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Dr. Christopher Gross, MUSC Orthopaedic physician, details a total talus replacement procedure for patients whose talus bones have died.
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Limb Salvage Surgery for Pediatric Bone Sarcoma
MUSC is one of a few centers in the country that offers advanced skeletal reconstruction and limb salvage surgery for pediatric bone sarcomas.
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Pectus excavatum is a congenital disorder which causes the chest to have a depressed or “caved in” appearance.
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Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Replacement
Nonsurgical transcatheter pulmonary valve replacement is done safely and effectively with minimal time in the hospital and a quick return to routine activities.
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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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Safeguarding Neurons After Stroke
Researchers at MUSC are looking into a novel drug therapy that could help prevent destruction of salvageable neurons after stroke and one day expand the treatments open to patients after stroke.
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Changing Young Lives (School-Based Telehealth)
Disrupting that cycle by empowering school nurses is the mission of the MUSC Center for Telehealth’s school-based telehealth program.
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A Rare Case of Bobblehead Syndrome
Sunil Patel, MD, in his 30 year career as a neurosurgeon, had never seen a case of the rarely diagnosed Bobble head Doll Syndome, until he met Mickey, a typical two year-old toddler.
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A Pioneering New Technique for Mechanical Thrombectomy
In 2015, five landmark clinical trials provided the evidence that mechanical thrombectomy using stent retrievers was safe and effective for certain patients with acute ischemic stroke.
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An Innovative Collaboration to Improve Stroke Care
Two competing hospitals will pool resources to use telestroke and other innovative approaches to reduce barriers to stroke care and improve quality.
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MUSC Health Offers Stroke-Reducing Device as Warfarin Alternative
MUSC Health is the first hospital in South Carolina to offer a left atrial appendage (LAA) closure device that reduces stroke risk for high-risk patients with non-valvular atrial fibrillation.
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Lowering Stroke Risk in Patients with Atrial Fibrillation
Atrial fibrillation (AF), the most common cardiac arrhythmia, is characterized by erratic beating of the heart’s upper chambers (atria), often leading to a very rapid heart rate and impeding blood flow from the atria into the lower chambers of the heart.
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Stem Cell Therapy for Heart Failure
Heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) accounts for half of heart failure cases and appears earlier in veterans and nearly twice as often in women than in men.
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