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Facial Transplantation Shows Promise for Severe Disfigurement PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Ramaz Mitaishvili   
Monday, 25 August 2008
Facial transplantation can be a useful treatment for severe disfigurement, although it is not without risks, according to two case reports involving facial damage caused by a bear attack and by growth of a rare aggressive tumor. Both reports appear in the August 23rd issue of The Lancet.
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Catheter-Directed Embolectomy Life-Saving in Massive Pulmonary Embolism PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Ramaz Mitaishvili   
Monday, 25 August 2008
Catheter-directed intervention can be life-saving for patients with massive pulmonary embolism (PE) who fail to respond to or cannot receive systemic thrombolysis, according to a report in the August issue of Chest.
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Elderly Patients May Be Less Likely to be Taken to a Trauma Center by EMS Personnel PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Laurie Barclay, MD   
Monday, 25 August 2008
Emergency medical services (EMS) providers may be less likely to transport elderly patients to a trauma center, according to the results of a retrospective analysis reported in the August issue of Archives of Surgery.
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New Imaging Technique May Enhance Accuracy of Cancer Surgery PDF Print E-mail
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Written by Ramaz Mitaishvili   
Sunday, 24 August 2008
Use of a chemofluorescence technique may allow surgeons to visualize, in real time, cancerous tissue, thereby increasing the precision of their resections, according to animal study findings presented Tuesday at the National Meeting of the American Chemical Society in Philadelphia.
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