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Lung Transplant Saves Orla Tinsley, Cystic Fibrosis Activist

… calling attention to the plight of young people suffering from CF, a life-threatening genetic disease that affects the … allocation had just expanded, allowing organs to come from a greater distance. Orla received her transplant only a …

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Video-Assisted Thoracic Surgery for Early-Stage Lung Cancer

… new imaging technique used to differentiate benign from malignant tumors. Sure enough, Mrs. Richter's PET scan … The recovery period varied," Mrs. Richter says. "The pain from surgery subsided over a period of three weeks. Physical …

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Coumadin©

… book for food lists. You do not have to cut out vitamin K from your diet! Keep eating the food you normally eat—don't … health care topic. It does not take the place of advice from your heath care provider. Call your provider for …

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Comprehensive Surgical Services

… have enabled increasing numbers of patients to benefit from minimally invasive operations. Outcomes to treat adult … centers in the nation. Increasingly, patients benefit from procedures done on an outpatient basis under local …

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Stories of Hope: Carole DeNettis

… and Sarah, I was transferred to Columbia within a day. From the moment I arrived I felt very comfortable and … at the head of my pancreas was indeed pancreatic cancer. From there the wheels were put in motion. I was to start an …

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Approaches to Acute and General Surgery

… through one port and attached to a camera. It sends images from the abdominal cavity to television monitors placed for … It is also the best test for finding the cause of bleeding from the upper gastrointestinal tract. Upper endoscopy is …

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Standardizing Protocols for the Pediatric ICU

… transport system brings patients to the Pediatric ICU from our network hospitals, other hospitals within the …

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Helen E. Remotti, MD

… diagnostic expertise in diverse areas of pathology from clinical cases with a high level of complexity. I serve …

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About Columbia Surgery

… and successfully treat people who have been turned away from other programs. Doctors from the region choose us when seeking care for themselves … 250 years of medical research, education, and practice. From our primary campus at Columbia University Irving Medical …

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Prenatal Surgery for Myelomeningocele

… surgery significantly reduces the need to shunt fluid away from the brain, resulting in improved mental development and …

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The Pancreas Center has collaborated with Roche – Genentech for our most recent clinical trial: MORPHEUS a Phase 1b/2 novel pancreatic cancer immunotherapy development platform.

… more treatment regimens may become available as well. From a research perspective, MORPHEUS will significantly …

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Preparing for your First Appointment

… these items with you, we may have to request them directly from the facility that performed the study. That extra step …

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Congenital Heart Disease Genetic Network Study

… is accumulating that many developmental defects can result from small genomic alterations invisible at the cytogenetic …

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