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Tags Abstract INTRODUCTION: The impressive results seen when giant and compressing lung bullae are resected has inspired pneumonologists and thoracic surgeons to consider the possibility of applying a similar approach to the treatment of respiratory failure due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease .
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LifeNet Health unveils new cardiac bio-implant
LifeNet Health, an allograft bio-implant company, has launched the CardioGRAFT decell pulmonary patch with Matracell technology, at the Society of Thoracic Surgeons annual meeting in Ft.
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Doctors save man from life-threatening bulge of blood vessel
COIMBATORE: Doctors at G. Kuppuswamy Naidu Memorial Hospital in the city have prevented a major aneurysm in the aorta, the biggest blood vessel in the body, from turning fatal for a 48-year-old man.
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LifeNet Health Announces New Advanced Cardiac Bio-Implant to Help Pediatric Heart Patients
Lauderdale, Fla. , on January 24 . MATRACELL is one of several new and advanced technology platforms that LifeNet Health has developed to enhance the utility and clinical effectiveness of human allograft tissue.
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Caring canine now a guardian angel at St. Joseph Medical Center
Every time a dog barks, an angel gets his wings. You can believe that or not. St. Joseph Medical Center cancer patient Mary Meanen with Buster, a therapy dog, and his owner, Dr.
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SALISBURY -- Dr. Michael Buchness has joined Deer's Head Hospital Center as physician clinical specialist.
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Thoracic surgeons and senior physicians said here on Friday particularly referred to Empyema, a TB induced complication among kids and youth, which is largely preventable.
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Children's Hospital Offering Services In W.Va.
Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh will provide specialty pediatric care in West Virginia's northern panhandle through a new partnership with Wheeling Hospital.
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Wheeling Hospital, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh Become Partners
Wheeling Hospital and Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Friday announced partnership that enhances access to pediatric specialty care in the Upper Ohio Valley.
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New Study Published In The New England Journal Of Medicine Shows...
Main Category: Infectious Diseases / Bacteria / Viruses Also Included In: Dermatology Data published in The New England Journal of Medicine demonstrates that use of CareFusion's patient preoperative skin preparation ChloraPrep reduced total surgical site infections by 41 percent, from 16.1 percent to 9.5 percent, compared to use of povidone-iodine ...
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Chest diseases centre opens at Ottawa Hospital
A labour of love turned into reality at the Ottawa Hospital Tuesday. After several years of talk, planning and organization, the Chest Diseases Centre opened at the hospital's General campus on Smyth Rd.
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St. Mary honored for excellence
The Middletown hospital was recognized for both adult cardiac surgery and development of a new pharmacy protocol.
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Fort Worth patient first in North Texas to undergo robot-assisted surgery for removal of lung tumor
Dec. 21, 2009 - When Craig Harrison found out he would be the first patient in North Texas to have robot-assisted lung-tumor surgery, an operation performed at UT Southwestern Medical Center, he wasn't nervous at all.
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Patient Undergoes First Robot-Assisted Surgery for Removal of Lung Tumor
When Craig Harrison found out he would be the first patient in North Texas to have robot-assisted lung-tumor surgery, an operation performed at UT Southwestern Medical Center, he wasn't nervous at all.
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Advanced Education and Labour Market Development Minister Moira Stiwell 's husband Samuel Lichenstein has a stake in a private surgical centre that has advocated for more private involvement in the public healthcare system.
Robotic surgery proves life-saver for Williamstown woman
If Diane Juliana hadn't fallen while putting up Christmas decorations this time last year, there's a very good chance she wouldn't be cancer-free today.
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Mission's heart surgery unit gets top ranking
An award recognizing the quality of Mission Hospital's heart surgery program won't change how Dr.
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Watson Surgeon Facing Discipline
Published: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 3:05 a.m. Last Modified: Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 3:39 a.m. LAKELAND Dr.
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Heart surgeon leaving PMC after less than a year at job
A key figure in Pocono Medical Center's highly touted Heart and Vascular Institute is leaving the hospital after less than a year on the job.
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