News tagged with surgical drainage
Radiological treatment method spares patients surgery and offers 89 percent cost savings
Pericardial effusion, the collection of fluid around the heart, typically occurs in patients following heart surgery and is usually treated using an invasive surgical drainage technique. However researchers have discovered ...
Sep 21, 2009 |
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Glowing Cornell dots -- a potential cancer diagnostic tool set for human trials
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the first clinical trial in humans of a new technology: Cornell Dots, brightly glowing nanoparticles that can light up cancer cells in PET-optical imaging.
Nanotechnology / Bio & Medicine
Jun 13, 2011 |
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Researchers find eye development error causing cataracts, glaucoma
A Jackson Laboratory research team, working in collaboration with researchers at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston, show that RNA granules--key players in messenger RNA (mRNA) processing--can ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Mar 24, 2011 |
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Study vindicates dual treatment regimen
A combination of oral and nasal steroids can significantly improve the treatment of chronic rhinosinusitis - a common and often debilitating form of sinusitis - and help avoid surgery, according to new research carried out ...
Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes
Mar 01, 2011 |
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Non-surgical approach to treat hepatic hydatid cysts
A research team from Saudi Arabia determined the efficacy and success of percutaneous aspiration irrigation and re-aspiration (PAIR) in the management of hepatic hydatidosis. They found that PAIR using hypertonic saline is ...
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Feb 07, 2011 |
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Less invasive techniques help manage complications of severe pancreatic disease
The use of combined treatments for severe acute pancreatitis is safe and effective in managing the disease, resulting in shorter hospitalizations and fewer radiological procedures than standard therapy, according to a study ...
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Jan 06, 2011 |
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Surgery complications linked to chemotherapy delay, study finds
Patients who have complications after colorectal cancer surgery are less likely to get chemotherapy, even when it is clearly recommended for their diagnosis, a new study from the University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer ...
Dec 08, 2010 |
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Trying little-known option to seal a leaky lung
(AP) -- The final straw came when Guy Vance's chest, neck and face ballooned, little air bubbles in his skin crackling to the touch - all because of a leak somewhere in his lung.
Aug 03, 2010 |
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Smoking, nipple piercing are risk factors for developing breast abscesses
Women who smoke or pierce their nipples are more likely to develop a breast abscess, according to a new study in the July issue of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons. Researchers at the University of Iowa found ...
Aug 03, 2010 |
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Exercise Preserves Freedom of Movement After Breast Cancer Surgery
An active 72-year-old woman, Claire Mitchell had always enjoyed cooking. However, after breast cancer surgery she found that she had less freedom of movement and reaching jars on high shelves became quite painful. Her plight ...
Jun 16, 2010 |
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Appendectomy may be best for patients with positive CT exam
When CT results suggest appendicitis, but a patient's symptoms are inconsistent with the acute condition, physicians should consider a diagnosis of chronic or recurrent appendicitis and surgical treatment, according to a ...
May 26, 2010 |
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