Visionary physician pioneers alternative clubfoot treatment
...s. The technique involves manual manipulation and straightening of the foot and the application of toe-to- -- more -- groin plaster casts. These casts are changed weekly after the clinician manipulates softened foot ligaments to gradually achieve near-normal muscle and bone alignment. Five or six cast changes ...New technique shows promise for improved straightening of crooked nose
... A surgical technique offers improved outcomes for straightening the middle third of the nose, a difficult to manag...spreader graft, had substantial improvement in the straightening of the middle third of the nose. One case showed improvement in the airway as well. Follow-up ranged...Stanford patient is first to test new treatment for peripheral arterial disease
...scoped and twisted yet capable of popping open and straightening out again without breaking. That's not necessary for the heart. In addition, the total dosage of the drug coating must be higher on the long leg stent than in a small stent in the heart." The stent used in Erickson's leg was made by Cook, Inc., a lar...