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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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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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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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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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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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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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Short Bowel Syndrome: What to Eat and Drink
… patients don't have enough functional gut mass needed for adequate absorption to meet fluid and nutrient … Some patients with short bowel syndrome may qualify for an intestinal transplant . What you choose to eat and drink is important for improving symptoms from short bowel syndrome, enhancing …
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Living Donor Liver Transplantation
… shortage of available deceased donor livers, particularly for children. By transplanting a partial liver to someone … liver transplantation can dramatically reduce the wait for a new liver. This has the added benefit of helping … spent on a waiting list is typically much shorter than for patients who are waiting for a deceased donor organ to …
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Radioactive Iodine
… doses of radioactive iodine are not at increased risk for thyroid cancer or any other type of cancer. RAI Scanning … Thyroid scanning is typically used to evaluate patients for hyperthyroidism or thyroid cancer recurrence. … Recurrence Patients who have had a total thyroidectomy for thyroid cancer may be sent for RAI scanning with …
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Clinical Training: PGY2
… Surgery Program" in that they are the first-to-bedside for all Emergency Department and in-patient General Surgical, … patient care. PGY2s will team with the senior residents for mid-complexity procedures in the operating room, and will … while rotating through the Cardiothoracic ICU. Rotations for PGY2 residents are generally 5 to 6 weeks long with one …
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