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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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Colorectal Cancer (Colon Cancer & Rectal Cancer)
… cancer (also known as Lynch syndrome) Symptoms Don’t wait for symptoms to develop as colorectal cancers often do not … in the disease. Symptoms include changes in bowel habits for more than a few days; feeling the need to have a bowel … Cancer Society recommends that people at average risk for colorectal cancer have a screening test (colonoscopy or …
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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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Sticking to your New Year’s resolutions
… goals that will help you achieve your broader goal. For example “include 20 minutes of exercise 5 days a week” is … better would be “wake up at 6:00 instead of 6:20 and walk for 20 minutes, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.” If your goal … a new leaf this year, you don’t want to set yourself up for failure. Setting too many resolutions may be overwhelming …
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Adult Congenital Heart Disease
… to many cardiologists and surgeons, it is essential for anyone with a moderate to severe congenital heart defect, … success in repairing more complex congenital heart defects for the first time. Advances in treatment allowed more … septal defect, and Tetralogy of Fallot. I had surgery for a heart defect as a child. Should my child be evaluated? …
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Pediatric Transplant Hepatology Fellowship
… hepatology consultants and meet all eligibility criteria for the American Board of Pediatrics Transplant Hepatology … hepatic diseases including: Diagnosis and management for acute liver failure Diagnosis and management of portal … of liver infectious diseases Evaluation and intervention for biliary diseases including post-transplant complications …
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Thyroid Cancer Treatment
… | Treatment | Prognosis/Outcomes What Is The Treatment For Thyroid Cancer? There are three main parts to thyroid … Thyroid cancer surgery is the preferred treatment option for all forms of thyroid cancer except thyroid lymphoma . (Chemotherapy is the treatment of choice for most thyroid lymphomas) The best surgical treatment for …
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