News tagged with invasive surgical procedure


A simple clip could increase quality of life for thousands of patients with a common heart problem

The interventional cardiology team at the Montreal Heart Institute (MHI) recently conducted the first clinical procedure in Canada using the MitraClip system, which is designed to treat patients suffering from mitral valve ...

Cardiology created Dec 15, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Possible link between autism and airway abnormality

Autism and autistic spectrum disorders (ASD) are currently diagnosed primarily through subjective observation of autistic behaviors. However, new research, presented at CHEST 2011, the 77th annual meeting of the American ...

Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes created Oct 24, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Complications following two-level axial lumbar interbody fusion

Surgeons from the Instituto de Patologia da Coluna in Sao Paulo, Brazil have found that an innovative minimally invasive surgical procedure performed to achieve two-level axial lumbar interbody fusion produced immediate successful ...

Surgery created Jul 20, 2012 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0