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Treating Trigeminal Neuralgia with Microvascular Decompression
Dr. Sunil Patel, the chair of neurosurgery at MUSC, discusses trigeminal neuralgia, a rare condition that causes intense pain in the face when no painful stimuli are present, and its surgical treatment.
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Dr. Lee Leddy, an orthopaedic surgeon at MUSC, discusses the steps taken before, during and after a knee replacement in order to improve a patient’s quality of life.
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Endoscopic Endonasal Resection of Pituitary Tumors
Dr. Alexander Vandergrift, a neurosurgeon at MUSC, describes removing a nonfunctioning pituitary tumor from a patient through endonasal resection using an endoscope.
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Treating Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Infants by Use of Reversible Pulmonary Artery Band
Dr. Minoo Kavarana, a pediatric cardiothoracic surgeon at MUSC, discusses a new procedure. By placing a reversible pulmonary artery band around a child’s pulmonary artery, surgeons are able to help patients survive longer while they wait ...
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Heart Transplant Procedure to Treat Heart Failure
Dr. Lucian Lozonschi, a surgical heart failure and cardiac transplantation physician at MUSC, describes each step of a heart transplant procedure when used to treat a patient with heart failure.
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Deep Brain Stimulation Using a Frameless Platform
Nathan C. Rowland, M.D., Ph.D., a neurosurgeon and assistant professor at MUSC, utilizes a novel, customized frameless platform to perform deep brain stimulation on a patient with essential tremor.
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Spinal Cord Repair for Myelomeningocele
Ramin M. Eskandari, M.D., walks through the spinal cord repair surgery for a patient with Myelomeningocele, starting with detethering the spinal cord and laminoplasty and ending with the resection of the epidermoid cyst.
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Heartmate II/III and HeartWare HVAD Overview
Brian Houston, MUSC Health cardiologist specializing in patients with Left Ventricular Assist Devices, provides an overview for EMS Professionals on the Heartmate II/III LVADs and HeartWare HVAD.
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New HD Grid Approach Provides More Detail
Dr. Jeffrey Winterfield, Hank and Laurel Greer Endowed Chair in Cardiac Electrophysiology at MUSC Health, discusses the new HD Grid procedure and how it impacts patients and allows surgeons a more detailed view of the heart during surgery.
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Adopting Mobile Health Technology in Pediatric Telehealth
New technologies may incorporate remote monitoring of health data, videoconferencing with patients or syncing with electronic health records.
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ACE Inhibitors and ARBs Prevent GI Bleeding in Heart Failure Patients
In recent years, improved mechanical circulatory support devices have become available that can significantly extend the lives of heart failure patients.
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Keeping Up With the Times in a Fast Moving Field
MUSC is a national leader in the management of complex ventricular arrhythmias and its Complex Ablation Program has experienced double digit growth over the last two years.
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New Hope for Halting the Progression of Amyloidosis
MUSC researchers recently published results from a Phase II clinical trial for a novel, oral ATTR-CM therapy called AG10, that was found to be highly effective in halting disease progression.
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Comprehensive Care is Key to Preventing Limb Loss
The majority (54%) of the 185,000 amputations in the US each year are due to vascular disease, with trauma- and cancer-related amputations accounting for 45% and <2%.
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3D technology gives head and neck cancer patients a chance for the quality of life they had before their diagnosis
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Consultations in the Comfort of Home
After extensive development, the Medical University of South Carolina (MUSC) Skull Base Center recently launched the nation's first Skull Base Telehealth Video Consultation Service.
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Transcatheter Mitral Valve Repair Offers New Hope in Heart Failure
Results from the COAPT study showed that patients who received the MitraClip® procedure had significantly lower hospitalizations for heart failure within two years compared to those who received standard care.
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Cardiovascular genetic testing can improve diagnostic precision and clinical decision-making and provide a patient's family members with potentially life-saving information.
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