heart tissue (e.g., two - valve heart), and vaginal organs (1).

* Based on the concept of «like supports like,» bovine tracheal cartilage may strengthen and support our own connective tissue, cartilage and joint health.

These include a hypoplastic trachea (a malformation of the tracheal cartilage rings leading to narrowing of the airway), stenotic nares (which means the nostrils are pinched and narrow), everted laryngeal saccules (a condition where the soft tissue located in front of the vocal cords becomes swollen and inflamed) and an elongated soft palate, all of which can contribute to increased respiratory effort and noise.

Residency: Texas A&M Internship: University of Missouri MS: Texas A&M DVM: Kansas State University Special areas of interest: Soft tissue procedures, pain management, and special emphasis on minimally invasive techniques including laparoscopy, thoracoscopy, and tracheal and urethral stenting,

Unlike in people where the tracheal cartilages form complete rings, the tracheal cartilages of dogs are C - shaped, with a soft tissue membrane connecting the two ends.

Findings include increased mediastinal soft tissue opacity with or without tracheal narrowing, variable amounts of pleural effusion, and patchy pulmonary infiltrates.

Focusing solely on soft - tissue and oncologic surgery, Dr. Padgett is able to offer elite knowledge of and surgical treatment for respiratory conditions (laryngeal paralysis, tracheal collapse, chylothorax) endocrine conditions (thyroid disorders, adrenal glands, pancreatic abnormalities), portosystemic shunts and many neoplastic conditions.Minimally invasive surgery (laparoscopy and thoracoscopy) allow us to perform many advance procedures in the abdomen or thorax with less potential discomfort and much shorter recovery times.

In order to obtain the appropriate tissue samples, your veterinarian may recommend various sampling techniques, such as trans - tracheal washes, fine needle aspirates and surgical biopsy using bronchoscopy or exploratory surgery.

These injuries include, but are not limited to, soft tissue damage, eye problems, strangulation (in some cases leading to death), tracheal / esophageal damage and neurological problems.

Insects «breathe» through a tracheal system, with external openings called spiracles and increasingly finely branched tubules that carry gases right to the metabolizing tissues.