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Staying Healthy After Liver Transplant
… cold. When her symptoms worsened, she went to a hospital for a chest x-ray. Because Beverly’s stomach hurt, the … this serious?” Her next step was Columbia’s Center for Liver Disease and Transplantation, where she received a … providers. They bolstered my faith and prepared me well for the major surgery ahead.” For the next eight weeks, …
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COVID-19 Update from Dr. Smith: 3/18/20
… ICU-bed availability, and made staff more available for other uses. Whether this level of function is … 10-column roster spreadsheet that will be the basis for planning re-deployments. For the present, volunteerism (as above) is driving …
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The Four Steps to Your Successful Transplantation
… patients are referred to our program by a physician for assessment as a lung or heart-lung transplant candidate, … contact us directly about your condition. Once you arrive for assessment at Columbia, you become part of an intensely … to determine if transplantation is the correct therapy for you. This evaluation phase is typically completed within …
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Plastic Surgery FAQs
… shares your views on quality of life issues and your goals for personal health and wellness. Partnership: Before you … surgeon should be exploring – together — the motivations for why you might be considering a certain procedure. … Society of Plastic Surgeons or the American Society for Aesthetic Plastic Surgery Web sites. They contain …
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How Intraoperative Radiation Therapy is Helping Colorectal Patients, with P. Ravi Kiran, MBBS
… so normal structures come within the path of the beam for external treatment. There is the option for removing the tumor and using the radiation … radiation therapy entails. it gives the opportunity for resection for a greater number of patients who would …
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Intestinal Pouches and Pouch Surgery
… an internal pouch that is joined to the anus and allows for stool to pass naturally, without the need for an external bag to collect waste. Key Info Pouch procedures allow for people who have had their colon removed to avoid the need …
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Polyps
… of cancers develop from polyps. Our team is available for second opinion consultations for anyone who wishes to confirm a diagnosis or discuss treatment options. Treatment for Polyps in the Colon and Rectum Tiny polyps may be …
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Pancreatic Cancer Prognosis
… Cancer Life Expectancy While the overall outlook for those dealing with pancreatic cancer has improved over … of pancreatic cancer: The overall five-year survival rate for Pancreatic cancer is 7.2% Looking only at pancreatic … (called “Localized” Cancers), the survival rate is 27.1%. For cancers that have spread, but only to nearby areas …
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Second Opinion FAQs
… one source of information? Have you ever bought a car, for example, on the spot, without days of research? Being a … information as possible so you can decide what is best for you. Of course, if you feel totally comfortable with your … Is there any chance that there is a better treatment for me? How big an impact will the decisions I'm making have …
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Cardiac/Thoracic/Vascular Surgery: Physicians' Newsletter, September 2016
… the Chair ColumbiaDoctors Receives National Recognition FOR YOUR PATIENTS: Repairing Heart Valves without Surgery FOR YOUR PATIENTS: New Repairs for the Triscupid Valve Mini-Sternotomy for a Tortuous Aortic …
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GI/Oncology Surgery: Physicians' Newsletter, March 2018
… Message from the Chief The Future of Liquid Biopsy for Breast Cancer Perioperative Treatment for Breast Cancer: Advances in Personalized Medicine Advances in Bariatric Surgery for Adolescents NYP/Columbia Expands Pancreas Transplant …
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Pancreatitis Diet
… Nutrition is a vitally important part of treatment for patients with pancreatitis. The primary goals of nutritional management for chronic pancreatitis are: Prevent malnutrition and … pancreatitis To best achieve those goals, it is important for pancreatitis patients to eat high protein, nutrient-dense …
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Vascular Access: Creating and Protecting Dialysis Patients’ Lifelines
… For decades, patients with failing kidneys have been sustained by hemodialysis, or dialysis for short – the process of removing the blood from the body, … back to the body. Today dialysis is a life-saving option for over 600,000 people in the U.S., usually in the form of …
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Facilitating the Gift of Life: One Liver at a Time
… Liver donation is a gift of life. For irreversible liver diseases—like cirrhosis and hepatitis … is the elimination of the waiting time that is common for patients that receive a liver transplant from the waiting … at Columbia. Sign up for our mailing list for more health news and information from Columbia. …
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