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CT Surgery Update Winter 2018: Advancements in Cardiothoracic Surgery
In this issue, we celebrate the accomplishments of our dedicated faculty and provide updates on upcoming events, clinical trials, and research initiatives. From the Division of Lung Transplant/Lung Failure, we share the innovative work of Chief Jonathan D?Cunha, MD, PhD, FACS, as he works to decrease instances of organ rejection in transplant patients. We explore the determination of Victor Morell, MD, chief of the Pediatric Cardiothoracic Surgery Division and co-director of the UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, to find better solutions for children requiring RVOT reconstruction. We are also pleased to share our progressive work with near-infrared fluorescence imaging and expertise with the POEM operation for achalasia. Additionally, this issue discusses TAVR for aortic stenosis and expanding the donor pool for heart transplant.
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Gynecologic Cancer and Lynch Syndrome: Identifying Genetic Variants Leads to Precision Treatment
Given the increased risks associated with Lynch syndrome for gynecologic, colon and other cancers, physicians at the UCSF Gynecologic Oncology Center now approach testing, surveillance and treatment based on each patient’s individual genetic risk.
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New Procedure for Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease May Yield Improved Outcomes for Certain Patients
Via collaboration among surgeons and gastroenterologists, Johns Hopkins patients receiving combined transoral incisionless fundoplication, or cTIF, could see better results compared with traditional treatments.
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Laparoscopic Donor Nephrectomy using THUNDERBEAT, Dr. Erica Sutton
Donor Kidney Transplant performed using THUNDERBEAT advanced energy, by Erica Sutton MD at the University of Louisville Kentucky
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Transforming Cancer Care and Delivery
The new President and CEO of Fox Chase Cancer Center
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Enhancing Recovery for Young Patients
Hopkins Children's October 25, 2016
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The Fixer
Cardiothoracic surgeon Danielle Gottlieb Sen joins the team at the Blalock-Taussig-Thomas Pediatric and Congenital Heart Center
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A Conversation with MUSC Health’s New Colorectal Surgeon Colleen Donahue
Progressnotes sits down with Donahue for the summer issue to discuss her experience at MUSC and to learn a little bit about how she spends her time outside of work.
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Fox Chase-Temple Urologic Institute: The Next Generation of Urology Care
Our innovative partnership unites the expertise of distinguished institutions within one health system, allowing us to tackle the most challenging genitourinary malignancies as well as complex benign urologic conditions.
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A New Kind of Hybrid
Partnership between innovative physicians and Siemens Healthineers brings a new hybrid operating room to MUSC Health
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The Surgery Giving Testicular Cancer Patients with Fertility Problems New Hope
A Keck Medicine of USC urologist used the onco-microTESE procedure to retrieve sperm from a testicular cancer patient with one testicle and azoospermia.
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Robotic Assisted Laparoscopic Left Ileal Ureter Interposition for Long Segment Ureteral Stricture
Daniel Eun, MD, Michael Metro, MD, and other Fox Chase-Temple Urologic Institute Providers present a 53-year-old patient diagnosed with bilateral ureteral strictures from tuberculosis who undergoes a bilateral ureteral reconstruction.