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  2. Septal myectomy - Wikipedia

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    Septal myectomy is a cardiac surgery treatment for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). [1] The open-heart surgery entails removing a portion of the septum that is obstructing the flow of blood from the left ventricle to the aorta .

  3. Uterine myomectomy - Wikipedia

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    It is well known that myomectomy surgery is associated with a higher risk of uterine rupture in later pregnancy. [8] Thus, women who have had myomectomy (with the exception of small submucosal myoma removal via hysteroscopy, or largely pedunculated myoma removal) should get Cesarean delivery to avoid the risk of uterine rupture that is commonly ...

  4. List of -ectomies - Wikipedia

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    Kyphectomy is a specific surgery on the spine. L. Laminectomy is the trimming or surgical removal of the lamina, ... Myectomy is the removal of a portion of muscle.

  5. Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy - Wikipedia

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    Surgery, in the form of a septal myectomy or heart transplant, may be done in those who do not improve with other measures. [7] With treatment, the risk of death from the disease is less than one percent per year. [9] HCM affects up to one in 200 people. [8] People of all ages may be affected. [12]

  6. Alcohol septal ablation - Wikipedia

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    Alcohol septal ablation was first performed in 1994 by Ulrich Sigwart at the Royal Brompton Hospital in the United Kingdom. [2] Since that time, it has gained favor among physicians and patients due to its minimally invasive nature, thereby avoiding general anesthesia, lengthy inpatient recuperation and other complications associated with open-heart surgery (e.g. septal myectomy).

  7. Andrew G. Morrow - Wikipedia

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    Andrew G. Morrow (1922 – 12 August 1982), was chief of surgery at the National Heart Institute, who established the septal myectomy operation for obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM). In 1960 he was part of the team that performed the first successful human mitral valve replacement using Nina Starr Braunwald's design. [1] [2]

  8. Woman, 53, Has ‘Never Felt Better' After Undergoing Pig ...

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    An Alabama woman "is recuperating well" after undergoing a pig kidney transplant in New York City, per reports. Towana Looney, 53, underwent surgery using the organ from a genetically manipulated ...

  9. List of surgical procedures - Wikipedia

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    The field of minimally invasive surgery has spawned another set of words, such as arthroscopic or laparoscopic surgery. These take the same form as above; an arthroscope is a device which allows the inside of the joint to be seen.