Fully Endoscopic Brain Surgery At Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
LOS ANGELES (October 23, 1998) - A fully endoscopic procedure now available atCedars-Sinai Medical Cen...ng," she says. According to Dr. Shahinian, the new endoscopic technology provides surgeons withan unprecedented panoramic view of the tumor site, allowing them to...Medical Tip Sheet - November 1, 1998
...SESURGERY A new type of minimally invasive, fully endoscopic skull base surgery atCedars-Sinai Medical Center gives surgeons a panoramic view of pituitary tumorsites and results in reduced operating time, fewer complications, lessdiscomfort for the patient and a dramatically shorter length-of-stay. A42-year-ol...Celiac disease not as uncommon as once thought, say researchers at Wake Forest
... the intestinal lining (biopsy) obtained during an endoscopic procedure, according to Hill. "Celiac disease can be extremely varied in presentation and physicians must have a high index of suspicion when trying to diagnosis it," Hill said. "Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center is one of the few cente...Minimally invasive procedure offers long-term pain relief for patients with pancreatitis
...nal Endoscopy. "Doctors have been trained to avoid endoscopic interventions on the pancreas because of the fear ...ssures in the pancreatic duct. For these patients, endoscopic therapy that includes endoscopic pancreatic sphincterotomy (EPS), in which surgeons cut the sphincte...An alternative form of chemotherapy? A means for reusable spacecraft?
...ser that can be used in ultrafine intra-ocular and endoscopic surgery including removal of epiretinal membranes, glaucoma, vision correction, trans-myocardial revascularization, and in dentistry. Such a laser is an invaluable tool for several surgical applications because of its strong absorption rate that lea......f Visible Human data, pioneered the development of endoscopic simulators and has now devised a computer-based heart model that will allow physicians to practice such procedures as balloon angioplasty, stent placement, and pacemaker leads placement before they attempt the real operation....Smart suture is first application of novel MIT polymer
...such a knot in the confined spaces associated with endoscopic surgery. "When the knot is fixed with a force that is too strong, necrosis of the surrounding tissue can occur. If the force is too weak, the formation of scar tissue which has poorer mechanical properties is observed, and may lead to the formation o...Other highlights in the February 18 issue of JNCI
...hageal cancer and, as such, often undergo periodic endoscopic screening. Aspirin use has been associated with a ...leagues found that aspirin therapy with or without endoscopic surveillance was both more effective (in terms of quality-adjusted life years) and cost less than no...3-D micro-imaging technology licensed to Carl Zeiss Jena
...still-living tissue outside the body (ex vivo) or endoscopic imaging practically anywhere in the body (in vivo) -- multiphoton microscopy depicts cells and cellular processes in vivid, microscopic detail across the third and fourth (time) dimensions. Ulrich Simon, head of microscopy at Carl Zeiss, said the Z...Donaghue Women's Health Investigator Program awards grants to three at Yale
...atients systemic estrogen-progesterone therapy or endoscopic cautery. Currently, there is little data to guide physicians in treating these women. van Dyck's research focuses on estrogen and serotonin receptors in menopausal women with depression. His study will examine the serotonin-2A receptor in the brai...