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Bolstering Damaged Rotator Cuff Through Bioinductive Tissue Grafting
Shane Woolf, M.D., discusses a new twist on a procedure to treat rotator cuff disease with partial-thickness tearing and degenerative tendinopathy.
Hyperthermic Intraperitoneal Chemotherapy for Abdominal Cancers
MUSC surgeon Ramsay Camp, M.D., discusses HIPEC for patients with cancer within the peritoneum, which is hard to treat with intravenous chemotherapy.
Treating Trigeminal Neuralgia with Microvascular Decompression
Sunil Patel, M.D., 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.
Chief of Orthopaedic Oncology, Lee Leddy, M.D., discusses the steps taken before, during and after a knee replacement in order to improve a patient’s quality of life.
Endoscopic Endonasal Resection of Pituitary Tumors
Alexander Vandergrift, M.D., a neurosurgeon at MUSC, describes removing a nonfunctioning pituitary tumor from a patient through endonasal resection using an endoscope.
Treating Left Ventricular Dysfunction in Infants by Use of Reversible Pulmonary Artery Band
Minoo Kavarana, M.D., 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 ...
Heart Transplant Procedure to Treat Heart Failure
Lucian Lozonschi, M.D., 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.
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.
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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CAR-T therapy at MUSC Health offers high-octane hope for previously incurable blood cancers
Researchers at MUSC use CRISPR/Cas9 technology to advance genetic research locally and regionally.
While the national overall birthrate and fertility rate have been declining, the number of women having children in their thirties has increased.
MUSC is a leader in telemedicine, providing important services while also pioneering new, innovative programs to improve health care across the state.
Easing the Opioid Withdrawal Burden
Treating patients with opioid use disorder has been top of mind for frontline practitioners since the opioid epidemic began, but as it has only gotten worse the last few years, new treatment solutions are being tested.
Hurricane Maria’s Impact on Puerto Rican Children’s Mental Health
Of the 96,000 third through 12th graders who took part in the survey, more than 80% saw houses damaged on the island, and 45% had damage to their home.
MUSC Celebrates New Children’s “One-Stop” Care and Ambulatory Surgery Facility
Patients can now visit over 27 specialty clinics at the newly opened MUSC Children’s Health R. Keith Summey Medical Pavilion.
Procedure Time Vital in Thrombectomy Success
Researchers find diminishing returns in patient outcomes after endovascular thrombectomies pass 60-minute mark
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