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Cleft Lip Repair - Fisher Subunit Approach
MUSC Children’s Health facial plastic surgeon Krishna Patel, M.D., Ph.D., performs cleft lip repair surgery. In this video, she provides commentary on the steps of a subunit approach, while reviewing surgical footage.
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Awake Craniotomy and Tumor Resection
Abhay Varma, M.D., MUSC Health neurosurgeon at the Hollings Cancer Center, discusses the awake craniotomy and tumor resection procedure.
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Gamma Knife Surgery for Brain Tumors
Gamma Knife Radiosurgery is a service offered by MUSC for treatment of brain tumors, pain syndromes, arteriovenous malformations, epilepsy, and psychiatric disorders.
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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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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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