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Can Data Help You Find the Best Heart Surgeon?
… bypass blocked coronary arteries with graft surgery, and transplant new hearts into patients with advanced heart … Random variation can also affect how outcomes are tracked and published. But what can these reporting outcomes tell … surgical societies track outcomes, what do they track, and how do they measure complications like disability, …
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Why Tracking Cardiac Surgery Outcomes Matters
… outcomes data to improve workflows, develop protocols, and enhance clinical pathways, with the Society for Thoracic … Tracking outcomes helps improve patient satisfaction and promotes interdisciplinary care, enabling surgeons to identify areas for improvement and collaborate with other specialties. While outcomes …
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Ex Vivo Surgery
… allows doctors to completely remove cancerous tissue and cells from any affected organs. The conditions that … surrounding tissue. Procedure Ex vivo surgery is a rare and complex operation that’s personalized for each patient depending on the size and number of their tumors, where these tumors are located, …
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Viral Hepatitis
… Viral hepatitis is an infection that causes liver swelling and damage. There are several different viruses that can produce hepatitis. Each are transmitted differently and have their own unique characteristics. Key Facts … viruses. The most common are named hepatitis A, B, C, D, and E. When hepatitis is caused by an unknown virus, it is …
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A2ALL: Adult-to-Adult Living Donor Transplant Cohort Study
… following reasons: To determine the prevalence, course, and predictors of poor Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) … associated with living donor donation. To collect data and biosamples prior to, during, and after a living donor liver transplant (LDLT) among all …
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Dina Podolsky, MD
… University, where she also received her medical degree, and completed a residency in general surgery at Montefiore … training in complex abdominal wall reconstruction and robotic surgery at Columbia University Irving Medical … organizations, including the Americas Hernia Society and the Society of American Gastrointestinal and Endoscopic …
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Esophageal Cancer
… cell carcinoma , most often occurring in the upper and middle portions of the esophagus, and adenocarcinoma , affecting the mucous-secreting cells in … disease include sarcoma, lymphoma, small cell carcinoma and spindle cell carcinoma. In addition, breast and lung …
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Hepatitis: Autoimmune Hepatitis
… condition can lead to cirrhosis (scarring of the liver) and even liver failure. Key Facts The exact causes of … it is likely caused by a combination of environmental and genetic factors. Symptoms can range from mild, such as fatigue and joint pain, to severe, such as liver failure. When …
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Single Incision Surgery: No Scars, Faster Recovery for Colorectal Patients
… suffering from a range of challenging, painful, and life-limiting colorectal diseases, including severe … Crohn’s disease, familial polyposis, diverticulitis and colorectal cancer. For years, patients with these … surgeries associated with postoperative complications and long recovery times. Many ended up with a colostomy bag …
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Columbia Colorectal Welcomes Two New Surgeons
… at Columbia offers wide-ranging surgical care for colon and rectal disease across 11 locations in the New York metro … surgical treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and other colorectal conditions. Christopher Rahul … has a special interest in transanal minimally-invasive and transanal total mesorectal excision surgery techniques …
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Liesbeth Stoeffler's Story: Respiratory ECMO Support Improves Patient's Health, Making Way for Lung Transplant
… over time, leads to recurrent pneumonia, lung destruction, and ultimately death. By the time Liesbeth was in her 50s, … In the condition she was in while on the ventilator and ECMO (deeply sedated and under muscle relaxants), she would soon become too weak …
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45 Is the New 50: A Conversation with Dr. Steven Lee-Kong about Colorectal Cancer Screening Guidelines
… cancer screening to 45 due to increasing rates of colon and rectal cancer in younger individuals. Factors such as ethnicity, diet, and lifestyle contribute to the rise in colorectal cancer … that reflects a climbing trend of higher rates of colon and rectal cancer in younger people. We talked to colorectal …
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End of Year Review: Top Ten Surgery Advances of 2015
… of us take stock in the passing year’s accomplishments and set our intentions for the coming year. In 2015, the Department of Surgery’s researchers and physicians made significant strides in some of the most … our fundamental understanding in the mechanisms of cancer and the development of better treatment approaches based on …
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Follow-Up Care After Lung Transplantation
… Follow-Up Clinic Visits, Blood Work and Other Testing Before leaving the hospital, you will … a schedule of follow-up clinic visits for lab tests and checkups. The purpose of these important visits is to track your recovery progress and detect any potential complications as early as possible. …
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NYP/Columbia Welcomes World Leader in Valve Surgery
… MD , a world-renowned surgeon with expertise in open heart and minimally-invasive valve surgery, and a pioneer of transcatheter devices, has joined the … Dr. Bapat developed transcatheter approaches to aortic and mitral valve disease at Guy's and St. Thomas’ Hospital in …
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