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Novel Drug Therapy in Stroke Treatment
Ali Alawieh, an M.D./Ph.D candidate at the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC), discusses research on a novel drug therapy that could help prevent destruction of salvageable neurons after stroke.
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Robotic Abdominoperineal Resection With Robotic Flap Harvest for Vaginal Reconstruction
Although technically challenging, robotic abdominoperineal resection (APR) with robotic harvest of the rectus abdominus muscular flap can eliminate the need for a midline laparotomy, reduce wound infection rates and lead to faster recovery.
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Evolving Therapies for Advanced Heart Failure
In this video, Medical Director Ryan J. Tedford, M.D., and Surgical Director Lucian Lozonschi, M.D., discuss the profound effects these devices have had on the care of patients with advanced heart failure and why early referral is crucial.
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Tumor-Treating Fields for Glioblastoma and Other Brain Tumors
In this video, two MUSC Hollings Cancer Center neuro-oncologists, Scott M. Lindhorst, M.D., and David M. Cachia, M.D., discuss their experience with TTFields and the clinical trials they are leading in patients who have failed Avastin therapy.
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Improving Pediatric Drug Development
Andrew M. Atz, M.D., chair of the Department of Pediatrics at the Medical University of South Carolina, outlines the problem about the efficacy and safety of drugs in children.
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Resection of Pineocytomas Offers Symptom Relief
Sunil J. Patel, M.D., chair of the Department of Neurosurgery at MUSC, is one of a handful of surgeons in the world who resects symptomatic pineal cysts.
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MUSC Health orthopaedic surgeon Josef K. Eichinger, M.D., discusses the case of a 13-year-old baseball player with left elbow pain who was successfully treated with elbow arthroscopy.
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New Rule-Out Test for Lung Cancer Increases Diagnostic Precision
Gerard A. Silvestri, M.D., a lung cancer pulmonologist at MUSC, led a study that shows that a new biomarker is 98 percent effective at distinguishing benign from malignant lung nodules.
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Reanimating the Paralyzed Face
Samuel L. Oyer, M.D., discusses a technique used in facial reanimation surgery — masseter-to-facial nerve transfer — that can restore a patient’s ability to smile.
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TELL-TALE BLOOD Liquid Biopsy offers a Useful Diagnostic Companion for Targeted Therapies
Conventional biopsies are invasive, costly, and sometimes impossible to conduct, but they yield valuable information other methods were unable to provide—until now.
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Testing Stem Cells as Possible Treatment for Heart Failure
Stem cells are being tested at the Medical University of South Carolina as a possible treatment for heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction, or HFpEF.
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Genomics screening can improve the odds for some cancer patients, potentially identifying mutations associated with cancer subtypes for which targeted therapies exist or are in development.
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