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  2. Destination therapy - Wikipedia

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    They reported post-operative pain after LVAD implantation. During an average 400 days of survival, 30 percent of the devices had an internal failure requiring another operation, and almost every patient who had a re-operation did not survive. [citation needed] Other adverse effects included bleeding, infection and lengthened hospital stays.

  3. Ventricular assist device - Wikipedia

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    The first LVAD was implanted in 1963 by Liotta and E. Stanley Crawford. The first successful implantation of an LVAD was completed in 1966 by Liotta along with Dr. Michael E. DeBakey. The patient was a 37-year-old woman, and a paracorporeal (external) circuit was able to provide mechanical support for 10 days after the surgery. [23]

  4. Mom, 41, with cancer was told she needed a double lung ...

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    A few months after surgery, Minton returned and Siuba conducted another heart catheterization to determine how she was faring. “If you take a patient with pulmonary hypertension and liver ...

  5. Berlin Heart - Wikipedia

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    Berlin Heart manufactures two types of VADs: implantable and paracorporeal. INCOR is an axial-flow pump for support of the left ventricle.In this system, the pump is implanted directly next to the heart and is connected to the heart by cannula.

  6. Norwood procedure - Wikipedia

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    The first successful Norwood procedure involving the use of a cardiopulmonary bypass was reported by Dr. William Imon Norwood, Jr. and colleagues in 1981. [2] [3] Variations of the Norwood procedure, or Stage 1 palliation, have been proposed and adopted over the last 30 years; however, its basic components have remained unchanged.

  7. Fontan procedure - Wikipedia

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    The Fontan Kreutzer procedure is used in pediatric patients who possess only a single functional ventricle, either due to lack of a heart valve (e.g. tricuspid or mitral atresia), an abnormality of the pumping ability of the heart (e.g. hypoplastic left heart syndrome or hypoplastic right heart syndrome), or a complex congenital heart disease where a bi-ventricular repair is impossible or ...

  8. Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy - Wikipedia

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    Hyperthermic intraperitoneal chemotherapy (HIPEC) is a type of hyperthermia therapy used in combination with surgery in the treatment of advanced abdominal cancers. [1] In this procedure, warmed anti-cancer medications are infused and circulated in the peritoneal cavity (abdomen) for a short period of time.

  9. Total mesorectal excision - Wikipedia

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    [citation needed] TME has become the "gold standard" treatment for rectal cancer Worldwide. [5] [6] The operation can be done by open surgery, laparoscopic or Robot-assisted. [7] For lower down tumours in the middle and lower third of the rectum a new procedure has been developed known as Transanal-Total Mesorectal Excision (TaTME). Instead of ...

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